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ⓘ About Kacen Callender
Kacen Callender is an award-winning American writer of middle grade, children’s fiction, fantasy, and young adult fiction novels. He has written widely successful standalone books in his career, including Hurricane Child, Felix Ever After, Queen of the Conquered, etc. Hurricane Child has won the Stonewall Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award and the Lamda Award, both in 2019. Another popular book of author Kacen, This is Kind of an Epic Love Story, was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award in 2019. Kacen was born as Kheryn Callender in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. His parents raised him in his hometown before he went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and Japanese from Sarah Lawrence College.
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Who is Kacen Callender?
Kacen Callender is an award-winning American writer of middle grade, children's fiction, fantasy, and young adult fiction novels. He has written widely successful standalone books in his career, including Hurricane Child, Felix Ever After, Queen of the Conquered, etc. Hurricane Child has won the Stonewall Children's & Young Adult Literature Award and the Lamda Award, both in 2019.
Which Kacen Callender series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Islands of Blood and Storm series, the earliest of Kacen Callender's multi-book series: it opens with Queen of the Conquered (2019) and runs to 2 books across 2019–2020, ending with King of the Rising (2020). Kacen Callender's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Kacen Callender written?
Kacen Callender has 14 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2018 and 2026. 5 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Infinity Alchemist series with 2 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Kacen Callender's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kacen Callender's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Islands of Blood and Storm (2019–2020, 2 books), Kacen Callender Audiobooks (2021, 1 book) and Infinity Alchemist (2024–2025, 2 books).
How are Kacen Callender's books organised into series?
This guide splits Kacen Callender's 14 books into 3 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Infinity Alchemist (2 books, 2024–2025); Islands of Blood and Storm (2 books, 2019–2020); Kacen Callender Audiobooks (1 book, 2021).