Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong
Author • Editor • Translatorb. December 14, 1968 · From Canada- Books
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Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian author of fantasy, horror, thriller and romance novels for adults and teens. She debuted in 2001 with Bitten, the first novel in her Women of the Otherworld series, and has gone on to write the Darkest Powers, Darkness Rising, Age of Legends, Cainsville and Rockton series, among others.
Her novel No Humans Involved was a New York Times bestseller, and The Rising won the Aurora Award for Best YA Novel in 2014. Her Otherworld novels inspired the television series Bitten (2014–2016). She was born in Sudbury, Ontario, and lives in Ontario, Canada.
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Kelley Armstrong is widely recognized for her Women of the Otherworld series, which features a diverse cast of supernatural characters including werewolves, witches, and vampires. This series established her as a prominent voice in urban fantasy.
New readers interested in her urban fantasy work should begin with "Bitten," the first book in the Women of the Otherworld series. For those preferring young adult fantasy, "The Summoning" is the starting point for The Darkest Powers trilogy.
Kelley Armstrong also writes crime and thriller novels under her own name, distinct from her fantasy work. She does not use a separate pen name for these different genres.
Her novel "Bitten" from the Women of the Otherworld series was adapted into a television series that aired for three seasons.
In 2026, Kelley Armstrong was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) Hall of Fame, alongside James Alan Gardner and Mike Glicksohn, in recognition of her career as a bestselling author of over fifty books. She has also won a book-level Aurora Award for Best YA Novel (for The Rising, 2014).