Julie Kenner


Julie Kenner is a USA Today bestselling American author of romance and fantasy novels. She also writes with the pen names J.K. Beck and J. Kenner. In 2014, she received the Romance Writers of America RITA Award as J. Kenner for Best Erotic Romance for Claim Me.

Biography

Originally from California, Kenner grew up in Texas and received a bachelor's degree in radio-television-film from the University of [Texas at Austin] and later attended law school at Baylor [University School of Law] in Waco, Texas. After practicing law in Los Angeles, California she quit and moved to Austin, Texas and continued practicing. For five years Kenner practiced law and wrote novels, in 2004 she gave up practicing law to become a full-time writer and mother.
She has written a number of books, including the four-part Aphrodite series, and her 2005 novel Carpe Demon. The movie rights for Carpe Demon have been optioned by 1492 Pictures and Warner Brothers in a multi-book deal.

As Julie Kenner

  • Codebreaker trilogy

  3. The Dark Pleasures Series (novellas)

  • Caress of Darkness
  • Find Me in Darkness
  • Find Me in Pleasure
  • Find Me in Passion
  • Caress of Pleasure

    Superhero series

  3. Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series

  10. Anthologies

Kenner has also had her works appear in a number of anthologies.

The Stark Series – Original Trilogy

  5. Stark Ever After (Nikki & Damien novellas)

  6. Take Me
  7. Have Me
  8. Play My Game

    Stark International Novels – Sylvia & Jackson Trilogy

  9. Say My Name
  10. On My Knees
  11. Under My Skin

    Stark International Novellas – Jamie & Ryan

  12. Tame Me

    Most Wanted Series

  13. Wanted
  14. Heated
  15. Ignited
Dirtiest
  1. Dirtiest
  2. Hottest Mess
  3. Sweetest Taboo

    As J.K. Beck

Shadow Keeper Series

  1. When Blood Calls
  2. When Pleasure Rules
  3. When Wicked Craves
  4. Midnight
  5. When Passion Lies
  6. When Darkness Hungers
  7. When Temptation Burns

    Awards and reception

Kenner has also won a number of awards. She was certified as a USA Today bestselling author and won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Contemporary Paranormal Fiction for her book Aphrodite's Kiss, received two PEARL Award honorable mentions, including Best New Author, and her book The Cat's Fancy won the Venus Award for Best Paranormal Fiction of the Year, the Romance Journal's Francis Award, and was a Sapphire Award Finalist.