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Sherrilyn Kenyon

Biography
Early years
Childhood
Sherrilyn Kenyon was in Columbus, Georgia, was born while her father was stationed at Ft was. Benning, Georgia. Kenyon's father left the family when she was eight (he returned to the family of her senior year in high school), so that her mother Kenyon, her younger Brother, and raise her older sister Trish, has severe cerebral palsy which, alone. Kenyon's brother was sent to live with their grandparents in Atlanta, Georgia during Kenyon was in Columbus to help her sister care. After 18 months of separation, the family was reunited when Kenyon and her mother and sister also moved to Atlanta. Kenyon first recognition for her writing came when she won a contest in third grade, by an essay on her single mother on Mother's Day, and it was a year later than she wrote followed a DAR Award for a historical story that they live about a girl in Colonial Virginia.
Kenyon was mentioned in the middle of eight boys, but only two of them actually were her brothers. The other six were their cousins, due to family crises, with her family from an early before most of their lived life and young adulthood. She also has two older sisters.
Even as a child knew them to be Kenyon, writer, because it offered her an escape from a abusive childhood did. She is a great advocate against child abuse and participates in fundraisers to help other victims. In kindergarten, she wrote in her Brownie Manual, they wanted a writer and a mother, when they grow up. But none of this was never easy for them. At the age of seven, she entered she wrote and illustrated their first novel, Sharron's Secret, a horror story about a girl who uses her psychic powers to kill their brothers and take over their school. With fourteen Kenyon their first professional sale, and continued to write for school newspapers, yearbooks, local newspapers and magazines in high school and college. You won her love of horror, zombies and paranormal movies and novels by her mother, who never censored, which allows movies the young girl was observed. Her mother took to see, Night of the Living Dead at a drive-in theater when she was only four years old.
College Years
Kenyon originally majoring in art at school so that it into a comic book developers. She was accepted into the Savannah College of Art and Design, but the lessons could afford to visit. They came instead in a state college, where they be recorded in English as my major, hoping in the Creative Writing program. Their first semester in college because she was in an English course of their remedial measures Dyslexia, which resulted in a low score on the placement test placed. The first day of the course recognized the error and their professor had placed her in an advanced English class, taught by the professor. Kenyon spent two years as an English major and an editor for the school paper. She applied three times for admission to the Creative Writing program, but was never approved. After her third attempt, the professor asked her not re-apply because the program is designed for students who have a serious future in publishing had. Discouraged, Kenyon tried to go to great journalism, but could there be allowed to happen because they could not get the typing test required of all Students. Kenyon's right hand is partially paralyzed, making it difficult for them to type on a typewriter. With those doors closed to her, switched Kenyon History majors. Kenyon graduated with an interdisciplinary major that combines medieval history and language of classical studies. She had to earn enough credits also Minors in philosophy, psychology and French, and to earn certification on medieval studies.
When Kenyon was 20, she decided it was time to her experience writing for magazines and take parlay it into the book market. As they send her manuscript and prepared them to publishers, lost her older brother, the one strong supporter of their work died, and write a devastated Kenyon desire. That same brother had borrowed a typewriter from his roommate while the Christmas holidays in the school so that they type up the manuscript for submission. His last words to her were about her writing: "I know this is a winner Baby. I can not wait to see it in print. "The manuscript of her novel was born later that night.
Resume Writing
Three years later moved Kenyon to Richmond, Virginia, married her longtime boyfriend. While driving her things in her husband came to her old novels and writings, and asked her why she no longer . Leave Kenyon said he had to write to her request, her brother died, and packed away their manuscripts. Due to the recession Kenyon no work of any kind was found. A friend childhood mentioned that the magazine she was editing requires written several articles and offered it to Kenyon. Though Kenyon was not a word of fiction since the death of her brother written Kenyon agreed to write the article. As soon as they began the work that they once again began to feel that writing was something she had to do. Although they had very little money after her husband found out that to write it again, he immediately bought her a Brother word processor. He put in a corner of her apartment on a card table and with a ten-dollar steno chair.
