Kelley Armstrong is married with three children; the family lives in rural Ontario.She was born in 1968, the oldest of four siblings in a "typical middle class family" in Ontario. After graduating with a degree in psychology from The University of Western Ontario, Armstrong then switched to studying computer programming at Fanshawe College so she would have time to write. Her first novel Bitten was sold in 1999, and it was released in 2001. Following her first success she has written a total of nine novels and a number of novellas in the world of the Women of the Otherworld series, and her first crime novel, Exit Strategy, was released July 2007. Armstrong has been a full-time writer and parent since 2002.

Her novel No Humans Involved was a New York Times bestseller in the hardback fiction category on May 20, 2007.Also, her YA novel The Awakening was a #1 New York Times bestseller in the Children's Chapter books category on May 17, 2009.

Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series is part of a recently popular contemporary fantasy subgenre of the fantasy genre that superimposes supernatural characters upon a backdrop of contemporary North American life, with strong romantic elements. Within that subgenre, she is notable for including many types of supernatural characters, including witches, sorcerers, werewolves, ghosts, shamans, demons and vampires, rather than limiting herself primarily to a single type of supernatural creature. Most of her works have a mystery genre plot, with leading characters investigating some novel situation or unsolved question.

In Otherworld novels to date, most supernatural powers are either hereditary, or arise from the act of an existing supernatural of the same type. The Otherworld, while it has overarching conflicts and plotlines that span multiple novels is, thus far, not an epic battle between good and evil. The novels are largely episodic with the continuing plotlines primarily involving the developing lives of the main characters.

Her contemporary fantasy writings share genre similarities with writers Charlaine Harris, Laurell K Hamilton and Kim Harrison.

The Women of the Otherworld series

The Novels

1. Bitten (2001)
2. Stolen (2002)
3. Dime Store Magic (2004)
4. Industrial Magic (2004)
5. Haunted (2005)
6. Broken (2006)
7. No Humans Involved (2007)
8. Personal Demon (2008)
9. Living with the Dead (2008)
10. Frostbitten (2009)
11. Waking the Witch (2010)
12. Spellbound (to be released 2011)

• Witch Magic (SFBC Omnibus Edition), released in 2004 in the UK, was a republication of Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic in one volume.

The complete series

Below is a complete list of online work, short stories, novellas and contributions to anthologies. Also note that this list is in within-series chronological order

Note: the bold titles denote works which have been published in print.

* " Rebirth," narrator Aaron (short story, released 2005, published in 'Tales Of The Otherworld' April 2010)

* " Infusion," narrator Malcolm Danvers (short story, released 2005; published in Men of the Otherworld in Jan 2009)

* " Savage," narrator Clayton Danvers (novella, released 2003; published in Men of the Otherworld in Jan 2009)

* " Ascension," narrator Clayton Danvers (novella, released 2003; published in Men of the Otherworld in Jan 2009)

* " Demonology", narrator Talia Lyndsay (short story, released 2005)

* "Bewitched" narrator Eve Levine (short story, published in 'Tales Of The Otherworld April 2010')

* " Birthright," narrator Logan Jonsen (short story, released 2005, published in 'Tales Of The Otherworld' April 2010)

* " Beginnings," narrators Clayton Danvers and Elena Michaels (novella, released 2004, published in 'Tales Of The Otherworld' April 2010)

* "Becoming," graphic novella (novella, 2007)

* " The Case of the Half-Demon Spy," (short story, released 2005)

* " Expectations," (short story, released 2005, published in 'Tales Of The Otherworld' April 2010)

* " Truth and Consequences," narrator Elena Michaels (short story, first published February 1996 in Lost Worlds magazine and later re-released online)

* " Territorial," narrator Karl Marsten (short story, released 2005)

1. Bitten, narrator Elena Michaels (novel, published 2001)
• " Ghosts," narrator Jeremy Danvers (short story, released 2005, published in 'Tales Of The Otherworld' April 2010)
• " Escape," narrator Eve Levine (short story, released 2005)
2. Stolen, narrator Elena Michaels (novel, published 2002)
3. Dime Store Magic, narrator Paige Winterbourne (novel, published 2004)
4. Industrial Magic, narrator Paige Winterbourne (novel, published 2004)
• " Wedding Bell Hell," narrator Paige Winterbourne (short story, released 2005, published in 'Tales Of the Otherworld' April 2010)
5. Haunted, narrator Eve Levine (novel, published 2005)
• " Adventurer," narrator Kenneth Okalik (short story, published 2005)
• "Chaotic", narrator Hope Adams (novella, published 2006 in Dates from Hell anthology)
• " The Case of El Chupacabra," narrator Lucas Cortez (novella, released 2006, published in 'Tales Of The Otherworld' April 2010)
• " Bargain," narrator Xavier (short story, released 2005)
6. Broken, narrator Elena Michaels (novel, released 2006)
7. No Humans Involved, narrator Jaime Vegas (novel, released 2007)
• " Framed," narrator Nick Sorrentino (novella, released 2007)
• "Twilight," narrator Cassandra DuCharme (published 2007 in Many Bloody Returns)
• "Stalked," narrator Clayton Danvers (published 2007 in My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon)
8. Personal Demon, narrator Hope Adams (2008)
• "The Ungrateful Dead," narrator Jamie Vegas (published 2009 in Blood Lite)
9. Living with the Dead, narrator Robyn Peltier (2008)
• "Kitsunegari," narrator Jeremy Danvers (novella, published 2009 in Men of the Otherworld)
• "Paranormal Romance Blues," other narrator (short story published 2009 in The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance)
• "Zen and the Art of Vampirism," narrator Zoe Takano (novella, published 2008 in A Fantasy Medley)
• "Angelic", narrator Eve Levine (novella, December 2009)
• "Learning Curve," narrator Zoe Takano (short story, published 2010 in Evolve)
• " Checkmate," narrator Elena Michaels (short story, released 2009)
• " Recruit," narrator Elena Michaels (short story, released 2009)
10. Frostbitten, narrator Elena Michaels (novel, published 2009)
• "Life Sentence," Other narrator (February 2010 in The New Dead)
• "Counterfeit Magic," narrator Paige Winterbourne and Savannah Levine (novella, to be released November 30, 2010)
11. Waking the Witch, narrator Savannah Levine (novel, July 2010)
• "Lucifer’s Daughter," narrator Hope Adams (to be released October 2010 in Blood Lite 2: Overbite)
12. Spellbound (novel, to be released 2011)

The Nadia Stafford series

1. Exit Strategy (released 1 July 2007)
2. Made to be Broken (Released in February 2009)

The Darkest Powers series

1. The Summoning (July 1, 2008)
2. The Awakening (April 28, 2009)
3. The Reckoning (April 6, 2010)
4. The Gathering (April, 2011)

• Also contains the short stories Dangerous, and Divided with Derek as the narrator, which are available online.

Other short stories

• Plan B (in the collection Like a Charm)
• Death Dealer (in the collection Dying for It: Tales of Sex and Death)
• Kat (in the collection The Eternal Kiss)
• Harbinger (in the collection Campus Chills)

Interviews

• Interview at Flames Rising (November 2005)
• Orbit meets... Kelley Armstrong (2005)
• Online interview from CBC Words at Large (May 2007)
• Interview with Kelley Armstrong - Success Circuit (April 2009)
• Kelley Armstrong book Signing - Argyle Mall, London Ontario - A fan asks a question about her upcoming book "The Gathering" (April 2010)

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