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I'm a writer of urban fantasy romance. My agent is Nancy Yost of Lowenstein-Yost (http://www.lowensteinyost.com/) and my editor is Erika Tsang at Avon/Harper Collins. I've been fortunate enough to have my books appear on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. Foreign rights for my books have been sold to Germany, France, Spain, China, Thailand, the UK, Russia, Hungary, and Poland. If you want to read how I snagged my first agent and publishing contract, go here: http://frost-light.livejournal.com/16905.html

If you're interested in reading the entire first chapter from my books, deleted scenes, creature mythology, my favorite authors, events schedule, and contact information, I have all that and more on my website: http://www.jeanienefrost.com/

If you want to sign up for my newsletter, go here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jeaniene_frost/

Character bios, deleted scenes, and fan chat forum for the Night Huntress series, go here: http://www.frostfans.com/

On the shelves now:

HALFWAY TO THE GRAVE, book one in the Night Huntress series
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, book two in the Night Huntress series
WEDDINGS FROM HELL, paranormal anthology with me, Maggie Shayne, Kathryn Smith, and Terri Garey
AT GRAVE'S END, book three in the Night Huntress series
MAMMOTH BOOK OF PARANORMAL ROMANCE anthology

Upcoming Releases:

FOUR DUKES AND A DEVIL, romance anthology with Cathy Maxwell, Elaine Fox, Sophia Nash, Tracy Anne Warren, and me, June 30th, 2009.
DESTINED FOR AN EARLY GRAVE, Night Huntress series book #4, July 28th, 2009.
UNBOUND: dark fantasy anthology with Kim Harrison, Melissa Marr, Vicki Pettersson, Jocelynn Drake, and me, August 25th, 2009.
FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON, Night Huntress WORLD book 1, January 26th, 2010.
DEATH'S EXCELLENT VACATION, fantasy anthology edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner, spring 2010.
Night Huntress WORLD book #2, untitled, release date pending.
Night Huntress series book #5, untitled, release date pending.
Night Huntress series book #6, untitled, release date pending.
Night Huntress series book #7, untitled, release date pending.

Note about the Night Huntress series: This is an urban fantasy romance series featuring half-vampire heroine Cat Crawfield. My heroine and hero have a difficult road ahead of them and they will have to work hard to earn their HEA. Hope you come along for the ride!

Note about the Night Huntress WORLD books: "Night Huntress World" book one will feature Spade (a.k.a. Charles), as the main character, and "Night Huntress World" book two will feature Mencheres as the main character. Both books will stand-alone novels, not the start of a new series, and will be set in current times with their storylines running parallel to the Night Huntress series.


Confessions: I swear like it's a cure for all that ails me. It's a good thing I don't have children, or their first word would probably be a four-letter one. I can't drink because I get drunk immediately. I am an avid animal lover. If I had more willpower, I'd be a vegetarian, but for now that's filed under 'future goals'. I am married - happily, I might add.


Friending: I friend back most people, unless they have some sort of racist/sexist/other hateful propoganda on their LJ profiles, in which case I will run away! I do read my Friend's journals, even if I don't comment on them all the time. It's always interesting to see what everyone has going on in their lives. To any blog lurkers who haven't introduced themselves yet - hi! Uncloak and say howdy if you get a chance.

Check out fangs_fur_fey , an Urban Fantasy/paranormal fiction community with great topics on writing, lore, mythology, worldbuilding, and of course, creatures with fangs, fur, faery wings and otherwise!

Favorite Authors:

Obviously if I listed the author of every book I’ve ever loved all the way back from childhood, I’d need a separate website to fit them all. So here is a list of authors I currently adore. This shouldn’t suggest that I haven’t read any good books lately from other authors, but again in the interest of space, I’m only listing the ones whose books have really made me say ‘wow’ – or thrown me into an insecurity crisis about the quality of my own writing ;)

Note: More names will surely be added as I get through my To Be Read pile and books I’m waiting for from new authors come out.

Young Adult Urban Fantasy:

Annette Curtis Klause
Melissa Marr (http://www.melissa-marr.com/)
Tiffany Trent (http://www.tiffany-trent.com/)

Adult Urban Fantasy:

Ilona Andrews (http://www.ilonaland.com/)
Rachel Cain (http://www.rachelcaine.com/)
Mark DelFranco (http://www.markdelfranco.com/)
Charlaine Harris (http://www.charlaineharris.com/)
Kim Harrison (http://www.kimharrison.net/)
Dean Koontz (http://www.deankoontz.com/)
John Passarella (http://www.passarella.com/)


Sexy Adult Urban Fantasy:

Kelley Armstrong (http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/)
Keri Arthur (http://www.keriarthur.com/index.html)
Vicki Pettersson (http://vickipettersson.com/)
Adrian Phoenix (http://adrianphoenix.com/)
Rachel Vincent (http://www.rachelvincent.com/)

Romance:

Lara Adrian (http://www.laraadrian.com/)
Kresley Cole (http://kresleycole.com/)
Eileen Cook (http://www.eileencook.com/)
Mary Janice Davidson (http://www.maryjanicedavidson.net/)
Yasmine Galenorn (http://www.galenorn.com/)
Colleen Gleason(http://www.colleengleason.com/)
Sherrilyn Kenyon (http://www.dailyinquisitor.com/sherrilyn/intro.htm)
Katie MacAlister (http://www.katiemacalister.com/)
Cheyenne McCray (http://www.cheyennemccray.com/books/magicseries/index.htm)
Gena Showalter (http://members.cox.net/genashowalter/)
Kathryn Smith (http://www.kathrynsmith.com/)
Jordan Summers (http://jordansummers.com/js/)
J.R. Ward (http://www.jrward.com/)


General Fiction:

Charles Frazier
Alice Hoffman (http://www.alicehoffman.com/)
Diana Gabaldon (http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~gatti/gabaldon/gabaldon.html)
M.M. Kaye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._M._Kaye)


Dark SciFi/Horror/Fiction:

Steve Alten (http://www.stevealten.com/)
Thomas Harris (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/thomasharris/)
Alex Kava (http://www.alexkava.com/)
Stephen King (http://www.stephenking.com/)


Recently enjoyed :

FANTASY LOVER, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
NIGHT'S ROSE, by Annaliese Evans
LET THE NIGHT BEGIN, by Kathryn Smith.
BEYOND THE NIGHT, by Joss Ware
UNDER THE BLOOD RED MOON, by Mena Hepsen
A RUSH OF WINGS and IN THE BLOOD, by Adrian Phoenix
AS SHADOWS FADE, by Colleen Gleason
DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris


My To-Be-Read pile :

BY VENOM'S SWEET STING, Tiffany Trent
BLOOD DRIVE, by Jeanne Stein
THE SMOKE THIEF, by Shana Abe
BLOODSUCKING FIENDS, by CHristopher Moore
ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY by Jennifer Rardin

Recent Interviews:

Juicilicious Reviews: http://juiciliciousssreviews.blogspot.com/2009/02/author-wednesdays-withjeaniene-frost.html

Love Vampires: http://lovevampires.com/jfrost.html

Dear Author First Sale story: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/12/26/my-first-sale-by-jeanienne-frost/#comments

AmberKatze's blog: http://amberkatze-amberkatze.blogspot.com/2008/12/author-interview-contest-with-jeaniene.html

Bitten By Books: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=997#comment-1409

Urban Fantasy Land : http://urbanfantasyland.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/spotlight-on-jeaniene-frost-saturday-seven-interview-a-contest/

Rachel Vincent interview with me: http://urbanfantasy.blogspot.com/2008/05/ive-been-bad-bad-girl.html

Fangs, Fur and Fey: http://community.livejournal.com/fangs_fur_fey/367910.html

Marta Acosta interview me: http://martaacosta.blogspot.com/2008/04/jeaniene-frost-interview-halfway-to.html

Dreamtime: http://moondancerdrake.livejournal.com/16635.html


Blurbs: All requests for reading novels for blurb purposes must go through my agent, Nancy Yost, or my editor, Erika Tsang. No exceptions.