Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong was born on 14 December 1968, the oldest of four siblings in a "typical middle-class family" in Sudbury, Ontario. 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. 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. == 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: 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), • A Deadly Inheritance(2026) The Women of the Otherworld Series • All other stories may be found on the series' main article. Otherworld novellas Otherworld Young Adult • ''Wolf's Bane'' (Oct 2019) • ''Wolf's Curse'' (Mar 2020) The Nadia Stafford Series • Exit Strategy (novel, Jul 2007) • Made to be Broken (novel, Feb 2009) • Wild Justice (novel, late 2013) • Double Play (Apr 2016) • Perfect Victim (Nov 2017) The Darkest Powers Series The Darkest Powers Trilogy The Darkness Rising Trilogy Cainsville series • Omens (novel, Aug 2013) • Visions (novel, Aug 2014) • 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) • Rough Justice (novella, Jun 2018) • Lost Souls (novella, Mar 2017) 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) • 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) • ''The Serpent's Fury'' (Jun 2021) • The Final Trial (Jun 2022) Haven's Rock • ''Murder at Haven's Rock'' (Feb 2023) • The Boy Who Cried Bear (Feb 2024) A Stitch in Time Cursed Luck A Rip Through Time Series in collaboration Anthologies and collections ==Awards==