Kiera Cass was born in South Carolina in May 1981. She received a bachelor's degree in history from Radford University. She self-published her first novel, The Siren, in 2009. In 2014 her title, The One made The New York Times Best Seller List. She is the author of The Selection series which is a series of five young adult novels set in the fictional country of Illéa, formerly the United States. The books are about a competition known as The Selection, where citizens of Illéa compete for the current king's heir in marriage.The Crown, part of the Selection series, was published in 2016.
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