Two years later, Kenyon sold her first book, Born of the night, come with five more sales soon. She won several awards and several bestseller lists, but after the release of her sixth novel, she found herself not to write another contract to get. For four and a half years (1994 – 1998) Kenyon was not to sell any of their manuscripts.
Hardships
During her career, crashed Kenyon was in the middle of a great turmoil in their personal Life. Her father died in February 1995 of cancer. A very difficult pregnancy cost them the job. The baby was 7 weeks early and had to spend six weeks the NICU Kenyon intensive care unit and survived just this delivery. Because her husband was just finishing school and with her disability and high medical bills, the family "all lost [we] had was not much. "As a result, were the couple and their severely ill son to live forced out of their car in the parking lot of a hotel in Columbus, MS, to they were finally able to find accommodation in a rundown apartment. Later that year, her mother was diagnosed with cancer, and Kenyon was pregnant again. This second Pregnancy led to serious medical issues, and what Kenyon for the majority of the time of hospitalization. With her mother because her condition can attend, to visit her son and her husband spend most of time under restricted care of her son and his medical issues, turned her back Kenyon fiction, where the two books that were ultimately written relaunch her career.
After her second child was born and she could work again, Kenyon took a minimum wage job teaching Computers. From there she worked as a web designer, still writing every spare minute. Her agent, who had remained with her through all the years they had not sold, still present their work, but each submission was rejected.
Careers
Fiction
In 1997, Kenyon was the rejection she credits with the relaunch of her career and for always change the course of her writing style. At that time, with the hottest novels have appeared on the market, Regency-set historical novels. Since its critics were partners at the time well-known authors in the field, sat down and wrote like a novel Kenyon. Her agent liked it and critique partner, but it was the manuscript, collected their rejection of the worst of their Career. "No one in this publisher be interested in this writer ever present. Not back to work for us." Kenyon was again devastated. Since they were still the live in poverty, Kenyon promised her husband she would never spend another cent in pursuit of a dream that was obviously not intended.
But she could not stop write. This rejection spurred them to respect stop what was for sale to New York. She spent the next few months writing books for themselves while listening to the characters, not the market reports. When it was finished, Kenyon sent her latest work to their agents who did not like the manuscript at all and refused to continue representing them. Believe her career was over, and left with no money to put it on their own to pursue their work Kenyon set aside.
A few weeks later saw an ad Kenyon in a magazine, writing Laura Cifelli at HarperCollins was looking for manuscripts. Cifelli had since Kenyon's agent at the beginning of her career, sent a single Kenyon Query letter to them. Kenyon offered Cifelli two books. The first in the Dark-Hunter series and the one her agent she had left. Cifelli dropped the paranormal idea because there is no market for such stories. But she asked to see the historical. Kenyon borrowed money from a neighbor on the manuscript to New York and Cifelli send Kenyon offered three book contract. . Since the past was very different from the early paranormal and science fiction novels of her career, when asked Cifelli Kenyon would mind an alias. Kenyon which now was superstitious about her real name since her first trip was so short-lived, chose Kinley MacGregor (The irony is that, although the name appeared MacGregor on all the bestseller lists lists First, it would be under the name Kenyon, that they would win their biggest awards). The MacGregor part a tribute to Scottish Kenyon's ancestry and her family who was there for a time, forbidden to use their real names because of their conflict with a rival clan. The name seemed more used as suitable for them to rebuild their careers.
Even as Kenyon Kinley MacGregor gave their manuscripts and put them on their work vampire stories. At the urging of her editor, she commissioned a new drug for late 1998. Although these funds have never represented paranormal before and was reluctant to do because there is no market for convinced this kind of novel she Kenyon in front of them. The Dark-Hunter novels have been transformed from every house. Some even have more than once. But this summer, found in the agent home for her at St. Martin's Press, Jennifer Enderlin when purchased. It was almost ten years to put forward the day from the time of the first Kenyon Dark-Hunter novel, the first day was commissioned.
Kenyon is known for her Dark-Hunter series, which include the Dark-Hunters, hunters were known and Dream-Hunter stories. The books differ traditional Vampire stories that the vampires, demons called live only 27 years by a curse from the god Apollo, who frequently appears in the series. To prolong their lives, the Daimon vampires are forced to take the human souls to live. Apollo's sister, the goddess Artemis, setting up an army of Immortal Warriors called Dark-Hunters, the demons and free the souls of men die before killing the souls. A few of the original Dark-Hunter hero were taken from fantasy stories Kenyon wrote in the middle and High School.
