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My Take
Sherrilyn Kenyon strikes me as a quiet powerhouse of modern publishing. With her Dark-Hunter series she built a world that hooked readers across more than 100 countries, selling over 70 million copies in print, numbers that simply do not lie. I admire her range too, writing historical fiction under the Kinley MacGregor pen name and even claiming the historian's mantle alongside the novelist's. What earns my respect most is not flash but persistence, the discipline to keep stacking story upon story until an entire fandom was hers. That craftsman's stamina, more than any single bestseller, is what makes her remarkable to me.
Overview
Sherrilyn Kenyon (born December 11, 1965) is an American writer. Under her former married name, she wrote both urban fantasy and paranormal romance. She is best known for her Dark Hunter series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she writes historical fiction with paranormal elements. Kenyon's novels have sold over 70 million copies in print in over 100 countries.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Name (Japanese)
- シェリリン・ケニヨン
- Reading
- しぇりりん・けによん
- Born
- January 1, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Snake
- Origin
- Columbus, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- novelist / writer / historian
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- North Clayton High School
- University
- Georgia College & State University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.