BESTSELLING dystopian + FANTASY AUTHOR
BESTSELLING dystopian + FANTASY AUTHOR
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K. A. RILEY is a full-time author of YA and New Adult Dystopian Fantasy, Romantasy, and Science Fiction. Riley is dedicated to creating worlds just different enough from our own to be entertaining, intriguing, familiar, and a little frightening all at once.
In addition to being a successful and highly-ranked author, Riley is a classically trained violinist and violist who has performed professionally alongside big names such as Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli, and Tom Cochrane as well as in various quartets and orchestras for over thirty years. She lives in the Niagara Region with her slobbery golden retriever and her aloof, combative cat. Riley is fluent in French, is an experienced equestrian, and suffers from a major but manageable addiction to Wordle, white wine, and Reality TV.
She loves to travel and often incorporates elements of the places she’s visited in her fiction. She has written half of her books in the vineyards of the French countryside, half while strolling the streets of London, and half at home. (That’s three halves, but she’s a writer not a mathematician.)
Young Adult Dystopian
The Resistance Trilogy
The First Trilogy In The Conspiracy Chronicles
In 2042, the country has been invaded by the dreaded Eastern Order. Kress and her friends have been recruited to help... only the military camp they're taken to is getting more mysterious and deadlier by the day.
The Emergents Trilogy
The Second Trilogy In The Conspiracy Chronicles
Picking up where the Resistance Trilogy leaves off, the Emergents Trilogy follows Kress and her Conspiracy on a daring quest to restore democracy and truth to the country. Not all Emergents are ready to accept who and what they are, however, and some have even started using their abilities for selfish or evil ends.
The Transcendent Trilogy
The Third Trilogy In The Conspiracy Chronicles
Picking up where the Resistance Trilogy and Emergents Trilogy leave off, Kress and her friends—old and new—embark on a danger-filled, whirlwind crusade that makes their previous adventures look like a summer vacation.
Academy Of The Apocalypse
The Fourth Trilogy In The Conspiracy Chronicles
On the brink of a new global apocalypse, the mysterious raven-whisperer Branwynne and the techno-genetically enhanced teenagers of the Emergents Academy find themselves entangled in a three-way battle for power, where survival is doubtful, peace is impossible, and death is inevitable.
Ravenmaster Chronicles
The Fifth Trilogy In The Conspiracy Chronicles
When Epic—the villainous, marble-skinned techno-geneticist—threatens to use her own past against her, Kress will need to fight, not just for her life, but for the fate of every living person on the planet.
Young Adult Dystopian
The Cure Chronicles
A Five-Part Dystopian Romance For Readers Of The Hunger Games, Divergent, And The Selection
Before the Blight, becoming an adult was something teenagers looked forward to. But now, turning eighteen means certain death.
Young Adult Dystopian Fantasy
Dragontown
Dragons Lived In Old Fairy Tales. They Just Woke Up In A New One.
New Adult Dystopian
Thrall Series
(New Adult Dystopian Romance)
Thrall
The First In A New Dystopian Romance Series By The Author Of Recruitment And The Cure.
Buy OnlineYoung Adult Dystopian
The Amnesty Games
These Games Are Being Played To Death.
NEW ADULT FANTASY
The Fae of Tíria Trilogy
A Deadly Mist Divides The Land Of Mortals From The Land Of The Fae. For Centuries, They’ve Been Sworn Enemies…But Things Are About To Change.
Young Adult Fantasy
The Seeker’s Series
In The Space Of Two Days, Vega Sloane Has A Birthday, Finds Out She’s A Seeker, Meets A Boy, And Has To Decide If She’s Going To Cross Over With Him Into A Dragon-Filled Realm To Save The World.
A Magic-Filled Ya Fantasy Series For The Romantic Dragon-Lover In All Of Us!
Young Adult Dystopian
The Viral High Trilogy
What Happens When The First Day Of School Is The Last Day Of The World?
New Adult Dystopian
Athena’s Law
Dystopian Sci-Fi Series
It’s 2088. Under Athena’s Law, men can’t own guns, women have all the power, and the world is at peace…or so it seems. A political sci-fi thriller—one of Riley’s grittier futuristic series, more for the grown-up and older YA crowd.