Kirsten Miller (born 1973) is an American

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

and the creator of the

Kiki Strike The Kiki Strike series, by Kirsten Miller, is a series of three novels revolving around the adventures of six girls in Manhattan, and currently consists of three books ('' Inside the Shadow City'', '' The Empress's Tomb'' and '' The Darkness Dwe ...

book series. Her first book in the series, ''Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City'', came out in 2006. Her second book in the series, '' The Empress's Tomb'', came out in October 2007. The series chronicles the adventures of Kiki Strike, Ananka Fishbein and their friends in

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. In 2001, the front lawn of a

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nursing home collapsed to reveal an underground room, giving Kirsten the idea for the first book, set in the tunnels and rooms beneath the city. She created Kiki Strike and the Irregulars (named after

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) to explore these secret passageways. The first book in her other series, ''The Eternal Ones'', was released August 10, 2010. She was the co-author of a three-book children's series with

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named '' Nightmares!'', of which the first book was released in the fall of 2014. Kirsten Miller lives and works in New York City.

Works

Standalone novels

* ''How to Lead a Life of Crime'' (2013) * ''The Change'' (2022)

Series

Kiki Strike * ''Inside the Shadow City'' (2006) * ''The Empress's Tomb'' (2007) * ''The Darkness Dwellers'' (2013) The Eternal Ones * ''The Eternal Ones'' (2010) * ''All You Desire'' (2011) Nightmares! by Miller and

* ''Nightmares!'' (2014) * ''Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic'' (2015) * ''Nightmares! The Lost Lullaby'' (2016) Last Reality by Miller and Jason Segel * ''Otherworld'' (2017) * ''OtherEarth'' (2018) * ''OtherLife'' (2019)

References

External links

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Interview by First Book, May 2006
(FirstBook.org, archived 2006-05-19)

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