Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong (born 14 December 1968)<ref name="School">Bio for school projects (archive)</ref> is a Canadian writer, primarily of fantasy novels since 2001.

She has published thirty-one fantasy novels Template:As of, thirteen in her Women of the Otherworld 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.<ref name="kelleyarmstrong.com">Template:Cite web</ref> 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

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Armstrong signing autographs for a fan at a book signing.

Kelley Armstrong was born on 14 December 1968, the oldest of four siblings in a "typical middle-class family" in Sudbury, Ontario.<ref name="School"/>

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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="School"/>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

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Standalone novels

• Wherever She Goes (2019)
• Every Step She Takes (2020)
• The Life She Had (2022) (as K.L. Armstrong)
• Hemlock Island (2023)
• Known to the Victim (2024) (as K.L. Armstrong)
• Finding Mr. Write (2024)
• I'll Be Waiting (2024)
• Writing Mr. Wrong (2025)

Young adult

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

The Women of the Otherworld Series

Book #	Title	Publication Date	Anthology or Collection	Comments
0.5	Beginnings	Jul 2012	Werewolves Tales of the Otherworld	Werewolves
1	Bitten	2001	Werewolves Tales of the Otherworld	Werewolves
2	Stolen	2002	Werewolves	Werewolves
3	Dime Store Magic	2004	Spellcasters Witch Magic	Witches Sorcerers
4	Industrial Magic	2004	Spellcasters Witch Magic	Witches Sorcerers
4.5	Wedding Bell Hell	Jun 2016	Spellcasters Tales of the Otherworld	Witches Sorcerers
5	Haunted	2005		Demons Demi-Gods Ghost Bounty Hunter Angels
6	Broken	2006		Zombies Werewolves Demons Dimensional Portal
7	No Humans Involved	2007		Necromancers Werewolves Witches and Sorcerers Demons
8	Personal Demon	2008		Demons The Cabals Witches and Sorcerers Werewolves
9	Living with the Dead	2008		Demons Necromancers Humans
10	Frostbitten	2009		Werewolves
11	Waking the Witch	2010		Witch Magic Demons Black Magic
12	Spell Bound	2011		Assassins Witches and Sorcerers The Cabals Werewolves Necromancers Demons
13	Thirteen	2012		Final Novel Angels 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	Publication Date	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

1. Wolf's Bane<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Oct 2019)
2. Wolf's Curse<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Mar 2020)

The Nadia Stafford Series

1. Exit Strategy (novel, Jul 2007)<ref name="Exit">Author's book summary for Exit Strategy</ref>
2. Made to be Broken (novel, Feb 2009)
3. Wild Justice (novel, late 2013)<ref name="Untitled Nadia Stafford book">Author's book summary for final Stafford book Template:Webarchive</ref>
4. Double Play<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Apr 2016)
5. Perfect Victim<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Nov 2017)

The Darkest Powers Series

The Darkest Powers Trilogy

Book #	Title	Publication Date	Anthology or Collection	Comments
0.4	Dangerous	Dec 2017	The Complete Darkest Power Tales Darkest Power Tales available online<ref name="Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1">Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1</ref>	Narrator: Derek
0.5	Kat		The Eternal Kiss<ref>Eternal Kiss</ref> free online Template:Webarchive.
1	The Summoning	Jul 2008	The Darkest Power Trilogy Darkest Power Tales
1.5	Divided	2009	The Complete Darkest Power Tales Darkest Power Tales available online.<ref name="Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1" />	Narrator: Derek
2	The Awakening	Apr 2009	The Darkest Power Trilogy	Narrator: Tori and Simon
2.5	Disenchanted	Dec 2017	The Complete Darkest Power Tales Darkest Power Tales
3	The Reckoning	Apr 2010	The Darkest Power Trilogy
3.4	Facing Facts	Dec 2017	The Complete Darkest Power Tales Enthralled<ref name="Facing Facts">Facing Facts</ref> Darkest Power Tales
3.5	Hunting Kat	Mar 2012	Kisses From Hell<ref>Kisses From Hell</ref>	ebook
3.6	Belonging	Dec 2017	The Darkest Powers Tales<ref>Darkest Powers Tales</ref> Darkest Power Tales	Narrator: Derek

The Darkness Rising Trilogy

Book #	Title	Publication Date	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<ref>Atoning</ref>

Cainsville series

1. Omens (novel, Aug 2013)<ref>Template:Citation)</ref>
2. Visions (novel, Aug 2014)<ref>actual printed version of book</ref>
3. Deceptions (novel, Aug 2015)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
4. Betrayals (novel, Aug 2016)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
5. Rituals (novel, Aug 2017)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
6. Portents: A Collection of Cainsville Tales (collection, Aug 2018)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
7. Cruel Fate (novella, Apr 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
8. Rough Justice (novella, Jun 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
9. Lost Souls (novella, Mar 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Age of Legends Series

1. Sea of Shadows (novel, 2014)
2. Empire of Night (novel, 2015)
3. Forest of Ruin (novel, 2016)

The Blackwell Pages Trilogy

Written under the alias: K. L. Armstrong. Co-authored with Melissa Marr.

1. Loki's Wolves (2013)
2. Odin's Ravens (May 2014)
3. Thor's Serpent (May 2015)

Rockton novels

1. City of the Lost (Jan 2017)
2. A Darkness Absolute (Nov 2017)
3. This Fallen Prey (Nov 2018)
4. Watcher in the Woods (Nov 2019)
5. Alone in the Wild (Feb 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
6. A Stranger in Town (Feb 2021)
7. The Deepest of Secrets (Feb 2022)

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying

1. A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying (Aug 2019)
2. The Gryphon's Lair (Jun 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3. The Serpent's Fury (Jun 2021)
4. The Final Trial (Jun 2022)

Haven's Rock

1. Murder at Haven's Rock (Feb 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2. The Boy Who Cried Bear (Feb 2024)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

A Stitch in Time

Book #	Title	Publication Date	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
2.5	Snowstorms & Sleigh Bells	Nov. 2021
3	A Turn of the Tide	Oct. 2022
3.5	Ghosts & Garlands	Nov. 2022
4	A Castle in the Air	Oct. 2023

Cursed Luck

Book #	Title	Publication Date	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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	May 2022
2	The Poisoner's Ring	May 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2.5	Cocktails & Chloroform	December 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3	Disturbing the Dead	May 2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3.5	Schemes & Scandals	December 2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4	Death at a Highland Wedding	May 2025<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Series in collaboration

Series Title	#	Title	In Collaboration With	Comments
Angel	Volume 5	Aftermath	Joss Whedon	Graphic Novel

Anthologies and collections

Title	Contents	Publication Date
Like a Charm<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>	Plan B	2004
Witch Magic	Dime Store Magic Industrial Magic	2004
Dying for It: Tales of Sex and Death<ref name=":2" />	Death Dealer	2006
Many Bloody Returns<ref name=":2" />	Twilight	2007
My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon<ref name=":2" />	Stalked	2008
Blood Lite<ref name=":2" />	The Ungrateful Dead	2008
Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance<ref name=":2" />	Paranormal Romance Blues	2009
A Fantasy Medley<ref name=":2" />	Zen and the Art of Vampirism	2009
The Eternal Kiss<ref name=":2" />	Kat	2009
By Blood We Live<ref name=":2" />	Twilight	2009
Tesseracts Thirteen<ref name=":2" />	Dead to Me	2009
Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary	A Haunted House of Her Own	2009
Campus Chills<ref name=":2" />	Harbinger	2009
Hellbound Hearts<ref name=":2" />	The Collector	2009
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror<ref name=":2" />	A Haunted House of Her Own	2010
The New Dead<ref name=":2" />	Life Sentence	2010
Evolve<ref name=":2" />	Learning Curve	2010
The Bitten Word<ref name=":2" />	Young Bloods	2010
Kisses from Hell<ref name=":2" />	Hunting Kat	2010
The Living Dead 2<ref name=":2" />	Last Stand	2010
Blood Lite 2: Overbite<ref name=":2" />	Lucifer's Daughter	2010
Men of the Otherworld<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>	Infusion Savage Ascension Kitsunegari	Feb 2010
The Urban Fantasy Anthology<ref name=":2" />	A Haunted House of Her Own	2011
Vampires: The Recent Undead<ref name=":2" />	Zen and the Art of Vampirism	2011
Tales of Dark Fantasy 2<ref name=":2" />	Chivalrous	2011
Evolve 2<ref name=":2" />	The List	2011
Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing<ref name=":2" />	The List	2011
The Monster's Corner<ref name=":2" />	Rakshasi	2011
Enthralled<ref name=":2" />	Facing Facts	2011
Subterranean<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref> Tales of Dark Fantasy 2	Chivalrous	2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2012<ref name=":2" />	Rakshasi	2012
Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste	V Plates	2012
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women<ref name=":2" />	Dead Flowers by a Roadside	2012
Werewolves<ref name=":0" />	Bitten Stolen Beginnings	July 2012
Tales of the Otherworld<ref name=":0" />	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<ref name=":2" />	Branded	2013
Four Summoner's Tales<ref name=":2" />	Suffer the Children	2013
Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird<ref name=":3" />	Introduction	2013
Spellcasters	Dime Store Magic Industrial Magic Wedding Bell Hell Case of the Half Demon Spy	Jun 2013
Dead Man's Hand<ref name=":2" />	Bamboozled	2014
Out of Tune<ref name=":2" />	Making Music	2014
Rags & Bones<ref name=":2" />	New Chicago	2014
Fantasy for Good<ref name=":2" />	The Kitsune's Nine Tales	2014
Subterranean Press Magazine<ref name=":2" />	The Screams of Dragons	2014
Dark Screams: Vol 1<ref name=":2" />	The Price You Pay	2014
The Darkest Power Trilogy	The Summoning The Awakening The Reckoning	2014
Darkness Rising	The Gathering The Calling The Rising	2014
Otherworld Nights<ref name=":0" />	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<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>	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<ref name=":2" />	Bamboozled	2015
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2015<ref name=":2" />	The Screams of Dragons	2015
Science Fiction World Magazine (China)<ref name=":2" />	The Screams of Dragons	2015
Expiration Date<ref name=":2" />	Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word	2015
nEvermore!<ref name=":2" />	The Orange Cat	2015
Seize the Night<ref name=":2" />	We Are All Monsters Here	2015
X-Files: The Truth is Out There<ref name=":2" />	Dead Ringers	2015
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2016<ref name=":2" />	The Door	2016
The Best Horror of the Year<ref name=":2" />	We Are All Monsters Here	2016
Urban Allies<ref name=":2" />	Tailed<ref group=note>Collaboration with Seanan McGuire.</ref>	2016
Strangers Among Us<ref name=":2" />	The Culling	2016
Otherworld Secrets<ref name=":0" />	Life After Theft Forbidden Angelic Zen and the Art of Vampirism The Ungrateful Dead Counterfeit Magic	Jan 2016
Otherworld Chills<ref name=":0" />	Brazen Amityville Horrible Chaotic Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word Off-Duty Angel The Puppy Plan Baby Boom	Oct 2016
Indigo<ref name=":3" />		Jun 2017
Urban Enemies<ref name=":2" />	Hounded	2017
Halloween Carnival Volume 3<ref name=":2" />	The Way Lost	2017
Haunted Nights<ref name=":2" />	Nos Galan Gaeaf	2017
The Complete Darkest Power Tales<ref name=":1" />	Dangerous Divided Disenchanted Facing Facts Belonging The New Guy The Invitation Atoning	Dec 2017
Dark Screams: Volume Nine<ref name=":2" />	Invitation to the Game	2018
The Dame was Trouble<ref name=":2" />	Indispensable	2018
Phantoms: Haunting Tales from Masters of the Genre<ref name=":2" />	The Ghost in the Glade	2018
Hark! The Herald Angels Scream<ref name=":2" />	Angels & Absinthe	2018
Portents: A Collection of Cainsville Tales<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	The Screams of Dragons Devil May Care Gabriel's Gargoyles Bad Publicity The Orange Cat Matagot The Lady of the Lake	Aug 2018
Ten Word Tragedies<ref name=":2" />	The War Within	2019
Hexed<ref name=":2" />	Black Magic Momma	2019
Life is Short and Then You Die<ref name=":2" />	Floater	2019
Under a Winter Sky<ref name=":3" />	Ballgowns & Butterflies	Nov 2020
Final Cuts<ref name=":2" />	Drunk Physics	2020
Hex on the Beach<ref name=":3" />	Goddess of Summer Love	Jul 2021
Christmas at Thorne Manor	Short fiction from A Stich in Time series: Ballgowns & Butterflies Snowstorms & Sleigh Bells Ghosts & Garlands	2022

