Nancy Kilpatrick

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Nancy Kilpatrick , (born May 6, 1946 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American-Canadian writer. She also published under the pseudonyms Amarantha Knight and Anna Knight .

Life

Kilpatrick lived in San Francisco for a year before migrating to Montreal , Canada in 1970 . Married and divorced twice, she writes horror, dark fantasy, mystery and erotic novels and short stories, as well as articles for magazines and journals. She is known by her real name, but also by her pseudonyms Amarantha Knight and Desirée Knight , under which she publishes rather erotic works (Darker Passions). In 1998 she published a youth novel under Anna Knight .

So far (2006) she has published 17 novels, 175 short stories, four editions of a vampire erotic comic and several non-fiction books.

Nancy Kilpatrick is often referred to as Canada's "Queen of Vampire Fiction"; the undead occupy a large part of her stories, but zombies, ghosts and serial killers are also part of the author's repertoire. For the best mystery story she received the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada .

She has worked with a number of authors and editors, such as Don Bassinthwaite , Thomas Roche and Nancy Holder .

As a creative writing teacher, she holds many workshops such as: B. 2007 at the World Horror Convention.

Works as Nancy Kilpatrick (selection)

As an author

Novels
  • "The Power of the Blood" vampire series
  1. Child of the night ( "Child of the Night"). Festa Verlag , Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-86552-026-X .
  2. Longing for death ("Near Death"). Festa Verlag, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-935822-59-6 .
  3. Reborn . Pumkin Press, Nottingham, Ont. 1998, ISBN 1-901914-20-8 .
  4. Bloodlover . Baskerville Books, Toronto 2000, ISBN 0-9686776-0-6 .
  5. Transformation .
Standalones
  • As One Dead . White Wolf Publ., Clarkstone, Ga. 1996, ISBN 1-56504-875-X (with Don Bassingthwaite).
  • Dracul. An Eternal Love Story . Lucard Publ, San Diego, Calif. 1998, ISBN 0-9665492-0-1 (novel about the play).
  • Planet of the Beast (Jason X; Vol. 3). Black Flame Books, Nottingham, Ont. 2005, ISBN 1-84416-183-8 .
  • To the third power (Jason X; vol. 5). Black Flame Books, Nottingham, Ont. 2006, ISBN 1-84416-281-8 (based on Victor Mittler's film Jason X ).
Short stories
  • Sex and the single Vampire . TAL Publ., Leesburg, Va. 1994.
  • Endorphins . Macabre Books, San Francisco (illustrated by Chad Savage).
  • The Vampire Stories of Nancy Kilpatrick . Mosaic Press, Oakville, Ont. 2000, ISBN 0-88962-726-6 .
  • Cold Comfort . Dark Tales Publ., Kansas City, Mon. 2001, ISBN 1-930997-09-4 .
  • Vampyric Variations . EDGE Publ., Calgary 2012, ISBN 978-1-894063-94-4
Non-fiction
  • The Goth Bible. A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined . St. Martin's Griffin, New York 2004, ISBN 0-312-30696-2 .

As editor

  • Outsiders. 11 all-new stories from the Edge of the Fantastical . ROC, New York 2005, ISBN 0-451-46044-8 (with Nancy Holder).
  • Graven Images . Ace Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-441-00766-X (together with Thomas Roche).
  • In the Shadow of the Gargoyle . Ace Books, New York 1998, ISBN 0-441-00557-8 (with Thomas Roche).
  • Evolve . EDGE Publ., Calgary 2010/11
  1. Vampire stories of the new undead . 2010, ISBN 978-1-894063-33-3 .
  2. Vampire stories of the future undead . 2011, ISBN 978-1-894063-62-3 .

Works as Amarantha Knight (selection)

As an author

As editor

Works as Anna Knight (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Contents: play Passion , theater of cruelty and Metadrama .
  2. ↑ 19 stories.
  3. ↑ 28 stories.
  4. ↑ 10 stories.
personal data
SURNAME Kilpatrick, Nancy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knight, amarantha; Knight, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania