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Jeaniene Frost | |
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 Frost at the Romance Writers of America Conference, July 2015, New York, NY | |
| Born | June 13, 1974[1] United States |
| Language | English |
| Period | 2007–present |
| Genre | Romance Science fiction Fantasy |
| Notable works | Halfway to the Grave Eternal Kiss of Darkness |
| Spouse | Matthew Frost |
| Relatives | [2] |
| Website | |
| jeanienefrost | |
Jeaniene Frost (born June 13, 1974) is an American fantasy author, known for her Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. Foreign rights for her novels have sold to twenty different countries.[3][4]
Bibliography
[edit]The Night Huntress series
[edit]The Night Huntress series is a completed Urban Fantasy Romance series published by the Avon imprint of HarperCollins Publishers between 2008 and 2014.[5] The series follows Catherine "Cat" Crawfield, a snarky and conflicted half-vampire college student who moonlights as a vampire hunter in a small Ohio town, until she meets a sexy and mysterious vampire bounty hunter named Bones who alters her views on the undead world for good. Later books follow Cat and Bones as the navigate their relationship and various dangers of the undead world.[6][7][8]
| Series Order | Title | Release Date | Publisher | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | "The Reckoning" | August 25, 2009 | Avon | ISBN 9780062106322 | Also included in anthology Unbound |
| 1 | Halfway to the Grave | October 30, 2007 | Avon | ISBN 9780061245084 | |
| 1.5 | "Happily Never After" | May 28, 2008 July 19, 2011 | Avon | ISBN 9780062106346 | Originally appeared in Weddings From Hell anthology |
| 2 | One Foot in the Grave | April 29, 2008 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-124509-7 | |
| 3 | At Grave's End | December 30, 2008 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-158307-3 | |
| 3.5 | Devil to Pay | June 30, 2009 August 23, 2011 | Avon | ISBN 0-062-10633-3 | Originally published in Four Dukes and a Devil anthology |
| 4 | Destined for an Early Grave | July 28, 2009 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-158321-9 | |
| 4.5 | One for the Money | August 3, 2010 | NYLA | ISBN 978-1-943-77259-9 | Also published in Death's Excellent Vacation [9] |
| 5 | This Side Of The Grave | February 22, 2011 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-178318-8 | |
| 6 | One Grave at a Time | August 30, 2011 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-178319-6 | |
| 6.5 | Home for the Holidays | October 25, 2011 November 5, 2013 | Avon | ISBN 9780062322043 | Originally appeared in the print anthology The Bite Before Christmas. |
| 7 | Up from the Grave | January 28, 2014 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-207611-6 | |
| 7.5 | Outtakes from the Grave | December 22, 2015 | NYLA | ISBN 9781519762429 | Anthology of outtakes and never before published scenes from books 1 to 4 of the series |
| 7.6 | Grave Girls' Getaway | July 1, 2021 January 4, 2022 | Avon | ISBN 9781641971935 | Originally published in Hex on the Beach anthology |
The Night Huntress: Bones' POV series
[edit]| Series Order | Title Release Date | Publisher | ISBN | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Other Half of the Grave | April 26, 2022 | NYLA | ISBN 979-8-433-28080-9 | Initially serialized on author's website |
| 2 | Both Feet in the Grave | April 18, 2023 | NYLA | ISBN 978-1-641-97243-7 |
The Night Huntress World series
[edit]| Series Order | Title | Release Date | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Drop of Crimson | February 9, 2010 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-158322-7 |
| 2 | Eternal Kiss of Darkness | July 27, 2010 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-178316-1 |
The Night Prince series
[edit]| Series Order | Title | Release Date | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Once Burned | June 26, 2012 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-178320-X |
| 2 | Twice Tempted | March 26, 2013 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-207610-8 |
| 3 | Bound by Flames | January 27, 2015 | Avon | ISBN 0-06-207608-6 |
| 4 | Into the Fire | February 28, 2017 | Avon | ISBN 978-0062076403 |
The Night Rebel series
[edit]| Series Order | Title | Release Date | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shades of Wicked | October 30, 2018 | Avon | ISBN 978-0-062-69561-1 |
| 2 | Wicked Bite | January 28, 2020 | Avon | ISBN 978-0-062-69563-5 |
| 3 | Wicked All Night | February 23, 2021 | Avon | ISBN 978-0-062-69566-6 |
Broken Destiny series
[edit]| Series Order | Title | Release Date | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beautiful Ashes | August 26, 2014 | HQN | ISBN 0-373-77905-4 |
| 2 | The Sweetest Burn | June 27, 2017 | HQN | ISBN 978-0373779710 |
| 3 | The Brightest Embers | November 28, 2017 | HQN | ISBN 978-0373789429 |
Anthologies and other works
[edit]- Pack (March 9, 2009)
- Night's Darkest Embrace (October 26, 2010)
Critical reception
[edit]Frost's novels have garnered mostly positive reviews and have been well received by critics and she has had multiple New York Times bestsellers. Her first novel Halfway to the Grave (2007) won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) in the Urban Fantasy category, Eternal Kiss of Darkness (2010) and Once Burned (2012) won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards for Best Vampire Romance, and the final book in the Night Huntress series Up From the Grave (2014) won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Jeaniene Frost on The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Paige MacGregor (October 16, 2009). "Interview: Urban Fantasy Romance Author Jeaniene Frost, Part 1". fandomania.
- ^ "Author Interview With Jeaniene Frost". RT Book Reviews. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Best Sellers: January 18, 2009". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Jeaniene Frost". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ Frost, Jeaniene. "Halfway to the Grave". Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ "Jeaniene Frost". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ Frost, Jeaniene (2007). Halfway to the grave : a night huntress novel. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 978-0-06-124508-4. OCLC 182574237.
- ^ Harris, Charlaine; Kelner, Toni L. P., eds. (Aug 2010). Death's Excellent Adventure.
- ^ "Book awards: Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
