Karen Marie Moning is an American author. Many of her novels have appeared on the ''New York Times'' Bestseller List with ''Shadowfever'' reaching the number one position on multiple national best sellers lists. She is a winner of the prestigious

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RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance and is a multiple RITA nominee.

Biography

Karen Marie Moning was born in

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, the daughter of Anthony R. Moning and Janet L. Moning. Moning graduated from

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with a Bachelor's degree in Society and Law. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a bartender, a computer consultant, and an insurance specialist. Moning began her career writing paranormal romance set in Scotland. ''Beyond the Highland Mist'' was published in 1999 and nominated for two RITA awards. She then published six more novels in her award-winning HIGHLANDER series, and received the RITA Award in 2001 for ''The Highlander’s Touch''. But as she became increasingly fascinated with Celtic mythology, she switched genres to Urban Fantasy and location to

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, Ireland, so she could focus on the

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, or Fae—an ancient race of immortal beings who have lived secretly among humans for millennia.''Karen Marie Moning Bio''
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Bibliography

Highlander Series

#''Beyond the Highland Mist'' (1999/Mar) #''To Tame a Highland Warrior'' (1999/Dec) #''The Highlander's Touch'' (2000/Nov) #''Kiss of the Highlander'' (2001/Sep) #''The Dark Highlander'' (2002/Oct) #''The Immortal Highlander'' (2004/Aug) #''Spell of the Highlander'' (2005/Aug) #''Into The Dreaming'' (2006/Aug)

Fever Series

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Darkfever ''Darkfever'' is the first novel in the ''Fever'' series written by #1 ''New York Times'' best-selling American author Karen Marie Moning. The book was published in November 2006 by Delacorte Press. The romantic fantasy novel tells the story of ...

'' (2006/Oct) #''Bloodfever'' (2007/Oct) #''Faefever'' (2008/Sep) #''Dreamfever'' (2009/Aug) #''Shadowfever'' (2011/Jan) #''Iced'' (2012/Oct) #''Burned'' (2015/Jan) #''Feverborn'' (2016/Jan) #''Feversong'' (2017/Jan) #''High Voltage'' (2018/Mar) #''Kingdom of Shadow and Light'' (2021/Feb)

Fever Moon

''Fever Moon'' is an original story from Karen Marie Moning, which has been adapted into a graphic novel by David Lawrence and illustrated by Al Rio. In this installment of the series, Mac and Barrons work together to defeat the Fear Dorcha. When it becomes clear that this epic evil is hunting Mac, slowly killing those closest to her, Mac’s only weapons are her lover, Barrons and the Spear of Destiny. ''RT Book Reviews'', COVER CHAT: KAREN MARIE MONING'S GRAPHIC NOVEL FEVER MOON, March 6, 2012
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