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Kay Kenyon

Kay Kenyon is the author of eighteen fantasy and science fiction novels. Her work has been shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the American Library Association Reading List award.

Her newest fantasy series is The Arisen Worlds quartet.

"A story of powers and magic on a grand scale. This will be a series to treasure.” —Louisa Morgan, author of The Great Witch of Brittany.

Latest in the series is Book 2, Stranger in the Twisted Realm. Book 1, The Girl Who Fell Into Myth is on sale. Book 3 Servant of the Lost Power is on pre-order for a February 20, 2024 release. Book 4, coming soon, is entitled Keeper of the Mythos Gate.

Her series, The Dark Talents novels, has been optioned for film. The trilogy begins with At the Table of Wolves.

Other fantasy novels include Queen of the Deep and A Thousand Perfect Things. Connect with her at http://www.kaykenyon.com.

She lives in beautiful eastern Washington State in the foothills of the Cascades.


“She shrugged. "Ownership is a fragile concept.”
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“The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If I had a thousand pieces of a priceless vase, would I be rich?”
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“He didn't know which he preferred: the Red, with its fatalistic and pious acceptance of all futures, or the Misery, acknowledging that the more you attracted notice, the worse God dealt with you.”
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“The worst kind of poison for despots: truth.”
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