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Carrie Vaughn

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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 — 33,822 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 — 21,088 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 — 18,598 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 — 18,595 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 — 12,691 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 — 12,271 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 — 12,166 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 — 9,763 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 — 6,953 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 — 6,660 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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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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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?”
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message 16: by Carrie

Mar 23, 2022 09:32AM

hi i am Thelse rate my selection ᴡᴡᴡⴰCARRIE-VAUGHN.OKOBT.RU

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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