Laurell K. Hamilton, author portrait
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Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry, Fey Detective series. A Terrible Fall of Angels, the first book in an exciting new series, features Detective Zaniel Havelock in a world where angels and demons walk among us.

With more than forty novels published, Laurell continues to create groundbreaking fiction inspired by her lifelong love of monster movies, ghost stories, mythology, folklore, and things that go bump in the night. Her love of the macabre, books in general, animals, and nature led her to degrees in English and biology. She is a nonpracticing biologist but uses her science background to add an extra level of realism to her fiction.
 
She currently lives in St. Louis with her family, two spoiled Japanese chins, a house panther, and a house lion. In her free time, Laurell trains in Filipino martial arts with a specialization in blade work, and travels to scuba dive and bird-watch as often as she can.
Slay
Smolder
A Terrible Fall of Angels
Sucker Punch
Rafael
Fantastic Hope
Serpentine
Crimson Death
Wounded
Dead Ice
A Shiver of Light
Jason
Affliction
Dancing
Kiss the Dead
Hit List
Beauty
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 16-19
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 11-15
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 6-10
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5
Bullet
Flirt
Never After
Divine Misdemeanors
Skin Trade
Swallowing Darkness
Blood Noir
Nightseer
A Lick of Frost
Bloody Bones
The Harlequin
The Lunatic Cafe
Mistral's Kiss
Strange Candy
Danse Macabre

Books

Slay
Smolder
A Terrible Fall of Angels
Sucker Punch
Rafael
Fantastic Hope
Serpentine
Crimson Death
Wounded
Dead Ice
A Shiver of Light
Jason
Affliction
Dancing
Kiss the Dead
Hit List
Beauty
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 16-19
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 11-15
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 6-10
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5
Bullet
Flirt
Never After
Divine Misdemeanors
Skin Trade
Swallowing Darkness
Blood Noir
Nightseer
A Lick of Frost
Bloody Bones
The Harlequin
The Lunatic Cafe
Mistral's Kiss
Strange Candy
Danse Macabre

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