Cate Tiernan
Cate Tiernan is the pen name of American author Gabrielle Charbonnet, who writes YA fantasy novels under this pen name. She writes the Balefire series, Immortal Beloved trilogy, and the Sweep series. Cate earned a degree in Russian from Loyola University, and then began a career working at Random House. After writing children’s books under her real name, she began the Sweep series writing as Cate Tiernan. She says that while she isn’t Wicca herself, she can relate to it.
