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Carrie Vaughn

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Born

in Sacramento, California, The United States

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http://www.carrievaughn.com

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Romance

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Robin McKinley, Ray Bradbury, Lois McMaster Bujold, Joseph Conrad

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Carrie Vaughn is the author more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories. She's best known for her New York Times bestselling series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk radio advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged. In 2018, she won the Philip K. Dick Award for Bannerless, a post-apocalyptic murder mystery. She's published over 20 novels and 100 short stories, two of which have been finalists for the Hugo Award. She's a contributor to the Wild Cards series of shared world superhero books edited by George R. R. Martin and a graduate of the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop.

An Air Force brat, she survived her nomadic childhood and managed to put down roots in Boulder, Colorado, where she collects hobbie ...more

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	Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 33,802 ratings — published 2005 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty Goes to Washington (Kitty Norville, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 21,079 ratings — published 2006 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty and the Silver Bullet (Kitty Norville, #4) 3.99 avg rating — 18,593 ratings — published 2008 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty Takes a Holiday (Kitty Norville, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 18,586 ratings — published 2007 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty's House of Horrors (Kitty Norville, #7) 4.06 avg rating — 12,687 ratings — published 2009 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty Raises Hell (Kitty Norville, #6) 4.01 avg rating — 12,268 ratings — published 2009 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (Kitty Norville, #5) 3.90 avg rating — 12,163 ratings — published 2009 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty Goes to War (Kitty Norville, #8) 4.01 avg rating — 9,759 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty's Big Trouble (Kitty Norville, #9) 3.91 avg rating — 6,947 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty Steals the Show (Kitty Norville, #10) 3.98 avg rating — 6,657 ratings — published 2012 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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November 2025 update

Two more months left in 2025. How are we doing? Good? Flustered? Both? Holidays? What? What?

This Month’s Lesson: Plot. We’re going to go from the basics to the big picture. Novels, series – plotting over the long haul.

What I’m working on: I’m trying not to, at least not too much. MileHi Con went very well but it took a lot out of me, and now I’m trying not to pile on too much for the rest of the

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Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

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Sleeper Straddle (Wild Cards #32)

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Carrie Vaughn wrote a new blog post November 2025 update Two more months left in 2025. How are we doing? Good? Flustered? Both? Holidays? What? What?This Month’s Lesson: Plot. We’re going to go from the basi Read more of this blog post »
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Carrie Vaughn answered Horhe's question: Will we see a third book in the Bannerless series? Unfortunately, I'm not planning one at the moment. I have ideas, but I also have a lot of other projects I'm working on. I have written some short stories in the setting -- "Learning Letters" features Enid. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fi... "Wh See Full Answer
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Carrie Vaughn made a comment on Update July 2024 " My prediction was that this isolated city that was supposedly the only survivor of this war and everything else was a wasteland would turn out to be a ...more "
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Carrie Vaughn made a comment on Update! April 2024 " Nothing wrong with just enjoying movies! I think being a writer means spending a lot of time trying to figure out how stories are structured and what ...more "
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Carrie Vaughn is currently reading Sleeper Straddle (Wild Cards #32) by George R.R. Martin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Carrie Vaughn (?)

“I'm a werewolf trapped in a human body."
"Well, yeah, that's kind of the definition."
"No, really. I'm trapped."
"Oh? When was the last time you shape-shifted?"
"That's just it - I've never shape-shifted."
"So you're not really a werewolf."
"Not yet. But I was meant to be one, I just know it. How do I get a werewolf to attack me?"
Stand in the middle of a forest under a full moon with a raw steak tied to your face, holding a sign that says, 'Eat me; I'm stupid'?”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

tags: humor, stupidity, werewolves

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“What the hell kind of name is Kitty for a werewolf?”
― Carrie Vaughn

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“Hey, Cormac. You ever have to deal with a PMSing werewolf?”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour

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Polls

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather
And autumn's best of cheer.

Helen Hunt Jackson

Fantasy

Starless by Jacqueline Carey

An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) by Sabaa Tahir

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother by Danielle Teller

47 votes 34.3%

Science Fiction

Bannerless (The Bannerless Saga, #1) by Carrie Vaughn

Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn

Recursion by Blake Crouch

Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) by Beth Revis

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

32 votes 23.4%

Fiction

How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway

The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

30 votes 21.9%

Young adult

A Thousand Years to Wait (The Tarrowburn Prophecies, #1) by L. Ryan Storms

A Thousand Years to Wait by L. Ryan Storms

Heartstone (Heartstone, #1) by Elle Katharine White

Heartstone by Elle Katharine White

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

28 votes 20.4%

137 total votes

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Paranormal Romanc...: Paranormal Romance without a lot of sex?	22	310	May 31, 2008 11:17PM
Who's Your Author?: Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand Spoilers	26	52	Feb 01, 2009 07:11PM
Paranormal Romanc...: Kitty Norville Series Giveaway!	3	45	Feb 12, 2009 07:06AM
Who's Your Author?: Kitty Raises Hell Spoilers	14	51	Mar 28, 2009 01:52PM
Fantasy Book Club: What Are You Reading in April?	48	183	Apr 20, 2009 07:57AM
SciFi and Fantasy...: What I am also reading in April	40	401	Jun 30, 2009 07:43PM
Beyond Reality: What are you reading right now? (July)	65	127	Jul 30, 2009 10:14AM
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message 16: by Carrie

Mar 23, 2022 09:32AM

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message 15: by Jazz

Sep 12, 2016 03:04PM

Thanks Carrie for adding me as a friend :D
Thanks also for being the keynote at Mountain of Authors last year. I enjoyed your speech and found out about Kitty too. I love reading stories about Kitty.

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message 14: by Brandi

Apr 19, 2012 10:05AM

Thanks for accepting my friend request!

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message 13: by Lettie

Dec 19, 2011 04:14PM

Hi Carrie: Thanks for adding me as a friend!

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message 12: by Amelia

Aug 20, 2011 02:37PM

I just wanted to thank you for consistently writing an *actual* strong female lead who *isn't* a bitch. You're one of the few writers who "gets it right." I adore your work.

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message 11: by Shannon

Aug 11, 2011 11:07AM

Thanks Carrie :) YOu are an awesome author :)

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message 10: by Erin

Apr 29, 2011 08:25AM

Thanks for the friendship Carrie. Follow me on Facebook at http://facebook.com/pages/erin-jamiso...

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message 9: by William

Mar 29, 2011 01:53PM

Hi- Just to let you know...
Peter: a Darkened Fairytale
AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW!!! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER
http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstor...
Best wishes, William

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message 8: by William

Dec 16, 2010 04:11PM

Hi Carrie - Thank you for your friendship.
Please visit my website http://www.peteradarkenedfairytale.co.uk
to view a sample page and many other snippets about the book.
Expected release date mid-late Jan.
Best wishes, William

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message 7: by Pamela

Oct 22, 2010 11:11AM