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.

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, 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

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. Spell Bound (2011)
13. Thirteen (2012; final novel)

• Witch Magic (SFBC Omnibus Edition), released in 2004 in the UK, was a republication of Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic in one volume.

Complete Works in this Universe

Below is a complete, in-universe chronological list of novels, online work, short stories, novellas and contributions to anthologies, based on the timeline given on Kelley Armstrong's official website.

Stories in the "Online release" column may be found on one of two pages on her website. If marked as "Short story", they are on her "Free Online Fiction" page. If marked otherwise, they are in the "Otherworld Stories" section of her "Books" page.

Number (novels only)	Title	Online release	Collected in	Narrator(s)
	Rebirth		Tales of the Otherworld	Aaron
	Infusion		Men of the Otherworld	Malcolm
	Savage		Men of the Otherworld	Clay
	Ascension		Men of the Otherworld	Clay
	Bewitched		Tales of the Otherworld	Eve
	Demonology		Otherworld Nights	Talia
	Birthright		Tales of the Otherworld	Logan
	Beginnings		Tales of the Otherworld	Clay & Elena
	Becoming	Graphic novella		Elena
	The Case of the Half-Demon Spy		Spellcasters (omnibus; exclusive to Canada)	Adam
	Expectations		Tales of the Otherworld	Lucas
	Truth and Consequences	Short story		Elena
	Territorial	Short story		Karl
01	Bitten		Novel	Elena
	Ghosts		Tales of the Otherworld	Jeremy
	Escape	Short story		Eve
02	Stolen		Novel	Elena
03	Dime Store Magic		Novel	Paige
04	Industrial Magic		Novel	Paige
	Wedding Bell Hell		Tales of the Otherworld	Paige
05	Haunted		Novel	Eve
	Adventurer	Short story		Kenneth
	Chaotic	Novella	Otherworld Chills	Hope
	Bargain	Short story		Xavier
06	Broken		Novel	Elena
	The Case of El Chupacabra		Tales of the Otherworld	Lucas
07	No Humans Involved		Novel	Jaime
	Framed	Short story		Nick
	Twilight		Otherworld Nights	Cassandra
	Stalked		Otherworld Nights	Clay
08	Personal Demon		Novel	Hope & Lucas
	Chivalrous		Otherworld Nights	Reese
	The Ungrateful Dead		Otherworld Secrets	Jaime
09	Living with the Dead		Novel	Multiple; 3rd person
	Kitsunegari		Men of the Otherworld	Jeremy
	Zen and the Art of Vampirism		Otherworld Secrets	Zoe
	Angelic		Otherworld Secrets	Eve
	Learning Curve		Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong	Zoe
	Lucifer’s Daughter		Otherworld Nights	Hope
	Checkmate	Short story		Elena
	Recruit	Short story		Elena
10	Frostbitten		Novel	Elena
	The List		Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong	Zoe
	Hidden		Otherworld Nights	Elena
	Forbidden		Otherworld Secrets	Elena
	Counterfeit Magic		Otherworld Secrets	Paige
	Off-Duty Angel	The Hunter and the Hunted (collection)	Otherworld Chills	Eve
	V Plates		Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong	Nick
	Amityville Horrible	Novella	Otherworld Chills	Jaime
11	Waking the Witch		Novel	Savannah
12	Spell Bound		Novel	Savannah
13	Thirteen		Novel	Savannah
	From Russia with Love		Otherworld Nights	Elena
	Vanishing Act		Otherworld Nights	Savannah
	Brazen	Novella	Otherworld Chills	Nick
	Bounty Hunt	Graphic novella		Reese
	Forsaken	Novella		Elena
	Life After Theft		Otherworld Secrets	Hope
	The Puppy Plan	Gifted (collection)	Otherworld Chills	Logan

In addition, the following eight stories exist, but their position in the timeline has not been identified:

Title	Collected in	Narrator(s)
Driven	Online Novella
Bamboozled	Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong	Non-series character
Branded	Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong	Non-series character
Life Sentence	Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong	Non-series character
Young Bloods	Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong	Non-series character
Paranormal Romance Blues	Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance	Non-series character
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word	Otherworld Chills	Zoe
Baby Boom	Otherworld Chills	Paige/Lucas

The Nadia Stafford series

1. Exit Strategy (novel, published July 2007)
2. Made to be Broken (novel, published February 2009)
3. Wild Justice (novel, published late 2013)

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 short story Kat chronologically 0.3 can be found in the anthology The Eternal Kiss (2009)
• The short story Hunting Kat chronologically 0.4 can be found in the anthology Kisses From Hell (2010)
• The short stories Dangerous chronologically 0.5, and Divided chronologically 1.5 have Derek as the narrator and are available online.
• A short story called Disenchanted chronologically 2.5 is narrated by Tori and a very small portion in Simon's view.
• The short story Facing Facts chronologically 3.6 is published in the anthology Enthralled (2011)

The Darkness Rising trilogy

1. The Gathering (novel, published 12 April 2011)
2. The Calling (novel, published 10 April 2012)
3. The Rising (novel, published 2 April 2013)

Cainsville series

1. Omens (novel, published 20 August 2013)
2. Visions (novel, published 19 August 2014)
3. Deceptions (novel, published August 2015)

The Age of Legends series

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

The Blackwell Pages Trilogy

1. Loki's Wolves (as K. L. Armstrong, with Melissa Marr) (2013)
2. Odin's Ravens (as K. L. Armstrong, with Melissa Marr) (May 2014)
3. Thor's Serpent (as K. L. Armstrong, with Melissa Marr) (May 2015)

Casey Duncan Novels

1. City of the Lost (2016)

Other short stories

• Plan B (in the collection Like a Charm)
• Death Dealer (in the collection Dying for It: Tales of Sex and Death)
• Kat (in the collection The Eternal Kiss)
• Harbinger (in the collection Campus Chills)
• A Haunted House of Her Own (in Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary)
• Devil May Care (in Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong) (2015)
• The Screams of Dragons (in Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong) (2015)

Kelley Armstrong Collections

1. Men of the Otherworld (2010)
2. Tales of the Otherworld (2012)
3. Otherworld Nights (2014)
4. Darkest Powers Tales (2015)
5. Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong (multi-series collection, September 2015)
6. Otherworld Secrets (January 2016)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]