when she is n't writing about jewish vampires or ill-behaved teenagers in her books the unbecoming of mara dyer ( simon and schuster bfyr , 2011 ) , the evolution of mara dyer ( simon and schuster bfyr , 2012 ) , and the retribution of mara dyer ( simon and schuster bfyr , 2013 ) , she can usually be found prying strange objects from the jaws of one of her three pets .