Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong
Born 1968
Sudbury, Ontario
Occupation Writer
Nationality Canadian
Period 2001–present
Genres Fantasy, Horror, Crime fiction
www.kelleyarmstrong.com

Kelley Armstrong (born 1968)[1] is a Canadian author, primarily of fantasy works.

She has published sixteen fantasy novels to date, set in the world of the Women of the Otherworld and the Darkest Powers series, also two crime novels in 2007 and 2009. Armstrong has confirmed contracts with her American, British and Canadian publishers for novels eleven through thirteen in the Women of the Otherworld series, and novels three through to six of Darkest Powers series. She has also written several serial novellas and short stories for the Otherworld series, some of which are available free from her website.

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Biography

Kelley Armstrong is married with three children; the family lives in rural Ontario.[2] She was born on 1968, the oldest of four siblings in a "typical middle class family" in London, Ontario.[1] 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. Her first novel Bitten was sold in 1999, and it was released in 2001. Following her first success she has written a total of nine 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.[2]

Her novel No Humans Involved was a New York Times bestseller in the hardback fiction category on May 20, 2007.[3] Also, her YA novel The Awakening was a #1 New York Times bestseller in the Children's Chapter books category on May 17, 2009.[4]

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 to date, 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, thus far, 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.

Bibliography

The Women of the Otherworld series

Main article: Women of the Otherworld

The Novels

  1. Bitten (2001)
  2. Stolen (2002)
  3. Dime Store Magic (2004)
  4. Industrial Magic (2004)
  5. Haunted (2005)
  6. Broken (2006)
  7. No Humans Involved (2007)
  8. Personal Demon (2008)
  9. Living with the Dead (2008)
  10. Frostbitten (2009)
  11. Waking the Witch (2010)
  12. Spellbound (2011)
  13. 13 (novel, to be published 2012)

13 will be the 13th and final book in the Women of the Otherworld series due to the writer's contractual agreements. This is subject to change if a new contract is proposed/signed.

The complete series

Below is a complete list of online work, short stories, novellas and contributions to anthologies. Also note that this list is in within-series chronological order[5]

Note: the bold titles denote works which have been published in print.
  • "Rebirth", narrator Aaron (short story, released 2005, published in Tales Of The Otherworld April 2010)
  • "Infusion", narrator Malcolm Danvers (short story, released 2005; published in Men of the Otherworld in Jan 2009)
  • "Savage", narrator Clayton Danvers (novella, released 2003; published in Men of the Otherworld in Jan 2009)
  • "Ascension", narrator Clayton Danvers (novella, released 2003; published in Men of the Otherworld in Jan 2009)
  • "Demonology", narrator Talia Lyndsay (short story, released 2005)
  • "Bewitched", narrator Eve Levine (short story, published in Tales Of The Otherworld April 2010)
  • "Birthright", narrator Logan Jonsen (short story, released 2005, published in Tales Of The Otherworld April 2010)
  • "Beginnings", narrators Clayton Danvers and Elena Michaels (novella, released 2004, published in Tales Of The Otherworld April 2010)
  • "'Becoming'", graphic novella about Elena Michaels (novella, 2007)
  • "The Case of the Half-Demon Spy", (short story, released 2005)
  • "Expectations", narrator Lucas Cortez (short story, released 2005, published in Tales Of The Otherworld April 2010)
  • "Truth and Consequences", narrator Elena Michaels (short story, first published February 1996 in Lost Worlds magazine and later re-released online)
  • "Territorial", narrator Karl Marsten (short story, released 2005)
  1. Bitten, narrator Elena Michaels (novel, published 2001)
    • "Ghosts", narrator Jeremy Danvers (short story, released 2005, published in Tales Of The Otherworld April 2010)
    • "Escape", narrator Eve Levine (short story, released 2005)
  2. Stolen, narrator Elena Michaels (novel, published 2002)
  3. Dime Store Magic, narrator Paige Winterbourne (novel, published 2004)
  4. Industrial Magic, narrator Paige Winterbourne (novel, published 2004)
    • "Wedding Bell Hell", narrator Paige Winterbourne (short story, released 2005, published in Tales Of the Otherworld April 2010)
  5. Haunted, narrator Eve Levine (novel, published 2005)
    • "Adventurer", narrator Kenneth Okalik (short story, published 2005)
    • "Chaotic", narrator Hope Adams (novella, published 2006 in Dates from Hell anthology)
    • "The Case of El Chupacabra", narrator Lucas Cortez (novella, released 2006, published in Tales Of The Otherworld April 2010)
    • "Bargain", narrator Xavier (short story, released 2005)
  6. Broken, narrator Elena Michaels (novel, published 2006)
  7. No Humans Involved, narrator Jaime Vegas (novel, published 2007)
    • "Framed", narrator Nick Sorrentino (novella, released 2007)
    • "Twilight," narrator Cassandra DuCharme (published 2007 in Many Bloody Returns)
    • "Stalked," narrator Clayton Danvers (published 2007 in My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon)
  8. Personal Demon, narrator Hope Adams (novel, published 2008)
    • "The Ungrateful Dead," narrator Jamie Vegas (published 2009 in Blood Lite)
  9. Living with the Dead, narrator Robyn Peltier (novel, published 2008)
    • "Kitsunegari," narrator Jeremy Danvers (novella, published 2009 in Men of the Otherworld)
    • "Paranormal Romance Blues," other narrator (short story published 2009 in The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance)
    • "Zen and the Art of Vampirism," narrator Zoe Takano (novella, published 2008 in A Fantasy Medley)
    • "Angelic", narrator Eve Levine (novella, published December 2009 in a limited run by Subterranean Press)
    • "Learning Curve," narrator Zoe Takano (short story, published 2010 in Evolve)
    • "Checkmate", narrator Elena Michaels (short story, released 2009)
    • "Recruit", narrator Elena Michaels (short story, released 2009)
  10. Frostbitten, narrator Elena Michaels (novel, published 2009)
    • "Life Sentence," Other narrator (February 2010 in The New Dead)
    • "Counterfeit Magic," narrator Paige Winterbourne(novella, released 2010 in a limited run by Subterranean Press)
    • "Lucifer’s Daughter," narrator Hope Adams (published October 2010 in Blood Lite 2: Overbite)
  11. Waking the Witch, narrator Savannah Levine (novel, published July 2010)
    • Hidden, narrator Elena Michels (novella, to be release late 2011)
  12. Spellbound, narrator Savannah Levine (novel, published July 2011)

The Nadia Stafford series

  1. Exit Strategy (published July 2007)[6]
  2. Made to be Broken (published in February 2009)

The Darkest Powers series

Main article: Darkest Powers

The Darkest Powers trilogy

  1. The Summoning (novel, published July 2008)
  2. The Awakening (novel, published April 2009)
  3. The Reckoning (novel, published April 2010)

The Darkness Rising trilogy

  1. The Gathering (novel, published April, 2011)
  2. The Calling (novel, to be published April 10th 2012)

Other short stories

References

  1. ^ a b Bio for school projects
  2. ^ a b Author bio
  3. ^ "BEST SELLERS: May 20, 2007". New York Times. May 20, 2007. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE1DE1431F933A15756C0A9619C8B63. 
  4. ^ "CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: CHAPTER BOOKS: Sunday, May 17th 2009". New York Times. May 17, 2009. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E1DF163EF934A25756C0A96F9C8B63. 
  5. ^ http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/PDFs/Chronological-Story-List.pdf
  6. ^ Author's book summary for Exit Strategy

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