During the mid-1980s, while working for a small science fiction magazine called "The Cutting Edge, asked her boss for a long Series for the magazine review. She brought many of their favorite characters from her previous fantasies in a larger series. This was the beginning of the Dark-Hunter world. In this Series, which has now been percolating for over twenty years, has created a whole universe Kenyon, whose rules are exclusively held in her head.
Non-Fiction
In addition to her successful career, fiction, Kenyon has also written several non-fiction books. She wrote the Character Naming Sourcebook, which was eventually bought and published by Writer's Digest. Writer's Digest is launching a new series of books interested, and because of Kenyon's background in the study of the Middle Ages, was asked her to write daily life in the Middle Ages. When the line was looking for a writer to complete their Fantasy Writer's Reference, they Kenyon turned back.
The Character Naming Sourcebook, has its roots in childhood Kenyon. If Kenyon is writing her own stories began as a small child, she began to think a list of names they liked for future use. As they age, they continued to develop the list, after it is organized geographically, so that if they were writing a French character, they could easily take a French name. When fellow author Cathy Maxwell saw the list, it was that Kenyon should for Publication, like other writers would be invaluable.
Graphic Novels
Because of her lifelong love of comic books, comic strips and manganese (Kenyon credits her ability, her older brother, who read Spiderman comic books, teach her used), May 2006, Dabel Brothers Productions ("DB Pro"), then, in cooperation with Marvel Comics, announced today the signing of an exclusive contract with Kinley MacGregor (aka Sherrilyn Kenyon), the novels in her Arthurian fantasy series, Lords adapted from Avalon.
Lords of Avalon was intended as a monthly comic book produced from the summer of 2007, with a screenplay by Roynne Gillespie (The Burning Man) and Artwork adapted by Tommy Ohtsuka. A graphic novel edition of Sword of Darkness, the first novel in the series should, in the summer of 2007 was originally to have been available, but as Dabel Brothers and Marvel Comics ended its partnership delayed. Lords of Avalon: Sword of Darkness was finally published by Marvel Comics, Dabel Brothers instead, with a cover date of November 2008.
Though Kenyon was commissioned interviews with St. Martin's Press in a Dark-Hunter Manga adaptation as far back as 2003, it was not until 2006, ("put DB's Pro") and St. Martin in Dabel Brothers Productions to the packager of books to move them in a position to forward. Since Kenyon credits found themselves with being an otaku (in the American sense of the word), it would be several months before the artist that are approved by Kenyon. Claudia Campos, known for her work with Tokyopop is selected. The first Dark-Hunter Manga artwork appeared in Kenyon's Non-fiction Compendium The Dark-Hunter Companion, November 2007th It would have authorized a year ago Kenyon a writer for the adaptation of her words, Joshua Hale Fialkov of the Afro-Samurai, Elk's Run, Cyblade, and Vampirella Alibi fame. The Dark-Hunter manga debut last May 2009.
E-Books
As a result of their love of technology, Kenyon had published one of the first e-books from the now dissolved Dreams Unlimited. She was the first published in New York author contract in this emerging medium.
Family Life
Kenyon is strongly dyslexic. It is also ambidextrous. Kenyon is a first draft of a novel, in three minutes four weeks ago, although known to the completion of a novel in less than four weeks. Usual time for a novel, but is four minutes, nine months ago. In her free time playing the guitar Kenyon, flute, piano and percussion. As a child and young woman it was a sparring partner for two Golden Glove boxer. She was also a football quarterback and an award-winning chef. A former member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, it is currently a member of the Horror Writers of America, the Science Fiction Writers of America, and the Romance Writers Association.
Kenyon says jokingly that it has only three garments that do not have black (a white shirt for Ren fair and two pairs of jeans) and fans found her passion for this cabinet choice. She has her personal style as what happened, Goth, if you are getting older, and claims that her obsession with wearing all black described happened if her mother buy her a black velvet dress, if it was rejected in the first class.
