Robert Beatty lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and three daughters, who help create and refine his stories. Willa of Dark Hollow publishes May 4, 2021. Willa of the Wood is a #1 New York Times bestseller. The fourth book, Serafina and the Seven Stars, turned Serafina into a New York Times best-selling series. The third book in the series, Serafina and the Splintered Heart, launched in July 2017 to much acclaim. The second book in the series, Serafina and the Twisted Staff, became a #1 New York Times best seller in the first week of its launch and earned a 'Starred Review' from Kirkus Reviews, which said, 'Even better than its predecessor, a sequel that delivers nonstop thrills from beginning to end.' Enjoyed by both young readers and adults, the books are being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide. Serafina and the Black Cloak was a #1 New York Times best seller, has been on the list for more than 60 weeks, and won the prestigious 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. The Serafina Series is a spooky mystery-thriller about a brave and unusual girl who lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate. WILLA OF DARK HOLLOW, which can be read as a stand-alone story or as a follow-up to WILLA OF THE WOOD, is now available for order. He is also an Executive Producer for the WILLA live-action television series that is currently in development. Robert Beatty is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Serafina series and Willa of Dark Hollow, both published by Disney Hyperion. In the epic third installment of Robert Beatty's #1 bestselling series, Serafina takes her rightful place among literary champions as she battles fiercely to defend all she loves and become everything that she is meant to be. With only days to achieve the impossible, Serafina fights to reclaim herself as the Guardian of Biltmore, friend of Braeden, daughter of her Pa, and heroine of the Blue Ridge Mountains and all the folk and creatures that call it home. Serafina must uncover the truth about what has happened to her and find a way to harness her strange new powers before it's too late. Old friends do unthinkable things and enemies seem all around.Ī mysterious threat moves towards Biltmore, a force without a name, bringing with it violent storms and flooding that stands to uproot everything in its path. She has awoken into a darkness she does not understand, scarred from a terrible battle, only to find that life at Biltmore Estate has changed in unimaginable ways.

Serafina splintered heart