▁Writ ings ▁Her ▁first ▁Night runner ▁novel , ▁L uck ▁in ▁the ▁Sh adows , ▁was ▁a ▁L ocus ▁Magazine ▁Editor ' s ▁Pick ▁for ▁Best ▁First ▁Nov el ▁and ▁a ▁final ist ▁for ▁the ▁Com pton ▁Cro ok ▁Award . ▁Her ▁nov els ▁Tra itor ' s ▁Moon ▁( 2 0 0 0 ) ▁and ▁H idden ▁War rior ▁( 2 0 0 4 ) ▁were ▁both ▁final ists ▁for ▁the ▁Spect rum ▁Award . ▁Her ▁nov els ▁are ▁currently ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 3 ▁countries , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁first ▁volume ▁of ▁the ▁Japanese - language ▁version ▁of ▁L uck ▁in ▁the ▁Sh adows ▁was ▁published . ▁Fle well ing ▁is ▁accessible ▁to ▁readers ▁through ▁her ▁web ▁site , ▁her ▁Live ▁Journal ▁blog , ▁her ▁Y ahoo ! ▁group , ▁and ▁numerous ▁guest ▁appearances ▁at ▁convent ions ▁including ▁Com ic - Con ▁and ▁Smith ▁College ' s ▁Con B ust . ▁Her ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁pra ised ▁by ▁other ▁fant asy ▁authors , ▁including ▁George ▁R . ▁R . ▁Martin , ▁Or son ▁Scott ▁Card , ▁Elizabeth ▁Hand , ▁Robin ▁H obb , ▁and ▁K atherine ▁Kurt z . ▁Independent ▁film ▁company ▁Cs qu ared ▁Pictures ▁has ▁acquired ▁film ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁books ▁in ▁the ▁Night runner ▁series , ▁but ▁they ▁have ▁not ▁yet ▁started ▁production . ▁ ▁Fle well ing ▁has ▁c ited ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁authors ▁as ▁being ▁major ▁influ ences ▁on ▁her ▁work , ▁including ▁Ray ▁Brad bury , ▁William