Kalayna Price

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Kalayna Price
OccupationNovelist
Education University of South Carolina (BFA) [1]
Period2009 to present
Genre Urban Fantasy, dark fantasy, fantasy
Notable awardsUSA Today Bestseller, [2] Maggie Award of Excellence in Paranormal Fiction [3]
Website
www.kalayna.com

Kalayna Price is an [4] American author best known for her Alex Craft novels, an urban fantasy series about a witch who solves crimes by speaking to the dead. She is represented by Lucienne Diver of the Knight Agency. [5]

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Biography

Price has a BFA in Studio art from the University of South Carolina. [6] She is a member of Science Fiction Writers of America [7] and is a regular contributor to Magical Words, an educational blog for writers written by writers, agents, and editors. [8]

In the US, Price is published by Roc (Penguin USA) [9] and Bell Bridge Books. [10] Her Alex Craft novels are also available through Penguin in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. [11] German rights language for both series are held by Blanvalet, [12] and it has been announced that French, Romanian, and Polish language rights have been sold. [13] [14] [15]

Bibliography

Alex Craft Novels

  1. Grave Witch (October 2010 ISBN   978-0-451-46380-7 )
  2. Grave Dance (July 2011 ISBN   978-0-451-46409-5 )
  3. Grave Memory (July 2012 ISBN   978-0-451-46459-0 )
  4. Grave Visions(February 2016 ISBN   978-140591168-9 )
  5. Grave Ransom (July 2017 ISBN   9781452690933 )
  6. Grave Destiny (April 2019 ISBN   978-0451416599 )
  7. Grave War (November 2020 ISBN   978-1984805959 )

Novels of Haven

  1. Once Bitten (January 2009 ISBN   978-0-9802453-9-4 )
  2. Twice Dead (February 2010 ISBN   978-0-9843256-7-2 )
  3. Third Blood (cancelled)

Anthologies

Audio Editions

Foreign Editions

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