Over the years, and what they humorously as "have their children eat," Kenyon has worked a variety of jobs: DJ, photographer (her publishing credits include The Washington Post), shop, cook, baker, Doll maker, painter, cinematographer, freelance journalist, janitors, waitresses, teachers, ditch diggers, psychological, web designers, programmers, and booksellers.
Kenyon is married and has three sons. The family lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, are among a menagerie of pets dogs, cats, fish, chickens, rabbits and reptiles ..
Bibliography
As Sherrilyn Kenyon
The League series
"Born of the Night" (Pinnacle, 1996) (ISBN 0-78600-222-0)
"Born of Fire "(ebook Dreams Unlimited, 1997) (ISBN 1-89252-004-4)
"Paradise City" (Love Spell, 1994) (ISBN 0-50551-969-0)
"Fire & Ice "in the anthology" Man of My Dreams "(Jupiter, 2004) (ISBN 0-51513-793-6)
Dark-Hunter series
The Dark-Hunters are required to immortal Warriors of the Greek goddess Artemis and is dedicated to the defense of humanity against demons (vampires) and various other enemies, including a few rogue gods and goddesses.
Fantasy Lover (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002) (ISBN 0-31297-997-5)
"The Beginning", even in the back of Sins of the night early printed editions (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002)
"Dragonswan" in the anthology Tapestry of Jupiter (2002, ISBN 0-51513-362-0) published and reprinted separately by Berkley (2005, ISBN 0-51514-079-1)
Night Pleasures (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002) (ISBN 0-31297-998-3)
Amanda Devereaux has a crazy family. Her mother and older siblings are witches and psychics, and her twin sister is a vampire hunter. All Amanda wants is a quiet, normal life. Only when they themselves finds the target of an attack meant for her twin sister, she wakes to find herself, tied up a sexy blonde stranger.
He is Kyrian of Thrace. And while Amanda's first thought is that this may be another one of its sister experiment at extreme match-making is clear that material not Kyrian boyfriend.
He is a Dark-Hunter: an immortal warrior who has traded his soul for a moment of vengeance on his enemies. Kyrian spends his eternal days hunting the vampires and demons prey on humanity. He is currently on the hunt for an ancient demon named Desiderius Dealy and he has a sports Kyrian handcuff a man while he is chasing him. Now Kyrian and Amanda must find a way to break their bond, so as not to give in their dangerous attraction to each other. Desiderius or kills them both.
Night Embrace (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003) (ISBN 0-31298-482-0)
"Phantom Lover", in the anthology Midnight Pleasures (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003) (ISBN 0-31298-762-5)
Dance with the Devil, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003) (ISBN 0-31298-483-9)
"Dark-Hunter Christmas", in the back of the dance with the devil early printed editions (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003)
Kiss of the Night, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004) (ISBN 0-31299-241-6)
Night Play, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004) (ISBN 0-31299-242-4)
"Winter Born", in the anthology Stroke of Midnight (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004) (ISBN 0-31299-876-7)
Seizures at night, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005) (ISBN 0-31299-243-2)
Valerius is not a popular Dark-Hunter-he is a novel, so that the largely Greek Hunters have: a big grudge against him and his civilization pushed for them. To make matters worse, He is very conscious of his aristocratic background and breeding. So it is happening to him right when he runs into Tabitha Devereaux. She's sassy, sexy and absolutely not willing to make serious . Take (Not to mention also the sister of Tabitha Kyrian, a former Dark-Hunter and Val's mortal enemy.)
