Kelley Armstrong


Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian writer, primarily of fantasy novels since 2001.
She has published thirty-one fantasy novels, thirteen in her Women of the Otherworld series, five in her Cainsville series, four 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. 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 season 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.
After graduating with a degree in psychology from The 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"

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.
Her novel No Humans Involved was a New York Times bestseller in the hardback fiction category on 20 May 2007.
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.

The Women of the Otherworld Series

Book
#		TitlePublication
Date		Anthology or CollectionComments
0.5BeginningsJul 2012Werewolves
1Bitten2001Werewolves
2Stolen2002Werewolves
3Dime Store Magic2004Spellcasters
Witch Magic
4Industrial Magic2004Spellcasters
Witch Magic
4.5Wedding Bell HellJun 2016Spellcasters
5Haunted2005Demons
Demi-Gods
Ghost Bounty Hunter
Angels
6Broken2006Zombies
Werewolves
Demons
Dimensional Portal
7No Humans Involved2007Necromancers
Werewolves
Witches and Sorcerers
Demons
8Personal Demon2008Demons
The Cabals
Witches and Sorcerers
Werewolves
9Living with the Dead2008Demons
Necromancers
Humans
10Frostbitten2009Werewolves
11Waking the Witch2010Witch Magic
Demons
Black Magic
12Spell Bound2011Assassins
Witches and Sorcerers
The Cabals
Werewolves
Necromancers
Demons
13Thirteen2012Angels
Witches and Sorcerers
Demons
Werewolves
Vampires
Necromancers
The Cabals
Hellhounds

Final Novel
13.1BrandedNov 2015Shards & Ashes

  1. Wolf"s Bane
  2. Wolf's Curse

    The Nadia Stafford Series

  3. Exit Strategy
  4. Made to be Broken
  5. Wild Justice
  6. Double Play
  7. Perfect Victim

    The Darkest Powers Series

The Darkest Powers Trilogy

The Darkness Rising Trilogy

Cainsville Series

  1. Omens
  2. Visions
  3. Deceptions
  4. Betrayals
  5. Rituals
  6. Portents: A collection of Cainsville tales
  7. #The Screams of Dragons
  8. #Devil May Care
  9. #Gabriel’s Gargoyles
  10. #Bad Publicity
  11. #The Orange Cat
  12. #Matagot
  13. #The Lady of the Lake
  14. Cruel Fate
  15. Rough Justice
  16. Lost Souls

    The Age of Legends Series

  17. Sea of Shadows
  18. Empire of Night
  19. Forest of Ruin

    The Blackwell Pages Trilogy

Written under the alias: K. L. Armstrong. Co-authored with Melissa Marr.
  1. Loki's Wolves
  2. Odin's Ravens
  3. Thor's Serpent

    Rockton Novels

  4. City of the Lost
  5. A Darkness Absolute
  6. This Fallen Prey
  7. Watcher in the Woods
  8. Alone in the Wild

    A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying

  9. A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying
  10. The Gryphon's Lair

    Young Adult Novels