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Kelley Armstrong
Birth Name:	Kelley L. Armstrong
Birth Date:	1968 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:	Novelist
Language:	English
Period:	1999–present
Genre:	Fantasy, horror, crime, romance
Children:	3

Kelley Armstrong (born 14 December 1968)^[1] is a Canadian writer, primarily of fantasy novels since 2001.

She has published thirty-one fantasy novels, thirteen in her Women series, five in her Cainsville series, six in her Rockton series, three in her Darkest Powers series, three in her Darkness Rising trilogy and three in the Age of Legends series, and three stand-alone teen thrillers. She has also published three middle-grade fantasy novels in the Blackwell Pages trilogy, with co-author Melissa Marr. As well, she is the author of three crime novels, the Nadia Stafford trilogy.^[2] She has also written several serial novellas and short stories for the Otherworld series, some of which are available free from her website. Starting in 2014, a Canadian television series based on the Women of the Otherworld, called Bitten, aired for 3 seasons on Space, and SyFy.

Biography

Kelley Armstrong was born on 14 December 1968, the oldest of four siblings in a "typical middle-class family" in Sudbury, Ontario.^[1]

After graduating with a degree in psychology from University of Western Ontario, Armstrong then switched to studying computer programming at Fanshawe College so she would have time to write.

"I'm a former computer programmer, but I have escaped my corporate cubicle and hope never to return"^[3]

Her first novel Bitten was sold in 1999, and it was released in 2001. Following her first success she has written a total of 13 novels and a number of novellas in the world of the Women of the Otherworld series, and her first crime novel, Exit Strategy, was released July 2007. Armstrong has been a full-time writer and parent since 2002.^[1]

Her novel No Humans Involved (the seventh book of the Women of the Otherworld series) was a New York Times bestseller in the hardback fiction category on 20 May 2007.^[4] Also, her YA novel The Awakening was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller in the Children's Chapter books category on 17 May 2009.^[5]

Description of work

Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series is part of a recently popular contemporary fantasy subgenre of the fantasy genre that superimposes supernatural characters upon a backdrop of contemporary North American life, with strong romantic elements. Within that subgenre, she is notable for including many types of supernatural characters, including witches, sorcerers, werewolves, necromancers, ghosts, shamans, demons and vampires, rather than limiting herself primarily to a single type of supernatural creature. Most of her works have a mystery genre plot, with leading characters investigating some novel situation or unsolved question.

In the Otherworld novels, most supernatural powers are either hereditary, or arise from the act of an existing supernatural of the same type. The Otherworld, while it has overarching conflicts and plotlines that span multiple novels, is not an epic battle between good and evil. The novels are largely episodic with the continuing plotlines primarily involving the developing lives of the main characters.

Her contemporary fantasy writings share genre similarities with writers Charlaine Harris, Laurell K. Hamilton and Kim Harrison.

Works

Source:^[6]

Standalone novels

• Wherever She Goes (2019)
• Every Step She Takes (2020)

Young adult

• The Masked Truth (2015)
• The Unquiet Past (2016)
• Missing (2017)
• Aftermath (2018)
• Someone Is Always Watching (2023) ISBN 9780735270923

The Women of the Otherworld Series

See main article: Women of the Otherworld.

