
Her books have received mixed critical reception. Two sequels, Legendary and Finale, complete the Caraval trilogy.

Garber has stated that she did not intend for Caraval to be the first book in a series or to be a romance when she started writing it. When the space opera failed to sell, Garber wrote Caraval.

She wrote several novels and received many rejections until her fourth book, a space opera, caught the interest of a literary agent.

Garber was a college resident director when she began writing in her spare time. Stephanie Garber is an American author of young adult fiction known for the Caraval series.
