Nancy Kilpatrick
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Nancy Kilpatrick | |
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| Born | May 6, 1946 Canada |
| Died | March 31, 2025 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Horror |
Nancy Kilpatrick (May 6, 1946 – March 31, 2025) was a Canadian author who wrote stories in the genres of dark fantasy, horror, mystery, erotic horror, and gothic subculture.
Kilpatrick is most known for her vampire themed works.[1]
Background
[edit]Kilpatrick lived and worked in Montreal.[2] She also taught Short Story Writing at George Brown College.[3] Kilpatrick died on March 31, 2025, at the age of 78.[4]
Awards
[edit]Kilpatrick was a recipient of the Arthur Ellis Award.[5] Fangoria called her "Canada's answer to Anne Rice".[1]
Works
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Dracul: An Eternal Love Story (1998)
- Eternal City (2003) with Michael Kilpatrick
The Darker Passions (under the pseudonym Amarantha Knight)
[edit]- Dracula (1993)
- Frankenstein (1995)
- The Fall of the House of Usher (1995)
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1995)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1996)
- Carmilla (1997)
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1998)
World of Darkness
[edit]- As One Dead (1996) with Don Bassingthwaite
Power of the Blood World
[edit]- Child of the Night (1996)
- Near Death (1994)
- Reborn (1998)
- Bloodlover (2000)
Friday the 13th: Jason X
[edit]- Planet of the Beast (2005)
- To the Third Power (2006)
Thrones of Blood
[edit]- Revenge of the Vampir King (2017)
- Sacrifice of the Hybrid Princess (2017)
- Abduction of Two Rulers (2018)
- Savagery of the Rebel King (2019)
- Anguish of the Sapiens Queen (2020)
Collections
[edit]- Sex & the Single Vampire (1994)
- Endorphins (1997)
- The Vampire Stories of Nancy Kilpatrick (2000)
- Cold Comfort (2001)
- Contos / Vampiros (Portuguese, 2011)
- Vampyric Variations (2012)
- Thirteen Plus-1 Lovecraftian Narratives (2023)
Anthologies under the pseudonym Amarantha Knight
[edit]- Flesh Fantastic (1995)
- Love Bites (1995)
- Sex Macabre (1996)
- Seductive Spectres (1996)
- Demon Sex (1998)
Other Anthologies
[edit]- In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (1998) with Thomas S. Roche
- Graven Images: Fifteen Tales of Magic and Myth (2000) with Thomas S. Roche
- 2001 World Fantasy Convention: "Je me souviens ..." (2001) with Matthew Frederick, Margaret Grady, and Hugues Leblanc
- Outsiders: 22 All New Stories From the Edge (2005) with Nancy Holder
- Tesseracts Thirteen: Chilling Tales of the Great White North (2009) with David Morrell
- Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead (2010)
- Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead (2011)
- Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper (2012)
- Expiration Date (2015)
- nEvermore! (2015) with Caro Soles
Nonfiction
[edit]- The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined (2004)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Alexander, Chris. "Toronto! Gothic horror author Nancy Kilpatrick launches "Vampyric Variations"". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ Worth, Liz. "Nancy Kilpatrick, Canada's Literary Queen of the Undead". Horror Bound Magazine. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ MacLeod, Selene (19 February 2021). "Quick Six Questions With Nancy Kilpatrick". Horror Tree. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Obituary – Nancy Kilpatrick". World Fantasy Convention 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Eternal City". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
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