Nancy Kilpatrick

Nancy Kilpatrick, a horror writer who also writes under the pseudonym Amarantha Knight, was born in Philadelphia and attended Temple University. In 1985 she moved to Canada and took a position at George Brown College in Toronto. As her writing career took off in the mid-1990s, she has remained in the Canada, and now lives in Montreal.

Beginning with short stories as many fiction writers do, Kilpatrick was granted the Arthur Ellis Award in 1992 for her story "Mantrap," and was a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award in 1993. Her short stories have appeared in a number of vampire story anthologies. Her first novel, Near Death, was also a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award, and set the precedent for a list of vampire fiction that would appear over the next few years, including Sex and the Single Vampire and Children of the Night. As Amaranth Knight she has also written a series of adult erotic novels based on classic horror tales under the collective title "The Darker Passions," the first being The Darker Passions: Dracula, followed by, among others, The Darker Passions: Carmilla.

Soon to appear is a novelization of the Dracula musical, Dracul. She also teaches several courses in writing on the Internet .

Kilpatrick, Nancy. Child of the Night. London: Raven Books, 1996. 314 pp.
--- [as Amarantha Knight]. The Darker Passions: Carmilla. New York: Masquerade Books, 1997. 335 pp.
---. The Darker Passions: Dracula. New York: [Adult] Masquerade Books, 1993. 309 pp.
---. Endorphins. Norfolk, VA: Macabre, Inc., 1997. 84 pp.
---. Love Bites. New York: Masquerade Books, 1994. 202 pp.
---. Near Death. New York: Pocket Books, 1994. 295 pp.
---. Sex and the Single Vampire. Leesburg, VA: TAL, 1994. 49 pp.