Chloe Neill

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-09

Chloe Neill is an American author born May 17, 1975, in Arkansas. She studied law at the University of Nebraska and has worked as a contract lawyer alongside her writing career. Neill began publishing original fiction in 2005 and has since released roughly two books a year across multiple series, becoming a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She is best known for the Chicagoland Vampires series, thirteen urban fantasy novels published between 2009 and 2017 that follow a vampire heroine navigating supernatural politics in Chicago; she later extended that world with the Heirs of Chicagoland spin-off series beginning with Wild Hunger in 2018. Her other works include the Paranormal Academy trilogy, the Devil's Isle series, and an ocean-set fantasy duology, spanning urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and young adult fiction. Neill's novels have been translated into Spanish, Italian, and German, reflecting her international readership. She continues to write full-time, publishing new series and standalone works while maintaining her legal career. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with her husband and two dogs, and remains active in the urban fantasy community through her ongoing output of vampire, shifter, and paranormal fiction.