Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sherrilyn Kenyon (born in 1965 in Columbus, Georgia, USA) is a bestselling US writer. Under her own name she writes both urban fantasy, and paranormal romance she is best known for her Dark Hunter series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she wrote historicals also with paranormal elements. Kenyon's novels have an "international following" with over 30 million copies in print in over 100 countries. Under both names, her books have appeared at the top of the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today lists, and they are frequent bestsellers in Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Sherrilyn Kenyon was born in Columbus, Georgia.

Sherrilyn Kenyon has received numerous nominations and awards both under her real name and as Kinley MacGregor.

2001 and earlier

• Maggie Award of Excellence
• MARA Award
• Holt Medallion
• Heart Rate Reviews Reviewer's Choice Award
• Amazon.com's Hot 100
• Amazon.com's Movers & Shakers
• Amazon.com's Best Seller for 2001
• RT Kiss Award
• Fool For Love
• Affaire de Coeur Reader's Choice
• Sapphire Award
• RT Reviewer's Choice Awards

2002

• Top Ten Books of the Year from RWA (Romance Writer's Association) – Fantasy Lover
• Prism
  • Best Fantasy – Fantasy Lover
  • Best Light Paranormal – Night Pleasures
• Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover were finalists in the Aspen Gold contest.
• Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover were finalists in the GRW Maggie Award.
• Night Pleasures won the HOLT Medallion.
• PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2002)
  • Best Shape-Shifter – Night Pleasures
  • Best Fantasy/Magical – Fantasy Lover
  • Best Novella or Short Story – Dragonswan
  • Best Anthology – Tapestry, with Madeline Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynn Kurland, Karen Marie Moning
  • Best Overall Paranormal, Honorable Mention – Fantasy Lover
• Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover are double finalists in the Holt Medallion Award.
• RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (20023)
  • Favorite Anthology – Tapestry
  • Favorite Paranormal, Honorable Mention – Fantasy Lover
• Laurel Wreath Award for Night Pleasures
• Love Romances 2002 Golden Rose Reader Choice Awards Winner:

1. Best Historical Romance – Claiming the Highlander
2. Best Paranormal Romance (Honorable Mention) – Fantasy Lover
3. Best Novella (Honorable Mention) – Dragonswan
4. Best Romanctic Anthology (Honorable Mention) – Tapestry
5. Best Medieval Romance – Claiming the Highlander
6. Best Time Travel (Honorable Mention) – Dragonswan
7. Best Romantic Sci-Fi Fantasy – Fantasy Lover

• RT Booklovers Reviewer's Choice
  • Best Historical Anthology, Nominee – Tapestry
  • Best Vampire Romance – Night Pleasures
  • Best Scottish Historical Romance – Claiming the Highlander
• 2002 RBL Hughie Awards:

1. Best Anthology – Tapestry
2. Best New to You Author – Sherrilyn Kenyon/Kinley MacGregor
3. Favorite Secondary Character (Male) Talon (Night Pleasures)
4. Funniest Scene: The handcuffs scene (Night Pleasures)
5. Best Line or Quote – "Be kind to Dragonswans, for thou art gorgeous when naked and taste good with Cool Whip." (Dragonswan)
6. Best Medieval Historical Romance – Claiming the Highlander

2003–2004

• Prism (2004)
  • Best Dark Paranormal – Dance with the Devil
  • Best Light Paranormal – Night Embrace
• RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (2003)
  • Favorite Paranormal – Dance With The Devil
• The Golden Quill for Best Paranormal, Dance with the Devil
• The Bookseller's Best Award for Born in Sin, Best Long Historical and Dance with the Devil for Best Paranormal (Night Embrace was second)
• Night Embrace won the Contemporary category of the Scarlet Letter award and is named Grand Champion of all the winners.
• Night Embrace and Born in Sin won the HOLT Medallion
• Night Embrace won the Laurie
• Born in Sin won the Beacon for Best Historical
• Born in Sin won the Yellow Rose for Best Historical
• Sapphires for Dance with the Devil and "Phantom Lover".
• Love Romances 2003 Golden Rose Reader Choice Awards Winner:

1. Born In Sin – Kinley MacGregor – Best Historical Romance
2. Dance With The Devil – Sherrilyn Kenyon – Best Paranormal Romance
3. Dance With The Devil – Sherrilyn Kenyon – Best Vampire Romance
4. Dance With The Devil – Sherrilyn Kenyon – Best Book Cover- Artist Unknown
5. "Phantom Lover" (Midnight Pleasures) – Sherrilyn Kenyon – Best Novella
6. Night Embrace – Sherrilyn Kenyon- Honorable Mention Best Shapeshifter Romance

• 2003 RBL Hughie Awards:

1. Best Scottish Historical Romance – Born In Sin by Kinley MacGregor
2. Best Paranormal Romance (time travel, futuristic, fantasy, etc.) Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. Best Anthology – Midnight Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, Maggie Shayne, and Rhonda Thompson and Where's My Hero? by Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, and Kinley MacGregor
4. Best Cover – Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. Best Author – Sherrilyn Kenyon (Kinley MacGregor)
6. Favorite Secondary Character (Male) – Acheron (Dark Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
7. Favorite Secondary Character (Female) – Simi, the Charonte Demon (Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
8. Funniest Scene – Sin meeting the MacAllister brothers after he marries Callie (Born In Sin by Kinley MacGregor)
9. Best Line or Quote – "You know, Sunshine, you need to find a man like that to marry. Someone so well-hung that even after three or four kids, he'd still be wall to wall." (Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon)

• Night Pleasures won the Laurel Wreath Award with Fantasy Lover coming in a close second
• PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2003)
  • Best Shape-Shifter, Honorable Mention – Dance With The Devil
  • Best Novella or Short Story, Honorable Mention – "Phantom Lover"
  • Best Anthology, Honorable Mention – Midnight Pleasures, with Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, Maggie Shayne, and Rhonda Thompson
  • Favorite Overall Paranormal, Honorable Mention – Dance With the Devil

2005–2006

• Darrell Awards (2006)
  • Best Novel – Sins of the Night
• RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (2005)
  • Favorite Paranormal – Seize the Night
• PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2005)
  • Best Paranormal Over All – Sins of the Night
  • Best Paranormal Over All, Honorable Mention – Unleash the Night
  • Best Anthology – What Dreams May Come
  • Best Erotic – Unleash the Night
  • Best Shapeshifter – Sins of the Night
• Sins of the Night was #5 on Amazon.com's bestselling books of 2005. Fantasy Lover and Night Pleasures are #6 and #7 respectively for the best of the decade so far.
• Love Romances 2005 Golden Rose Reader Choice Awards Winner:

1. Best Historical – A Dark Champion – Kinley MacGregor
2. Best Novella – Winter Born – Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. Best Vampire – Seize the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon
4. Best Shapeshifter – Night Play – Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. Best Couple – Vane & Bride in Night Play – Sherrilyn Kenyon
6. Best Cover – Kiss of the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon

2007

• Devil May Cry was #2 on 'New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Fiction List (week ended August 11, 2007)

2010

• No Mercy on the New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Fiction List

• ^ "Writing Awards". Sherrilyn Kenyon Official Website. Archived from the original on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2007-02-09. 
• http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~timgatewood/sf/darrell/2006_Results.xls
• http://www.rio-reviewers.com/rae/rae2005.html
• "ParaNormalRomance: 2005 Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature WINNERS". Retrieved 14 March 2016. 
• "New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers". September 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2012. 
• "New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers". October 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2012.