Kevin Hearne
Kevin Hearne in 2022
Born	(1970-12-09)December 9, 1970 (age 55) Arizona, United States
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2011–present
Genre	Urban fantasy,science fiction
Notable works	The Iron Druid Chronicles,Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi,The Seven Kennings
Website
kevinhearne.com

Kevin Hearne (born December 9, 1970) is an American-Canadianfantasy novelist^[1][2] originally hailing fromArizona, now residing inOntario.^[3]

Hearne is the author of twenty novels published byDel Rey. These include theNew York Times bestselling^[4] series,The Iron Druid Chronicles,^[5] the Ink & Sigil series, the Seven Kennings trilogy, the Tales of Pell (co-authored withDelilah S. Dawson), and the 2015Star Wars novel,Heir to the Jedi.^[6]

Hearne is a graduate ofNorthern Arizona University.^[1] He was a high school English teacher in Arizona, lived for five years in Colorado, and emigrated to Canada with his family in 2017. He became a Canadian citizen in 2022.^[7]

1. Hounded (Del Rey, May 2011)^[8]
2. Hexed (Del Rey, June 2011)^[9]
3. Hammered (Del Rey, July 2011)^[10]
4. Tricked (Del Rey, April 2012)^[11]
5. Trapped (Del Rey, November 2012)^[12]
6. Hunted (Del Rey, June 2013)^[13]
7. Shattered (Del Rey, June 2014)^[14]
8. Staked (Del Rey, January 2016)^[15]
9. Besieged (Del Rey, January 2017) (Short story collection that is considered book 9 of the series by the author and publisher, as the events of the stories are set betweenStaked andScourged.)^[16]
10. Scourged (Del Rey, April 2018)^[17]

1. The Purloined Poodle (Subterranean, September 2016)^[18]
2. The Squirrel on the Train (Subterranean, 2017)^[19]
3. The Buzz Kill (Subterranean, inDeath and Honey February 28, 2019)^[20]
4. The Chartreuse Chanteuse (inCanines & Cocktails, Horned Lark Press 2024)

Many Iron Druid stories that were previously published singly have now been collected in the trade paperback editions of the Iron Druid Chronicles, and their placement can be found in the series chronology. Here are those still available singly:

1. First Dangle (inFirst Dangle and Other Stories, ebook and audio, self-published)^[21]
2. Fire Hazard (an Oberon story in Heroic Hearts, anthology edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes, Ace, May 2022)^[22]

Set in the Iron Druid Universe but technically not part of the Chronicles; chronologically set one year after the events of Scourged.

1. Ink and Sigil (Del Rey, August 2020)^[23]
2. Paper and Blood (Del Rey, August 2021)^[24]
3. Candle & Crow (Del Rey, October 2024)^[25]

1. A Plague of Giants (Del Rey, October 2017)^[26]
2. A Blight of Blackwings (Del Rey, February 2020)^[27]
3. A Curse of Krakens (Del Rey, June 2023)^[28]

1. Kill the Farm Boy (Del Rey, July 2018)^[29]
2. No Country for Old Gnomes (Del Rey, April 2019)^[30]
3. The Princess Beard (Del Rey, October 2019)^[31]

• Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi (Del Rey, March 2015)^[32]

• A Question of Navigation (Subterranean, 2020)^[33]
• The Hermit Next Door (Subterranean, 2024)^[34]

• Official website
• Fantastic Fiction Author Page
• Kevin Hearne at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database

• 21st-century American novelists
• Urban fantasy writers
• Novelists from Arizona
• Northern Arizona University alumni
• American male novelists
• Living people
• 21st-century American male writers
• 1970 births
• Writers of mythic fiction

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata