Carrie Vaughn

14 Series

Carrie Vaughn is an American author known for her urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels, notably the Kitty Norville series. She began her writing career with sci-fi/fantasy short stories. Vaughn holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in English literature. She resides in Boulder, Colorado.

In "Kitty's Big Trouble," vampire hunter Kitty Norville travels to San Francisco to confront a dangerous supernatural threat. Joined by her husband Ben, they uncover an ancient evil tied to the city's history. As they navigate alliances with other supernatural beings, Kitty must use her wits and skills to prevent a catastrophic event. The stakes rise when personal connections are threatened, forcing Kitty to make tough decisions. Ultimately, she must outsmart her enemies to protect the city and those she loves.

Kitty Norville

Kitty and the Midnight Hour

(2005)

Kitty Goes to Washington

(2006)

Kitty Takes a Holiday

(2007)

Kitty and the Silver Bullet

(2008)

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand

(2009)

Kitty Raises Hell

(2009)

Kitty's House of Horrors

(2009)

Kitty Goes to War

(2010)

Kitty's Big Trouble

(2011)

Kitty Steals the Show

(2012)

Kitty Rocks the House

(2013)

Kitty in the Underworld

(2013)

Paranormal Bromance

(2014)

Low Midnight

(2014)

Kitty Saves the World

(2015)

Kitty's Mix-Tape

(2020)

Kitty Norville Short Story Collections

Kitty's Greatest Hits

(2011)

Golden Age

After the Golden Age

(2011)

Dreams of the Golden Age

(2014)

The Naturalist Society

(2024)

The Glass Slide World

(2025)

Voices of Dragons

(2009)

Refuge of Dragons

(2017)

Bannerless Saga

Bannerless

(2017)

The Wild Dead

(2018)

Where Would You Be Now?

(2018)

Cormac and Amelia

Dark Divide

(2019)

Badlands Witch

(2019)

Fatal Storm

(2021)

Charmed Waters

(2021)

The Cormac and Amelia Case Files

(2022)

Broken Roads

(2024)

Robin Hood Stories

The Ghosts of Sherwood

(2020)

The Heirs of Locksley

(2020)

Standalone Novels

Discord's Apple

(2010)

Steel

(2011)

Martians Abroad

(2017)

The Immortal Conquistador

(2019)

Questland

(2021)

Short Stories/Novellas

The Best We Can

(2013)

That Game We Played During the War

(2016)

Amaryllis

(2016)

Sinew and Steel and What They Told

(2020)

An Easy Job

(2021)

Time

(2023)

Short Story Collections

Straying From the Path

(2011)

Amaryllis and Other Stories

(2016)

Real City

(2016)

Water Fire Fae

(2023)

Wild Cards

(1986)(By: George R.R. Martin)

Aces High

(1987)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Jokers Wild

(1987)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Aces Abroad

(1988)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Down and Dirty

(1988)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Ace in the Hole

(1990)(By: George R.R. Martin)

Dead Man's Hand

(1990)(By: George R.R. Martin)

One-Eyed Jacks

(1991)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Jokertown Shuffle

(1991)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Double Solitaire

(1992)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Dealer's Choice

(1992)(By: George R.R. Martin)

Turn of the Cards

(1993)(By: George R.R. Martin,Victor Milán)

Deuces Down

(2002)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Death Draws Five

(2006)(By: George R.R. Martin,John J. Miller)

Busted Flush

(2008)(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,Caroline Spector)

Inside Straight

(2008)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Suicide Kings

(2009)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan

(2010)

Fort Freak

(2011)(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham)

The Button Man and the Murder Tree

(2013)(By: Cherie Priest)

The Elephant in the Room

(2013)(By: George R.R. Martin,Paul Cornell)

Lowball

(2014)(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham)

Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza

(2014)

Prompt. Professional. Pop!

(2014)(By: Walter Jon Williams)

Discards

(2016)(By: David D. Levine)

High Stakes

(2016)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown

(2016)(By: George R.R. Martin)

The Atonement Tango

(2017)(By: Stephen Leigh)

When the Devil Drives

(2017)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Evernight

(2018)(By: Victor Milán)

The Flight of Morpho Girl

(2018)(By: George R.R. Martin,Caroline Spector)

Knaves Over Queens

(2018)(By: George R.R. Martin)

Long is the Way

(2019)(By: George R.R. Martin)

The City That Never Sleeps

(2019)(By: Walton Simons)

Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed

(2019)(By: Bradley Denton)

Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire

(2019)(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)

American Hero

(2020)(By: George R.R. Martin)

Three Kings

(2020)(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass)

Ripple Effects

(2021)(By: Laura J. Mixon)

Joker Moon

(2021)(By: George R.R. Martin)

Skin Deep

(2021)(By: Alan Brennert)

Hearts of Stone

(2022)(By: Emma Newman)

Grow

(2022)

Full House

(2022)(By: George R.R. Martin)

Pairing Up

(2023)(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Gwenda Bond,Marko Kloos,Christopher Rowe,Bradley Denton,Peter Newman)

Sleeper Straddle

(2024)(With: Stephen Leigh,Mary Anne Mohanraj,Cherie Priest,Walter Jon Williams,Christopher Rowe,Max Gladstone)

Heiresses of Russ (with Lee Mandelo, Seanan McGuire, Nisi Shawl, Shannon Connor Winward, Richard Bowes, Megan Arkenberg, Alex Jeffers, Nalo Hopkinson, Laird Barron, Ken Liu, Wendy N. Wagner, Desirina Boskovich, Steve Berman, Sunny Moraine, Melissa Scott, Malinda Lo, Amal El-Mohtar, Susan Jane Bigelow, Lisa Nohealani Morton, M. Bennardo, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Connie Wilkins, Redfern Jon Barrett, Chanté McCoy, Alberto Yáñez, Darcie Little Badger, Tenea D. Johnson, Vivien Jackson, J.L. Merrow, Ruthanna Emrys, Jewelle L. Gómez, Penny Stirling, Sacchi Green, Anna Meadows, Jean Roberta, Melissa Moorer, Stacia Seaman, Katherine Fabian, Lexy Wealleans, Robert E. Stutts)

Heiresses of Russ 2012: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction

(2012)(By: Nalo Hopkinson,Laird Barron,Desirina Boskovich,Steve Berman,Sunny Moraine,Amal El-Mohtar,Lisa Nohealani Morton,Connie Wilkins,Anna Meadows,Katherine Fabian)

Heiresses of Russ 2013: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction

(2013)(With: Lee Mandelo,Nisi Shawl,Richard Bowes,Megan Arkenberg,Wendy N. Wagner,Steve Berman,Malinda Lo,Benjanun Sriduangkaew,Tenea D. Johnson,J.L. Merrow,Jewelle L. Gómez)

Heiresses of Russ 2014: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction

(2014)(By: Alex Jeffers,Steve Berman,Melissa Scott,Redfern Jon Barrett,Chanté McCoy,Alberto Yáñez,Penny Stirling,Sacchi Green,Lexy Wealleans,Robert E. Stutts)

Heiresses of Russ 2015: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction

(2015)(By: Seanan McGuire,Shannon Connor Winward,Ken Liu,Steve Berman,Susan Jane Bigelow,M. Bennardo,Darcie Little Badger,Vivien Jackson,Ruthanna Emrys,Jean Roberta,Melissa Moorer,Stacia Seaman)

Anthologies

All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories

(2004)

Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2007

(2007)

Weird Tales: The Twenty-First Century, Vol. 1

(2007)

Fast Ships, Black Sails

(2008)

Spicy Slipstream Stories

(2008)

The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance

(2009)

Ravens in the Library

(2009)

Running with the Pack

(2010)

Warriors

(2010)

Dark and Stormy Knights

(2010)

Songs of Love and Death

(2010)

The Best of Talebones

(2010)

Down These Strange Streets

(2011)

The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

(2011)

The Urban Fantasy Anthology

(2011)

Warriors 3

(2011)

Halloween

(2011)

Lightspeed: Year One

(2011)

Brave New Love: 15 Dystopian Tales of Desire

(2012)

Lightspeed Magazine, November 2012

(2012)

Super Stories of Heroes and Villains

(2013)

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination

(2013)

Dangerous Women

(2013)

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014

(2013)

After the End

(2013)

Best New SF 26

(2013)

Steampunk Trails #1

(2013)

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2013

(2013)

The Time Traveler's Almanac

(2013)

Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014

(2014)

Clarkesworld: Year Six

(2014)

Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue

(2014)

Rogues

(2014)

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition

(2014)

Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014

(2014)

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

(2014)

Zombies: More Recent Dead

(2014)

The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures

(2014)

Lightspeed Magazine, October 2014

(2014)

The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women

(2014)

Fantasy For Good: A Charitable Anthology

(2014)

Operation Arcana

(2015)

The Doll Collection

(2015)

More Recent Weird

(2015)

The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk

(2015)

The End Has Come

(2015)

Blood Sisters

(2015)

Warrior Women

(2015)

Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life

(2016)

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One

(2016)

Swords v. Cthulhu

(2016)

Lightspeed Magazine, July 2016

(2016)

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection

(2016)

The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven

(2016)

Colorado State of Mind

(2016)

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition

(2017)

The Unicorn Anthology

(2017)

Behind the Mask: A Superhero Anthology

(2017)

Georgetown Haunts and Mysteries

(2017)

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection

(2017)

Infinity Wars

(2017)

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017

(2017)

Worlds Seen in Passing

(2018)

Mechanical Animals

(2018)

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 75

(2018)

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 105, February 2019

(2019)

Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy

(2019)

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 107, April 2019

(2019)

Nevertheless She Persisted

(2020)

Ignorance Is Strength

(2020)

Burn the Ashes

(2020)

Or Else the Light

(2020)

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition

(2021)

The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time

(2021)

Shapers of Worlds Volume II

(2021)

Some of the Best of Tor.com 2021

(2022)

Someone in Time

(2022)

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 153, February 2023

(2023)

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 213

(2024)

George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle in Stories

(2024)

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