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Comments|-|0.5|Beginnings|Jul 2012|WerewolvesTales of the Otherworld|Werewolves|-|1|Bitten|2001|WerewolvesTales of the Otherworld|Werewolves|-|2|Stolen|2002|Werewolves|Werewolves|-|3|Dime Store Magic|2004|SpellcastersWitch Magic|WitchesSorcerers|-|4|Industrial Magic|2004|SpellcastersWitch Magic|WitchesSorcerers|-|4.5|Wedding Bell Hell|Jun 2016|SpellcastersTales of the Otherworld|WitchesSorcerers|-|5|Haunted|2005||Demons Demi-Gods Ghost Bounty Hunter Angels|-|6|Broken|2006||Zombies Werewolves Demons Dimensional Portal |-|7|No Humans Involved|2007||NecromancersWerewolves Witches and Sorcerers Demons|-|8|Personal Demon|2008||Demons The Cabals Witches and Sorcerers Werewolves |-|9|Living with the Dead|2008||DemonsNecromancers Humans |-|10|Frostbitten|2009||Werewolves|-|11|Waking the Witch|2010||Witch MagicDemons Black Magic|-|12|Spell Bound|2011||AssassinsWitches and Sorcerers The Cabals Werewolves Necromancers Demons|-|13|Thirteen|2012||Final NovelAngels Witches and Sorcerers Demons Werewolves Vampires Necromancers The Cabals Hellhounds |-|13.1|Branded|Nov 2015|Shards & Ashes||} All other stories may be found on the series' main article. Otherworld novellas Title PublicationDate Anthology or Collection Comments Driven Jan 2016 Forsaken Jan 2015 Bounty Hunt Dec 2014 Graphic Novel Brazen Dec 2013 Otherworld Chills Amityville Horrible Jan 2013 Otherworld Chills Forbidden Nights Dec 2012 Hidden Dec 2011 Otherworld Nights Becoming Graphic Novel Counterfeit Magic Dec 2010 Otherworld Secrets Angelic 2011 Otherworld Secrets Chaotic Jan 2012 Otherworld Chills Otherworld Young Adult Wolf's Bane^[7] (Oct 2019) Wolf's Curse^[8] (Mar 2020) The Nadia Stafford Series Exit Strategy (novel, Jul 2007)^[9] Made to be Broken (novel, Feb 2009) Wild Justice (novel, late 2013)^[10] Double Play^[11] (Apr 2016) Perfect Victim^[12] (Nov 2017) The Darkest Powers Series See main article: Darkest Powers. The Darkest Powers Trilogy Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Comments|-|0.4|Dangerous|Dec 2017|The Complete Darkest Power TalesDarkest Power Tales available online^[13] |Narrator: Derek|-|0.5|Kat||The Eternal Kiss^[14] free online .||-|1|The Summoning|Jul 2008|The Darkest Power TrilogyDarkest Power Tales||-|1.5|Divided|2009|The Complete Darkest Power TalesDarkest Power Tales available online.|Narrator: Derek|-|2|The Awakening|Apr 2009|The Darkest Power Trilogy|Narrator: Tori and Simon|-|2.5|Disenchanted|Dec 2017|The Complete Darkest Power TalesDarkest Power Tales||-|3|The Reckoning |Apr 2010|The Darkest Power Trilogy||-|3.4|Facing Facts|Dec 2017|The Complete Darkest Power TalesEnthralled^[15] Darkest Power Tales||-|3.5|Hunting Kat|Mar 2012|Kisses From Hell^[16] |ebook|-|3.6|Belonging|Dec 2017|The Darkest Powers Tales^[17] Darkest Power Tales|Narrator: Derek|} The Darkness Rising Trilogy Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Comments|-|1|The Gathering|Apr 2011|Darkness Rising||-|1.5|The New Guy|Dec 2017|The Complete Darkest Power Tales|Narrator: Maya|-|1.6|The Invitation|Dec 2017|The Complete Darkest Power Tales||-|2|The Calling|Apr 2012|Darkness Rising||-|3|The Rising|Apr 2013|Darkness Rising||-|3.5|Atoning|Mar 2015|The Complete Darkest Power Tales|Narrator: Chloe; eBook^[18] |} Cainsville series Omens (novel, Aug 2013)^[19] Visions (novel, Aug 2014)^[20] Deceptions (novel, Aug 2015) Betrayals (novel, Aug 2016) Rituals (novel, Aug 2017) Portents: A Collection of Cainsville Tales (collection, Aug 2018) Cruel Fate (novella, Apr 2019)^[21] Rough Justice (novella, Jun 2018)^[22] Lost Souls (novella, Mar 2017)^[23] The Age of Legends Series Sea of Shadows (novel, 2014) Empire of Night (novel, 2015) Forest of Ruin (novel, 2016) The Blackwell Pages Trilogy Written under the alias: K. L. Armstrong. Co-authored with Melissa Marr. Loki's Wolves (2013) Odin's Ravens (May 2014) Thor's Serpent (May 2015) Rockton novels City of the Lost (Jan 2017) A Darkness Absolute (Nov 2017) This Fallen Prey (Nov 2018) Watcher in the Woods (Nov 2019) Alone in the Wild (Feb 2020)^[24] A Stranger in Town (Feb 2021) The Deepest of Secrets (Feb 2022) A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying (Aug 2019) The Gryphon's Lair (Jun 2020)^[25] The Serpent's Fury (Jun 2021) The Final Trial (Jun 2022) Haven's Rock Murder at Haven's Rock (Feb 2023)^[26] The Boy Who Cried Bear (Feb 2024)^[27] A Stitch in Time Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Comments|-|1|A Stitch in Time|Oct 2020||-|1.5|Ballgowns & Butterflies|Nov 2020|Under a Winter Sky|-|2|A Twist of Fate|Oct 2021||} Cursed Luck Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Comments|-|1|Cursed Luck|May 2021||-|1.5|Goddess of Summer Love|Nov 2021|Hex on the Beach||-|2|High Jinx|Dec 2021||} A Rip Through Time !Book #!Title!Publication Date!Comments 1 A Rip Through Time^[28] May 2022 2 The Poisoner's Ring May 2023^[29] 2.5 Cocktails & Chloroform December 2023^[30] 3 Disturbing the Dead May 2024^[31] Anthologies and collections