Nancy Kilpatrick (May 6, 1946 – March 31, 2025) was a Canadian author who wrote stories in the genres of

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, horror, mystery, erotic horror, and

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. Kilpatrick is most known for her

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themed works.

Background

Kilpatrick lived and worked in

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. She also taught Short Story Writing at

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. Kilpatrick died on March 31, 2025, at the age of 78.

Awards

Kilpatrick was a recipient of the Arthur Ellis Award. ''

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'' called her "Canada's answer to

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Works

Fiction

* ''Dracul: An Eternal Love Story'' (1998) * ''Eternal City'' (2003) with Michael Kilpatrick

''The Darker Passions'' (under the pseudonym Amarantha Knight)

* ''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''

* ''As One Dead'' (1996) with Don Bassingthwaite

''Power of the Blood World''

* '' Child of the Night'' (1996) * ''Near Death'' (1994) * ''Reborn'' (1998) * ''Bloodlover'' (2000)

''Friday the 13th: Jason X''

* '' Planet of the Beast'' (2005) * '' To the Third Power'' (2006)

''Thrones of Blood''

* ''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

* ''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

* ''Flesh Fantastic'' (1995) * ''Love Bites'' (1995) * ''Sex Macabre'' (1996) * ''Seductive Spectres'' (1996) * ''Demon Sex'' (1998)

Other Anthologies

* ''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

* ''The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined'' (2004)

References

External links

* * 1946 births 2025 deaths American expatriate writers in Canada Canadian horror writers Canadian erotica writers Canadian fantasy writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers Canadian women horror writers 21st-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian women writers Dark fantasy writers Erotic horror writers Writers from Montreal Academic staff of George Brown College {{Canada-writer-stub