Gena Showalter (born 1975 in Oklahoma) is an American author in the

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. Showalter sold her first book at the age of 27, and has published over 70 books. She has been named by ''

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'' as a bestselling author. Showalter has successfully published in the adult and young adult market.

Awards

''Alice in Zombieland'' was the winner of the 2014 South Carolina Children's, Junior and Young Adult Book Award.

Bibliography

Adult Paranormal Romance

Stand Alone Novels

Imperia

# ''The Stone Prince'', September 2003 # ''Prince of Forever'', February 2005 (formerly ''The Pleasure Slave'')

Alien Huntress

Atlantis

Lords of the Underworld

= Tales of an Extraordinary Girl

= # ''Playing With Fire'', September 2006 # ''Twice as Hot'', February 2010

Royal House of Shadows

A series of 4 books each by a different author # ''Lord of the Vampires'' by Gena Showalter (August 2011) # ''Lord of Rage'' by Jill Monroe (September 2011) # ''Lord of the Wolfyn'' by

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(October 2011) # ''Lord of the Abyss'' by

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(December 2011)

Angels of the Dark

The Angels of the Dark series takes place in the same universe as Lords of the Underworld series and concerns the armies of Heaven. # ''Wicked Nights'', June 2012 (Zacharel) # ''Beauty Awakened'', February 2013 (Koldo) # ''Burning Dawn'', May 2014 (Thane)

Otherworld Assassins

The Otherworld Assassins series takes place in the same universe as the Alien Huntress series. It deals with a different Black Ops group. # ''Last Kiss Goodnight'', December 2012, Cover art by Nathália Suellen (Solomon Judah & Vika Lukas) # ''Black and Blue'', October 2013 (Corbin Blue & Evangeline Black) # ''Dark Swan'' in ''Blood Red Kiss'' anthology, September 2016 (Dallas Gutierrez & Lilica Swan)

Gods of War

# ''Shadow and Ice'' (October 2018)-Knox of Iviland # ''Frost and Flame'' (September 24, 2019)-Bane of Adwaeweth

Rise of the Warlords

Immortal Enemies

Non-fiction

* ''Dating The Undead - Loving The Immortal Man'' December 27, 2011

Adult Contemporary Romance

Original Heartbreakers

# ''The One You Want'' in ''The All For You'' Anthology, December 2014 # ''The Closer You Come'', March 2015 # ''The Hotter You Burn'', July 2015 # ''The Harder You Fall'', November 2015 # ''Can't Hardly Breathe'', August 2017 # ''Can't Let Go'', October 2017 # ''Can't Get Enough'', December 2017 (Self-published)

A Jane Ladling Mystery

with Jill Monroe

Young Adult

Stand Alone Novels

* '' Oh My Goth'', July 2006 , Revised edition, September 4, 2018

Teen Alien Huntress

# ''Red Handed'', June 2007 # ''Blacklisted'', July 2007

Intertwined

# ''Intertwined'', September 2009 # ''Unraveled'', August 2010 # ''Twisted'', August 2011

White Rabbit Chronicles

# ''Alice in Zombieland'', September 2012 # ''Through the Zombie Glass'', October 2013 # ''The Queen of Zombie Hearts'', September 2014 # ''A Mad Zombie Party'', September 2015 # ''Kat in Zombieland'', February 2017 (short story taking place during ''A Mad Zombie Party'') * ''Down the Rabbit Hole'', February 2019 (collection of two bonus scenes from the series)

Everlife

# ''Firstlife'', February 2016 # ''Lifeblood'', February 2017 # ''Everlife'', February 2018

The Forest of Good and Evil

# ''The Evil Queen'' (June 25, 2019) # ''The Glass Queen''(September 29, 2020)

Anthologies

References

External links

Showalter's Official Web Site

Showalter's UK Publisher Web Site

Gena Showalter's Official Wattpad Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Showalter, Gena 1975 births 21st-century American novelists American romantic fiction writers American women novelists Living people Women romantic fiction writers 21st-century American women writers American paranormal romance writers American young adult novelists Novelists from Oklahoma