Kristin Cast

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-01

Kristin Cast was born on 4 November 1986 at a US Air Force base in Japan and was raised in Oklahoma, graduating from Broken Arrow Senior High School in 2005. She lives in Portland, Oregon. She writes mainly young adult fantasy, most often with her mother, P. C. Cast. Together they created House of Night, which began with Marked in 2007 when she was nineteen; she served as the series editor, and it ran to Redeemed in 2014. The two have also written the Sisters of Salem series, beginning with Spells Trouble in 2021, and a graphic novel adaptation of The Dysasters (2019). Her other work includes The Escaped series, starting with Amber Smoke (2015), and a first solo project, The Key to Fear (2020), followed by The Key to Fury (2022). By September 2020 she and her mother had created more than 20 books together.

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House of Night

  • Core Canon books: 16
  • Current rank: #699 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 3.92
  • Award recognitions: None recorded

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