Kendare Blake

Kendare Blake is a contemporary author of young adult novels. Her works include Anna Dressed in Blood, Antigoddess and Three Dark Crowns.

Early life Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Kendare Blake was raised in Cambridge, Minnesota by adoptive parents.

She is an alumna of both Ithaca College (in New York) and Middlesex University in London. It was at the latter where she received her Master of Arts Degree in Creative Writing.

Career Her books stretch over a variety of genres, including horror, fantasy and contemporary fiction. Several of her works have been listed on the New York Times Best Sellers List.

Her Anna Dressed in Blood duology and Goddess War trilogy were originally published in English by Tor Teen, while the Three Dark Crowns series was published by HarperTeen.

In November 2019 Blake announced via an Instagram post that HarperTeen would also be publishing her next three books. This was confirmed by a small piece in Publishers Weekly online on November 11. A stand-alone horror novel titled All These Bodies was released in 2021.

In April 2021, Publishers Weekly announced Disney-Hyperion had obtained the rights to a new trilogy series by Blake, to be entitled In Every Generation. This series will be set in the same universe as the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Primary works

The Anna Duology The Anna Duology is a two book series comprising the books Anna Dressed in Blood and Girl of Nightmares. The books follow Cas Lowood, a teenage ghost hunter whose father was killed by ghosts. Cas and his mother travel the world searching for spirits needing to be sent to the afterlife, and his latest assignment is Anna Dressed in Blood, a ghost with a reputation for ripping apart young men who venture into her home. Despite his life-long commitment to destroying spirits like Anna, Cas feels compelled to learn more about the real girl behind the spirit, and while working to solve her murder develops feelings for the ghost. In the first book, Anna eventually sacrifices herself to save Cas' life, while the second book focuses on Cas' journey to get her back and allow her to find a peaceful afterlife.

The Goddess War Series Goddess War is a series comprising three main books and two novellas. The first book, Antigoddess, focuses on the Greek goddess Athena and several other ancient immortals, all of whom are slowly dying in a variety of ways. A few of the old Gods have gone mad in their death throes and are hunting other former immortals in order to absorb some of their life force and prolong their existence. Looking for help, Athena and Hermes seek out a mortal girl named Cassandra who was once a powerful oracle, hoping to unlock her past memories that could help them. Book 2, Mortal Gods, Athena and Cassandra have formed an alliance and hope to battle Ares and his army of other dying Gods, which includes Aphrodite who killed the love of Cassandra's life. The two also seek out Achilles who they believe may be the key to winning the war. They are beaten back, however, and in the final book, Ungodly, Athena is stuck in the underworld while her allies try to find a way to heal the three Fates, who they discover are the source of the God's illnesses.

The two novellas in the series are both prequels with The Dogs of Athens focusing on Artemis as she searches for other immortals along with her pack of hungry dogs and When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami focusing on a young man who mistakenly believes Athena to be a vampire and his attempts to get her to "turn" him.

Buffy: The Next Generation The planned trilogy is a sequel series to the Joss Whedon television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Book 1 in the series, In Every Generation, focuses on Frankie Rosenberg, daughter of Willow Rosenberg who is both a witch and a vampire slayer. Book 2, One Girl in All the World, introduces a new "big bad" known as "The Darkness." The trilogy concludes with Against the Darkness.