What Tabitha has to take seriously is hunting and killing vampires, and Val and soon have to grapple with the deadliest of all demons-One, which managed to come back from the dead's, and who holds a serious grudge against both. To win against evil, will have Val relax, learn to trust and do everything on the line to a man he hates and a woman who drives him nuts . Protect
Sins of the Night, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005) (ISBN 0-31293-432-7)
"Second Chances", in Exclusive Dark-Hunter Collectible Booklet (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005), free giveaway
Unleash the Night (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005) (ISBN 0-31293-433-5)
Dark Side of the Moon (St. Martin's Press, 2006, reprinted by St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007) (ISBN 0-31235-743-5 HB, ISBN 0-31293-434-3 PB)
"A Hard Day's Night-Searcher ", in the anthology My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (St. Martin's Griffin, 2006) (ISBN 0-31234-360-4)
"Until Death We Do Part", in the anthology Love At First Bite (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006) (ISBN 0-31234-929-7)
"Fear of Darkness", free ebook (St. Martin's Press, 2007)
The Dream-Hunter (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007) (ISBN 0-31293-881-0)
Devil May Cry (St. Martin's Press, 2007, from St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008) (ISBN 0-31236-950-6 HB, ISBN 0-31294-686-4 published PB)
Goes My Heart (St. Martin's Paperback, 2007) (ISBN 0-31294-705-4)
The Dark-Hunter Companion, co-author Alethea Kontis (St. Martin's Griffin, 2007) (ISBN 0-31236-343-5)
Dream Chaser (St. Martin's Paperback, 2008) (ISBN 0-31293-882-9)
Acheron (St. Martin's Press, 2008) (ISBN 0-312-36215-3)
A Silent Night (St. Martin's Press, 2008) (ISBN 0-31294-706-2)
"Shadow of the Moon "in the anthology Dead After Dark (St. Martin's Press, 2008) (ISBN 0-31294-798-4)
Dream Warrior (St. Martin's Press, 2009) (ISBN 0-31293-883-7)
Bad Moon Rising (St. Martin's Press, 2009)
BAD Agency series
Published by Simon & Schuster
"Except for the Bad bones "in the anthology Big Guns Out of Uniform (2005) (ISBN 1-41650-967-4)
"Fascinated by You," in the anthology Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down: Three Tales of Erotic Romance (2005) (ISBN 1-41650-159-2)
Bad Attitude (2005) (ISBN 1-41650-356-0 HB, ISBN 1-41652-029-5 PB)
Born to poor, a reprint of the BAD stories plus a new short story called "One bad night" (2005) (ISBN 1-41650-750-7)
"Turn Up the Heat" in the Anthology Playing Easy to get (Pocket, 2006) (ISBN 1-41651-087-7)
Phantom of the Night (2008) (ISBN 1-41650-357-9)
"Whispered Lies" (2009) (ISBN 9-781416-597421)
Nevermore series
TBA/2007
Other novels and short stories
Daemon's Angel (Leisure, 1995) (ISBN 0-50552-026-5)
"Love Bytes" in the anthology Naughty or Nice (St. Martin's Press, 2000) (ISBN 0-31298-102-3)
"Knightly Dreams" in the anthology What Dreams May Come (Penguin Group, 2005) (ISBN 0-42521-085-5)
Essays
edited "The Search of Spike's Balls", in Seven Seasons of Buffy Ben Bella (ISBN 1-93210-008-3)
"Parting gifts", edited in Five Seasons of Angel by Glenn Yeffeth (ISBN 1-93210-033-4)
Non-Fiction
The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages (Writer's Digest, 1995)
The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference: An indispensable compendium of myth and magic, (Writer's Digest, 2000)
The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook, with Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet (ISBN 0-89879-632-6)
The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook, 2nd Ed. (ISBN 1-58297-295-8)
Writing as Kinley MacGregor
Published by Avon (HarperCollins Publishers), unless otherwise indicated.
The Sea Wolves Series
Master of Seduction (2000) (ISBN 0-06108-712-2)
A Pirate of Her Own (2004) (ISBN 0-06108-711-4)
The MacAllister series
Master of Desire, (2001) (ISBN 0-06108-713-0)
Claiming the Highlander, (2002) (ISBN 0-38081-789-6)
Born in Sin, (2003) (ISBN 0-38081-790-X)
Taming the Scotsman (2003) (ISBN 0-38081-791-8)
"Midsummer's Knight" in the anthology Where's My Hero? (2003) (ISBN 0-06050-524-9)
The warriors (2007)
Brotherhood of the Sword series
Born in Sin, (2003) (ISBN 0-38081-790-X)
Taming the Scotsman (2003) (ISBN 0-38081-791-8)
"Midsummer's Knight, "in the anthology Where's My Hero? (2003) (ISBN 0-06050-524-9)
A Dark Champion (2004) (ISBN 0-06056-541-1)
The return of the warriors (2005) (ISBN 0-06056-543-8)
The Warrior (2007) (ISBN 0-06079-667-7)
Lords of Avalon Series
Sword of Darkness (2006) (ISBN 0-06056-544-6)
Knight of Darkness (2006) (ISBN 0-06079-662-6)
"The Bet" in the anthology Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology: Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Tor Books, 2006)
Other novels and short stories
"Santa Wears Spurs" in the anthology All I Want for Christmas (St. Martin's Press, 1999) (ISBN 0-31297-680-1)
Awards
Sherrilyn Kenyon has received numerous nominations and awards, both under its own name and as Kinley MacGregor.
