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The Wonderful.... Kelley Armstrong!

Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers’ dismay. All efforts to make her produce “normal” stories failed. Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She’s the author of the NYT-bestselling “Women of the Otherworld” paranormal suspense series and “Darkest Powers/Darkness Rising” young adult urban fantasy series, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.


Your favourite book to write
Like many writers, my favourite is always the last one I wrote. It’s freshest in my mind and I’m usually the most excited about it. That excitement fades after endless edits :) but by then I’m onto the next book.

 

What inspired you to write
I think what inspired me was the opportunity to tell my own stories.  As a child, I started writing because I loved reading, and writing meant I could make up the stories I wanted to hear.  Part of that still holds true today...although I'm no longer the only one reading them!

 

Your favourite book to read
I sample a lot of genres when I read, but my favourite is crime thrillers.  Authors whose latest releases I always pick up?  Jeffrey Deaver, Karin Slaughter, Giles Blunt and Jonathan Kellerman.

 

Anything else you think you would like the readers to know!
Just that they can check out samples of my books on my website www.KelleyArmstrong.com and if they want to follow me on Twitter (twitter.com/KelleyArmstrong), I run contests at least once a week, which is a good way to get a free (signed!) full-length sample of my work.

My personal Thanks goes out to Kelley - for taking time out of her very busy schedule to write this bio for us, for writing the wonderful books that keep pulling me back into the world of reading, and for being such a fantastic author that interacts with her readers on such a close level... Thank You Kelley! Rob :D

Photo By Kathryn Hollinrake

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