Kitty's own jaunts-which see her attending her high school reunion ('Kitty Walks on by, Calls Your Name'), dealing with bureaucracy ('Kitty Busts the Feds') and investigating a werewolf boxer ('Kitty Learns the Ropes')-are suffused with humor and pop culture references. Vaughn offers star turns to Kitty's lawyer husband Ben ('What Happened to Ben in Vegas'), ancient vampire Rick ('It's Still the Same Old Story'), and bounty hunter Cormac ('Kitty and Cormac's Excellent Adventure'). It was so nice to see my friends again! If you've loved Kitty's adventures, you have been waiting for this book! -Seanan McGuire, author of Come Tumbling Down and Every Heart a Doorway Vaughn offers readers one last trip into the world of Kitty Norville, the werewolf talk radio host last seen in 2015's Kitty Saves the World, in this nostalgic collection of 15 urban fantasy shorts, which splits focus between the delightful Kitty and other fan favorite characters who've been caught up in her adventures over the years. She is fiercely guarded by a miniature American Eskimo dog named Lily.Ĭomfort food for the urban fantasy soul. but managed to put down roots in the area of Boulder, Colorado, where she pursuers an endlessly growing list of hobbies and enjoys the outdoors as much as she can. A bona fide Air Force brat (her father served on a B-52 flight crew during the Vietnam War), Vaughn grew up all over the U.S. She is the winner of the RT Reviewer Choice Award for Best First Mystery for Kitty and The Midnight Hour, won the WSFA Small Press award for best short story for Amaryllis, and she has been has been nominated for the Hugo Award. She has a master's degree in English literature, graduated from the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop in 1998, and returned to the workshop as Writer in Residence in 2009. Martin, and also writes the Harry and Marlowe steampunk short stories about an alternate nineteenth century that makes use of alien technology. Vaughn is a contributor to the Wild Cards series of shared-world novels edited by George R.R. She is also the author of the superhero novels The Golden Age saga. The series, about a werewolf who hosts a talk radio advice show for supernatural beings, includes fourteen novels and a collection of short stories. New York Times bestselling author Carrie Vaughn is best known for her fourteen volume Kitty Norville series. These unpredictable and irresistible tales, feature lupines experimenting with astronomy, a cheating boxer with preternatural strength, vampires from the Philippines, and many other unexpected delights. This very last Kitty collection, the final installment in the series, features fan favorite characters like Rick the vampire and Jessi Hardin, paranormal detective, Kitty’s husband Ben, his cousin Cormac the bounty hunter, and the villainous Dux Bellorum. Kitty Norville just can’t stay away from trouble of the supernatural kind.Įveryone’s favorite werewolf talk-show host is here one last time, to mix it up with fan-favorite characters and more. “Enough excitement, astonishment, pathos, and victory to satisfy any reader” ? Charlaine Harris “The only urban fantasy world where I want to read every book of the series.” This engaging collection, with Vaughn’s soundtrack for each tale, is sure to delight both existing Kitty fans and anyone who enjoys urban fantasy at its best. In the final installment of the bestselling Kitty Norville series, the paranormal escapades continue with Carrie Vaughn’s most captivating characters.
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