Riding on a wave of popular demand for YA fantasy and science fiction, Marissa Meyer's success in the genre is the latest stage in the steady rise of an up-and-coming author. Meyer's career milestones are discussed, including her education in creative writing, her work as an editor on other writers' books, and her writing of the manga comic fan fiction Sailor Moon under a pseudonym. The book provides an in-depth look at the writing process and creative origins behind her first book, Cinder, the first in an ambitious four-part series that reworks traditional fairy tales in a modern context.