Malinda Lo.
Titles I've written about:
Ash (2009):
Lo also creates a rich landscape for the story to play out in. Ash is set in a world where there is an ongoing battle of beliefs: between those like Ash's mother, who believe in the old stories of magic and the fairy folk, and those like Lady Isobel, who believe in the more fashionable ideas of the church-building philosophers. As in The Thief, Enchanted, and The Unwritten—and all of the other examples of books that feature stories-within-stories—part of the joy of this book is that many of the characters understand the importance of story and the power contained within them.