Grace Brisbane (American 2009-2011)

In Maggie Stiefvater's bestselling trilogy —Shiver, Linger and Forever—the dropping mercury sees Grace Brisbane and her fellow lycanthropes transform into the wolves of Mercy Falls. Grace was attacked by werewolves as an eleven year old, however, was saved by a yellow-eyed wolf, with whom she comes to form a deep a connection. A childhood fever prevents her from undergoing a transformation at the time of the attack, but a second bite some years later sets her lycanthropy in motion. The trilogy draws on current tensions surrounding the reintroduction of wolves into the American landscape, pitting Grace and her fellow wolves against the residents of Mercy Falls.