“While books provided me with some escape from the mental and physical horrors of my early life, they were unreliable. Many times the protagonists suffered terribly and then died at the end.”

American writer

Sherrilyn Kenyon is an American writer known for urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and historical fiction with paranormal elements. She is best known for her Dark Hunter series. Writing under her former married name and also as Kinley MacGregor, she has built a wide readership across several genres. Her novels have sold more than 70 million copies in print in more than 100 countries, and books under both names have reached the top of the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today lists. They are also frequent bestsellers in Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom.