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Clare in 2013, photo by Joe Seer /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Judith A. Rumelt
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Date of Birth: July 27, 1973
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Cassandra Clare is an Iranian-born American writer.
Cassandra was born in Tehran, Iran, to American parents, Elizabeth and Richard Post Rumelt. She is married to Joshua Lewis.
Cassandra’s maternal grandfather was film producer Max J. Rosenberg (the son of Leon Rosenberg and Fanny). Max was born in New York, to parents from Latvia/Russia.
Cassandra’s maternal grandmother was named Isabel Weinstein.
Sources: Cassandra’s maternal grandfather, Max J. Rosenberg, on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Cassandra’s maternal grandfather, Isabel (Weinstein) Rosenberg – http://www.legacy.com