Awards

Work	Year & Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Bitten	2001 International Horror Guild Award	First Novel	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Summoning	2009 Sunburst Award	Young Adult	Template:Nominated
	2011 Forest of Reading Red Maple Award	Fiction	Template:Nominated
Spell Bound	2011 Goodreads Choice Awards	Paranormal Fantasy	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Thirteen	2012 Goodreads Choice Awards	Paranormal Fantasy	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Gathering	2012 White Pine Award	Fiction	Template:Won
The Calling	2013 Aurora Awards	YA Novel	Template:Nominated
Omens	2013 Goodreads Choice Awards	Paranormal Fantasy	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Loki's Wolves	2013 Goodreads Choice Awards	Middle Grade & Children's	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	2014 Forest of Reading Red Maple Award	Fiction	Template:Nominated
The Rising	2014 Aurora Awards	YA Novel	Template:Won
Sea of Shadows	2015 Aurora Awards	YA Novel	Template:Nominated
	2015 Monica Hughes Award		Template:CFinalist
The Unquiet Past	2017 Forest of Reading Red Maple Award	Fiction	Template:Nominated
City of the Lost	2017 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence	Novel	Template:Nominated
The Masked Truth	2017 Arkansas Teen Book Award	Grades 10-12	Template:Nominated	<ref>https://library.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/artba-reading-list-2017.pdf</ref>
Wolf's Bane	2020 Aurora Awards	YA Novel	Template:Nominated
The Gryphon's Lair	2021 Aurora Awards	YA Novel	Template:Nominated
A Stitch in Time	2021 Aurora Awards	Novel	Template:Nominated
	2021 RITA Award	Long Speculative Romance	Template:Won
The Serpent's Fury	2022 Aurora Awards	YA Novel	Template:Nominated
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying	2022 Young Reader's Choice Award	Junior Division	Template:Nominated

External links

• Template:Official website
• Armstrong's online fiction center
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