Title Contents Publication Date Like a Charm^[32] Plan B 2004 Witch Magic Dime Store Magic Industrial Magic 2004 Dying for It: Tales of Sex and Death Death Dealer 2006 Many Bloody Returns Twilight 2007 My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon Stalked 2008 Blood Lite The Ungrateful Dead 2008 Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance Paranormal Romance Blues 2009 A Fantasy Medley Zen and the Art of Vampirism 2009 The Eternal Kiss Kat 2009 By Blood We Live Twilight 2009 Tesseracts Thirteen Dead to Me 2009 A Haunted House of Her Own 2009 Campus Chills Harbinger 2009 Hellbound Hearts The Collector 2009 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror A Haunted House of Her Own 2010 The New Dead Life Sentence 2010 Evolve Learning Curve 2010 The Bitten Word Young Bloods 2010 Kisses from Hell Hunting Kat 2010 The Living Dead 2 Last Stand 2010 Blood Lite 2: Overbite Lucifer's Daughter 2010 Men of the Otherworld^[33] Infusion Savage Ascension Kitsunegari Feb 2010 The Urban Fantasy Anthology A Haunted House of Her Own 2011 Vampires: The Recent Undead Zen and the Art of Vampirism 2011 Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 Chivalrous 2011 Evolve 2 The List 2011 Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing The List 2011 The Monster's Corner Rakshasi 2011 Enthralled Facing Facts 2011 Subterranean^[34] Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 Chivalrous 2011 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2012 Rakshasi 2012 Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste V Plates 2012 The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women Dead Flowers by a Roadside 2012 Werewolves BittenStolen Beginnings July 2012 Tales of the Otherworld Rebirth Birthright Beginnings Ghosts Expectations Wedding Bell Hell The Case of El Chupacabra Bewitched Nov 2012 The Hunter and the Hunted Off-Duty Angel Stalked Jun 2012 Shards & Ashes Branded 2013 Four Summoner's Tales Suffer the Children 2013 Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird Introduction 2013 Spellcasters Dime Store MagicIndustrial Magic Wedding Bell Hell Case of the Half Demon Spy Jun 2013 Dead Man's Hand Bamboozled 2014 Out of Tune Making Music 2014 Rags & Bones New Chicago 2014 Fantasy for Good The Kitsune's Nine Tales 2014 Subterranean Press Magazine The Screams of Dragons 2014 Dark Screams: Vol 1 The Price You Pay 2014 The Darkest Power Trilogy The SummoningThe Awakening The Reckoning 2014 Darkness Rising The GatheringThe Calling The Rising 2014 Otherworld Nights Demonology Stalked Hidden Twilight Chivalrous Lucifer's Daughter From Russia with Love Vanishing Act Oct 2014 Gifted Gabriel’s Gargoyles The Puppy Plan Nov 2014 Darkest Powers Tales^[35] Dangerous Divided Disenchanted Facing Facts Belonging Mar 2015 Led Astray Rakshashi Kat A Haunted House of Her Own Learning Curve The Screams of Dragons The Kitsune's Nine Tales Last Stand Bamboozled Branded The List Young Bloods The Door Dead Flowers by a Roadside Suffer the Children The Collector Gabriel's Gargoyles Harbinger V Plates Life Sentence Plan B The Hunt Dead to Me Devil May Care Sep 2015 Life Sentence Life Sentence Last Stand Nov 2015 Imaginarium 4 Bamboozled 2015 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2015 The Screams of Dragons 2015 Science Fiction World Magazine (China) The Screams of Dragons 2015 Expiration Date Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word 2015 nEvermore! The Orange Cat 2015 Seize the Night We Are All Monsters Here 2015 X-Files: The Truth is Out There Dead Ringers 2015 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2016 The Door 2016 The Best Horror of the Year We Are All Monsters Here 2016 Urban Allies Tailed^[36] 2016 Strangers Among Us The Culling 2016 Otherworld Secrets Life After Theft Forbidden Angelic Zen and the Art of Vampirism The Ungrateful Dead Counterfeit Magic Jan 2016 Otherworld Chills Brazen Amityville Horrible Chaotic Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word Off-Duty Angel The Puppy Plan Baby Boom Oct 2016 Indigo Jun 2017 Urban Enemies Hounded 2017 Halloween Carnival Volume 3 The Way Lost 2017 Haunted Nights Nos Galan Gaeaf 2017 The Complete Darkest Power Tales Dangerous Divided Disenchanted Facing Facts Belonging The New Guy The Invitation Atoning Dec 2017 Dark Screams: Volume Nine Invitation to the Game 2018 The Dame was Trouble Indispensable 2018 Phantoms: Haunting Tales from Masters of the Genre The Ghost in the Glade 2018 Hark! The Herald Angels Scream Angels & Absinthe 2018 Portents: A Collection of Cainsville Tales^[37] The Screams of DragonsDevil May Care Gabriel's Gargoyles Bad Publicity The Orange Cat Matagot The Lady of the Lake Aug 2018 Ten Word Tragedies The War Within 2019 Hexed Black Magic Momma 2019 Life is Short and Then You Die Floater 2019 Under a Winter Sky Ballgowns & Butterflies Nov 2020 Final Cuts Drunk Physics 2020 Hex on the Beach Goddess of Summer Love Jul 2021 External links Armstrong's online fiction center

Notes and References

1. http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/PDFs/School-Project-FAQ.pdf Bio for school projects
2. Web site: Books by Series – Kelley Armstrong.
3. Web site: Kelley Armstrong Interview and Book Giveaway.
4. Web site: BEST SELLERS: May 20, 2007 . The New York Times. 20 May 2007.
5. Web site: CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: CHAPTER BOOKS: Sunday, May 17th 2009 . The New York Times. 17 May 2009.
6. Web site: May 12, 2021. Kelley Armstrong's website. May 12, 2021. Kelley Armstrong.
7. Web site: Wolf's Bane. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
8. Web site: Wolf's Curse. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
9. http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/exit-strategy/ Author's book summary for Exit Strategy
10. http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/nadia-3/ Author's book summary for final Stafford book
11. Web site: Double Play. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
12. Web site: Perfect Victim. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
13. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13076222-darkest-powers-bonus-pack-1 Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1
14. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/352829911 Eternal Kiss
15. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16169998-facing-facts Facing Facts
16. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/526057868 Kisses From Hell
17. http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/book/darkest-powers-tales/ Darkest Powers Tales
18. http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/book/atoning/ Atoning
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20. actual printed version of book
21. Web site: Cruel Fate. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
22. Web site: Rough Justice. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
23. Web site: Lost Souls. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
24. Web site: Alone in the Wild. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
25. Web site: The Gryphon"s Lair. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
26. Book: Armstrong, Kelley . Murder at Haven's Rock . Minotaur Books . 2023 . 9781250865410 .
27. Book: Armstrong, Kelley . The Boy Who Cried Bear . Minotaur Books . 2024 . 9781250865458.
28. Web site: A Rip Through Time – Kelley Armstrong. 2022-02-24. en-US.
29. Web site: The Poisoner's Ring – Kelley Armstrong . 2023-10-03 . en-US.
30. Web site: Cocktails & Chloroform – Kelley Armstrong . 2024-10-03 . en-US.
31. Web site: Disturbing the Dead – Kelley Armstrong . 2024-10-03 . en-US.
32. Web site: Short Fiction. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
33. Web site: Otherworld Collections. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
34. Web site: May 12, 2021. Ottawa Public Library. May 12, 2021. Ottawa Public Library.
35. Web site: Darkest Power Stories. February 6, 2020. Kelley Armstrong.
36. Collaboration with Seanan McGuire.
37. Web site: February 6, 2020. Portents. Kelley Armstrong.