Kelley Armstrong

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-10-30

Kelley Armstrong was born on 14 December 1968 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the oldest of four siblings. She earned a psychology degree at the University of Western Ontario, then studied computer programming at Fanshawe College so that she would have time to write. Her first novel, Bitten, was sold in 1999 and published in 2001, and she has been a full-time writer and parent since 2002. She lives in rural Ontario with her husband and three children. Besides the Women of the Otherworld novels she writes crime fiction, teen thrillers and middle-grade books. Bitten was adapted as a Canadian television series that ran for three seasons from 2014, and her work has been nominated for or won awards including the Sunburst, White Pine and Aurora awards.

Universe(s)

Books

• Bitten (2001) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Stolen (2002) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Dime Store Magic (2004) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Industrial Magic (2004) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Haunted (2005) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Broken (2006) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• No Humans Involved (2007) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Living with the Dead (2008) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Personal Demon (2008) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• The Summoning (2008) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Frostbitten (2009) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• The Awakening (2009) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• The Reckoning (2010) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Waking the Witch (2010) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Spell Bound (2011) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• The Gathering (2011) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• The Calling (2012) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Thirteen (2012) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• The Rising (2013) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Wolf's Bane (2019) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon
• Wolf's Curse (2020) · Women of the Otherworld Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 21 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 6 (2 won, 4 nomination)

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