Past Awards
Maggie Award of Excellence
MARA Award
Holt Medallion
Heart Rate Reviews Reviewer's Choice Award
Amazon.com 's Hot 100
Amazon.com 's Movers & Shakers
Amazon.com 's Best Sellers for 2001
RT Kiss Award
Fool For Love
Affaire de Coeur Reader's Choice
Sapphire Award
RT Reviewer's Choice Awards
2002
Top ten books of the year of RWA (Romance Writer's Association) – Fantasy Lover
Prism
Best Fantasy – Fantasy Lover
Best Light Paranormal – Night Pleasures
Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover were finalists in the Aspen Gold contest.
Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover was Finalists in the GRW Maggie Award.
Night Pleasures won the HOLT Medallion.
PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2002)
Best Shape Shifter – Night Pleasures
Best Fantasy / Magical – Fantasy Lover
Best Novella or Short Story – Dragonswan
Best Anthology – Tapestry, Madeline Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynn Kurland, Karen Marie Moning
Best Overall Paranormal, Honorable Mention – Fantasy Lover
Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover is twice finalists in the Holt Medallion Award.
RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (20023)
Favorite Anthology – Tapestry
Favorite Paranormal, Honorable Mention – Fantasy lovers
Laurel wreath Award for Night Pleasures
Love Romances Golden Rose 2002 Reader Choice Awards winners:
Best Historical Romance – Claiming the Highlander
Best Paranormal Romance (Honorable Mention) – Fantasy Lover
Best Novella (Honorable Mention) – Dragonswan
Best Romanctic Anthology (Honorable Mention) – Tapestry
Best Medieval Romance – Claiming The Highlander
Best Time Travel (Honorable Mention) – Dragonswan
Best romantic Sci-Fi Fantasy – Fantasy Lover
RT Book Lovers Reviewer's Choice
Best Historical Anthology, Nominee – Tapestry
Best Vampire Romance – Night Pleasures
Best Scottish Historical Romance – Claiming the Highlander
2002 RBL Hughie Awards:
Best Anthology – Tapestry
Best New Author to You – Sherrilyn Kenyon / Kinley MacGregor
Favorite Secondary Character (male) Talon (Night Pleasures)
Funniest scene: The handcuffs Scene (Night Pleasures)
Best line or quote – "Be kind to Dragonswan, because you are magnificent when naked and taste good with Cool Whip. "(Dragonswan)
Best Medieval Historical Romance – Claiming the Highlander
2003-2004
Prism (2004)
Best Dark Paranormal – Dance with the Devil
Best Light Paranormal – Night Embrace
RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (2003)
Favorite Paranormal – Dance With The Devil
The Golden Pen for the best Paranormal, Dance with the Devil
The Bookseller's Best Award for Born in Sin, best long historical and dance with the devil for Best Paranormal (Night Embrace was second)
Night Embrace won the category of Modern Scarlet Letter Award and is named Grand Champion of the winners.
Night Embrace and Born in Sin won the HOLT Medallion
Night Embrace won the Laurie
Born in Sin won the Beacon for Best Historical
Born in Sin won the Yellow Rose Best Historical
Sapphires for dance with the devil and "Phantom Lover".
