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Nancy Kilpatrick is an award-winning writer and editor. She has published 23 novels, 2 novellas, 1 non-fiction book, over 250 short stories and 9 collections of her short fiction, plus comic books, a graphic novel, and she has edited 15 anthologies. She has also co-written one stage play and has penned many non-fiction articles and reviews. Her work has been translated into 8 languages.
Her writing and editing fall into these genres: Dark Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Erotic Horror, Sci-Fi. She writes under her name, and the noms de plume Amarantha Knight and Desirée Knight (Amarantha’s kid sister!)
Nancy has been a 4-time Bram Stoker Award finalist, a 7-time Aurora Award finalist, a 2 time Paris Book Festival winner for anthologies, the ForeWord Reviewers Award silver winner for collections, the winner of the Murder, Mayhem & the Macabre award; The Standing Stone short fiction winner award; Interzon winner; and winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for best mystery story.
She lives in lovely Montréal, but when not writing, travels planet Earth—the Great Curio Cabinet—in search of cemeteries, ossuaries, catacombs, mummies, Danse Macabre artwork, and jeweled skeletons.
Nancy’s books are in print, ebook and some in audio book format, and can be found in the usual brick & mortar stores as well as from your favorite eBook vendor.
Her Thrones of Blood series has been optioned for film and TV.
Previously, her novel Near Death was twice optioned for film.
Type in Nancy Kilpatrick on You Tube where you can find videos of Nancy reading chapter 1 from the individual novels in her Thrones of Blood series. On this website you can also click under the following book covers to hear Nancy read one to two minute excerpts from the following books:
- Wild Hunt .
- Vampire Theatre
- Child of the Night
- Near Death
- Reborn
- Bloodlover
- Revenge of the Vampir King
- Sacrifice of the Hybrid Princess
- Abduction of Two Rulers
- Savagery of the Rebel King
- Anguish of the Sapiens Queen
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Anguish of the Sapiens Queen
Thrones of Blood vampire world, Vol 5:
Anguish of the Sapiens Queen
Print and ebook: Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink Imprint
Artwork: Istvan Kadar
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined
The goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined
Print and ebook: St. Martin’s Press
(also available in French, Italian, UK edition)
Anguish of the Sapiens Queen
Thrones of Blood vampire world, Vol 5:
Anguish of the Sapiens Queen
Print and ebook: Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink Imprint
Artwork: Istvan Kadar
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
Savagery of the Rebel King
Thrones of Blood vampire world, Vol 4:
Savagery of the Rebel King
Print and ebook: Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink Imprint
Artwork: Istvan Kadar
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
Abduction of Two Rulers
Thrones of Blood vampire world, Vol 3:
Abduction of Two Rulers
Print and ebook: Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink Imprint
Artwork: Istvan Kadar
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
Sacrifice of the Hybrid Princess
Thrones of Blood vampire world, Vol 2:
Sacrifice of the Hybrid Princess
Print and ebook: Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink Imprint
Artwork: Istvan Kadar
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
Revenge of the Vampir King
Thrones of Blood vampire world, Vol 1:
Revenge of the Vampir King
Print and ebook: Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink imprint
Artwork: Istvan Kadar
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
Child of the Night
The Power of the Blood vampire world:
Child of the Night
Robinson Publishing/Raven Imprint; Pumpkin Books; Mosaic Press; ebook: Crossroad Press
(available in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish)
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
Near Death
The Power of the Blood vampire world:
Near Death
Pocket Books; Pumpkin Books; Mosaic Press; ebook: Crossroad Press
(available in French, German. Italian, Spanish)
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
Bloodlover
The Power of the Blood vampire world:
Bloodlover
Baskerville Books; Mosaic Press; ebook: Crossroad Press
(available in French, Italian, Spanish)
Listen to Nancy read an excerpt:
Eternal City
Eternal City (with Michael Kilpatrick)
Five Star Books/Gale Publishing, HC; TPB; ebook: Crossroads Press
Frankenstein
The Darker Passions series
Frankenstein
(writing as Amarantha Knight)
Masquerade Boks; Circlet Press; ebook: Crossroads Press (also available in Spanish)
Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde
The Darker Passions series
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
(writing as Amarantha Knight)
Masquerade Books; Circlet Press; ebook: Crossroads Press
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Darker Passions series
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(writing as Amarantha Knight)
Masquerade Books; ebook: Crossroads Press
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Darker Passions series
The Fall of the House of Usher
(writing as Amarantha Knight)
Masquerade Books; ebook: Crossroads Press
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Darker Passions series
The Pit and the Pendulum
(writing as Amarantha Knight)
Masquerade Books; ebook: Crossroads Press
The Vampire Stories of Nancy Kilpatrick
The Vampire Stories of Nancy Kilpatrick
Mosaic Press; ebook Crossroad Press
(also available in Italian and Spanish)
Vamperotica #6
Vamperotica #6
Brainstorm Comics
Vamperotica #13
Vamperotica #13
Brainstorm Comics
Vampyre Theater
Nancy Kilpatrick’s Vampyre Theater
PreForce Publishing HC & trade pb
nEvermore!
nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery & the Macabre
(with Caro Soles)
Edge SF&F Publishing, TPB & ebook
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre: Close Encounters With the Reaper
Artwork: John Kaiine
Edge SF&F Publishing, TPB & ebook
Evolve Two
Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead
Artwork: John Kaiine
Edge SF&F Publishing, TPB & ebook
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