Christine Feehan

Christine Feehan is an American author of paranormal romance and romantic suspense, best known for the Carpathian (Dark) vampire series that began with Dark Prince in 1999. She was born Christine King in Ukiah, California.

Feehan has been publishing novels since 1999. Her official site says she has 100 published works across seven series: the Carpathian (Dark) books, GhostWalker, Leopard, the Drake Sisters, Sea Haven, Shadow Riders and Torpedo Ink, and that all seven have reached number one on the New York Times list. In October 2007 her first manga comic, Dark Hunger, was released, the first manga published by Berkley. She has won several PEARL and Romantic Times awards, including a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, and Dark Magic was a RITA finalist in 2001. USA Today has called her the queen of paranormal romance. She lives on the northern California coast, holds a third-degree black belt and has taught self-defence to women who had experienced abuse.

For collectors

Dark Prince (1999) is the foundation of her readership and the first book to look for; it won PEARL awards for best new author, best shapeshifter and best overall in 1999. Open Library's earliest recorded edition is a Love Spell paperback dated August 1999, followed by many later editions under other imprints, among them Leisure Books (2005), Piatkus (2007) and Avon (2011), so buyers seeking the first printing should check for the Love Spell imprint and 1999 date.