Nancy Kilpatrick

A Canadian horror writer, the author Nancy Kilpatrick is one that has been making her mark for a number of years now, having developed her craft and gift for building suspense and fear for quite some time, drawing her readers in, and creating a foreboding sense of terror that keeps readers on the edges of their seats. She does this in a manner that is completely idiosyncratic to her too, creating a style that is entirely her own, whilst also staying true to and respecting the roots of the genre. This is done with both wit and intelligence, whilst also not forgetting to scare the reader, something which she…

The best place to start is the Classic World of Darkness Fiction series, the earliest of Nancy Kilpatrick's multi-book series: it opens with Death and Damnation (1994) and runs to 37 books across 1994–2019, ending with Toreador (2019). Nancy Kilpatrick's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Nancy Kilpatrick has 263 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1667 and 2026. 193 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Classic World of Darkness Fiction series with 37 books — and 70 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Nancy Kilpatrick's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Classic World of Darkness Fiction (1994–2019, 37 books), Power of the Blood (1994–2000, 4 books) and Jason X (2005–2006, 2 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Nancy Kilpatrick's 263 books into 9 named series and 70 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Classic World of Darkness Fiction (37 books, 1994–2019); The Darker Passions (7 books, 2012–2014); Thrones of Blood (5 books, 2017–2019); Power of the Blood (4 books, 1994–2000); Best New Zombie Tales (4 books, 2010–2014), plus 4 further series.