Caitlin Kittredge

Caitlin Kittredge(born September 1984)is an American author and comic-book writer ofdark fantasyandurban fantasynoir.She is known for herNocturne Cityseries of adult novels, and forThe Iron Codex,a series ofyoung adultbooks. She has also written the comic booksCoffin HillforVertigo ComicsandWitchbladeandThrowawaysforImage Comics.

Caitlin Kittredge
Born	September 1984 (age 40)
Occupation	Writer
Notable works	Nocturne City novels
Website
www.caitlinkittredge

Personal life

Caitlin Kittredge graduated from college with a degree in English. She has citedRaymond Chandler,Neil Gaiman,andH.P. Lovecraftas inspirations. Kittredge is a fan offilm noir,classicpulpnovels, and comic books. She describes herself as "a skeptical believer in the Something Else. There's too much strange in this world for me to totally discount the possibility of Something Else being out there. But at the same time, I'm the first person to try and debunk any supernatural stuff that people claim is going on around them. I, personally, had one completely terrifying encounter with something supernatural that I still can't explain...hence my lack of 100% skepticism."

Career

Adult fiction

Kittredge'sNocturne Cityis a series of adulturban fantasynovels. The story follows Luna Wilder, a young police officer who lives in a city inhabited by both normal humans and paranormal beings. Being a werewolf herself, Luna has ties to both sides of her society.

Young-adult fiction

Kittredge's debutyoung-adultnovel,The Iron Thorn,was released in February 2011. It is the first novel in theIron Codexseries, analternate-historysteampunkstory set in aVictorian-themed America. The novel's main setting, Lovecraft, was named after authorH.P. Lovecraft.The book follows a girl named Aoife, who embarks on a journey to save herself from a hereditary madness, and ends up on a paranormal adventure alongside two allies. A review fromBooklistapplauded the novel's romance and plot twists, and stated that "Kittredge's richly descriptive narrative captures all the details of clockwork, inventive machinery, foggy mists, ghastly ghouls, and creative landscapes." The review also called Aoife "a caustic-tongued, feisty, and independent young woman, with plenty of nerve and courage."A review fromPublishers Weeklystated, "Though the material borrowed from H.P. Lovecraft occasionally calls too much attention to itself, Kittredge generates significant thrills and chills in this fast-moving tale".

Comic books

Kittredge began writing a monthly comic-book series forVertigo ComicstitledCoffin Hillin October 2013. She is also the writer of the ongoing seriesThrowaways,which began in July 2016 and a revamp ofWitchblade,which began in December 2017, both forImage Comics.

Bibliography

Novels

Nocturne City

1. Night Life(March 2008)
2. Pure Blood(August 2008)
3. Second Skin(March 2009)
4. Witch Craft(September 2009)
5. Daemon's Mark(May 2010)

Black London

1. Street Magic(June 2009)
2. Demon Bound(December 2009)
3. Bone Gods(November 2010)
4. Devil's Business(2011)
5. Soul Trade(2012)
6. Dark Days(2013)

Icarus Project

1. Black & White(2009), withJackie Kessler
2. Shades of Gray(2010), withJackie Kessler

Iron Codex

1. The Iron Thorn(February 2011)
2. The Nightmare Garden(February 2012)
3. The Mirrored Shard(February 2013)

Hellhound Chronicles

1. Black Dog(October 2014)
2. Grim Tidings(August 2015)

Short stories

• "Ginger: A Nocturne City Story", inStrange Brew
• "Newlydeads" (Black London), in "My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon"
• "Perdition", in "Love Bites"
• "The Devil Went Down to Boston", in "Games Creatures Play"

Vertigo

Coffin Hill #1-ongoing (with Inaki Miranda, 2013-...)

Image

Throwaways #1-ongoing (with Steven Sanders, 2016-...)

Witchblade#1-ongoing (with Roberta Ingranata and Bryan Vanelza, 2017-...)

External links

• Official website
• Caitlin Kittredgeat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database

Interviews

• FantasyLiterature interviews Caitlin Kittredge