Love Romances Golden Rose 2003 Readers Choice Awards winners:
Born In Sin – Kinley MacGregor – Best Historical Romance
Dance With The Devil – Sherrilyn Kenyon – Best Paranormal Romance
Dance With The Devil – Sherrilyn Kenyon – Best Vampire Romance
Dance With The Devil – Sherrilyn Kenyon – Best Book Cover Artist Unknown
"Phantom Lover (Midnight Pleasures) – Sherrilyn Kenyon – Best Novella
Night Embrace – Sherrilyn Kenyon-Honorable Mention Best Shape Shifter Romance
2003 RBL Hughie Awards:
Best Scottish Historical Romance – In Sin by Kinley MacGregor Born
Best Paranormal Romance (time travel, futuristic, fantasy, etc.) Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Best Anthology – Midnight Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, Maggie Shayne, and Rhonda Thompson and Where's my hero? by Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, Kinley MacGregor and
Best Cover – Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Best Author – Sherrilyn Kenyon (Kinley MacGregor)
Favorite minor character (male) – Acheron (Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Favorite secondary character (female) – Simi, the Charonte Demon (Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Funniest Scene – Sin MacAllister meeting of the brothers, after he married Callie (Born in Sin by Kinley MacGregor)
Best line or quote – "You know, sun, to such a find man to marry someone who hung so well that even after three or four children, he still must be from wall to wall .. "(Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Night Pleasures won the award with laurel wreath Fantasy Lover come in a closely followed by
PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2003)
Best Shape Shifter, Honorable Mention – Dance With The Devil
Best Novella or Short Story, Honorable Mention – "Phantom Lover"
Best Anthology, Honorable Mention – Midnight Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, Maggie Shayne, and Rhonda Thompson
Favorite Paranormal Total, Honorable Mention – Dance with the Devil
2005-2006
Darrell Awards (2006)
Best Novel – Sins of the Night
RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (2005)
Favorite Paranormal – Seize the Night
PEARL (Paranormal 2005 Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) ()
Best Over All Paranormal – Sins of the Night
Best Over All Paranormal, Honorable Mention – Unleash the Night
Best Anthology – What Dreams May Come
Best Erotic – Unleash the Night
Best Shape Shifter – Sins of the Night
Sins of the Night was # 5 on Amazon.com 's Bestsellers Books of 2005. Fantasy Lover and Night Pleasures are # 6 and # 7 each for the best of the decade so far.
Love Romances Golden Rose 2005 Reader Choice Awards winners:
Best Historical – A Dark Champion – Kinley MacGregor
Best Novella – "Winter Born – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Best Vampire – Seize the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Best Shapeshifter – Night Play – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Best Couple – Vane & Bride in Night Play – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Best Cover – Kiss of the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon
2007
Devil May Cry was # 2 on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list (week ended 11 August 2007)
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^ From Ward, Jean Marie (1998). "Sherrilyn Kenyon: Coloring outside the traditional Romance Lines. "Crescent Blues. http://www.crescentblues.com/6_8issue/int_kenyon.shtml. Accessed 09/02/2007.
^ "DBPro to Adapt Kinley MacGregor's Lords of Avalon ". Dabel Brothers Production. 7. May 2006. http://www.sfwa.org/pressbook/06/0508a-Macgregor-Avalon.html. Accessed 02/09/2007.
^ from Anderson, Marcia (September 29, 2005). "Dark-Hunter series author keynotes COFW Conference". this week newspaper. http://www.dailyinquisitor.com//sherrilyn/092905-News-17825.html. Accessed 02/09/2007.
^ "RBL Presents! Sherrilyn Kenyon." 2002nd RBL romantic. 2002nd http://www.geocities.com/rblinterviews2/kenyoninterview.html. Accessed 02/09/2007.
^ "Sherrilyn Kenyon". Fantastic Fiction. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/sherrilyn-kenyon/. Accessed 02/09/2007.
^ "The Beginning"
^ "A Dark-Hunter Christmas"
^ Abcd "Writing Awards". Sherrilyn Kenyon official website. http://www.dailyinquisitor.com//hunter/writingawards.htm. Accessed 02/09/2007.
External Links
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Personal Data
NAME
Alternative Names
Kenyon, Sherrilyn
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Novelist
DATE OF BIRTH
1965
BIRTH
Columbus, Georgia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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