P. C. Cast


Phyllis Christine Cast is an American romance/fantasy author, known for the House of Night series she writes and her daughter Kristin Cast edits, as well as her own Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series.

Career

On her own, P. C. Cast is known for her Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series. Her first book, Goddess by Mistake, originally published in 2001, won the Prism, Holt Medallion, and Laurel Wreath awards, and was a finalist for the National Readers' Choice Award; her subsequent books have also won a variety of prizes.
In 2005, she and her daughter began co-writing the House of Night series. In the wake of the current popularity of vampire fiction led by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, the Casts' books have enjoyed substantial and increasing critical and commercial success, and in March 2009, the fifth book in their series, Hunted, opened at number one on the best-seller lists of USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.
According to P. C. Cast, the concept for the House of Night novels came from her agent, who suggested the theme "vampire finishing school." The books take place in an alternative universe version of Tulsa, Oklahoma inhabited by both humans and "vampyres". The protagonist, Zoey Redbird, age 16, is "marked" as a "fledgling" and moves to the "House of Night" school to undergo her transformation.
In November 2008, Variety reported that producers Michael Birnbaum and Jeremiah S. Chechik had obtained an option to acquire the motion picture rights in the House of Night series. No film resulted from this, and in November 2011, it was announced that the film rights had been acquired by producer Samuel Hadida's company, Davis Films.

Personal life

Born in Watseka, Illinois, Cast now lives in Oregon. She also lived in Tulsa where she taught English at South Intermediate High School in Broken Arrow and where her daughter was a student at the University of Tulsa.

Influence

One of Cast's former students is horror journalist and novelist Preston Fassel, who calls Cast his "earliest writing mentor" and cites her as an influence on his novel Our Lady of the Inferno.

Published works

Goddess Summoning

  1. Goddess of the Sea, Berkley, 2003.
  2. Goddess of Spring, Berkley, 2004
  3. Goddess of Light, Berkley, 2005
  4. Goddess of the Rose, Berkley, 2006
  5. Goddess of Love, Berkley, 2007
  6. Warrior Rising, Berkley, 2008
  7. *Goddess of Troy, 2011
  8. Goddess of Legend, Berkeley, 2010

    Partholon

The Divine Series was Cast's earliest work, with the first entry, Goddess by Mistake, published in 2001 by the independent press Hawk Publishing. The series follows Shannon Parker, a high school English teacher from Oklahoma who swaps places with Rhiannon, a High Priestess of the goddess Epona from Partholon, a quasi-Greco-Celtic parallel world/dimension populated by humans, centaurs, and monsters known as Fomorians. Following Cast's later success, the original entry was rereleased under the title Divine by Mistake, and followed by a sequel, Divine by Choice, in 2006. Two further entries in the series followed in 2007 and 2009.
  1. Divine by Mistake or Goddess by Mistake, August 28, 2001
  2. *Elphame's Choice, November 24, 2004
  3. *Brighid's Quest, November 29, 2005
  4. Divine by Choice , November 21, 2006
  5. Divine by Blood , August 28, 2007
  6. Divine Beginnings , October 1, 2009

    House of Night

  7. Marked, St. Martin's Press May 1, 2007
  8. Betrayed, St. Martin's Press October 2, 2007
  9. Chosen, St. Martin's Press March 4, 2008
  10. Untamed, St. Martin's Press September 23, 2008
  11. Hunted, St. Martin's Press March 10, 2009
  12. Tempted, St. Martin's Press October 27, 2009
  13. Burned, St. Martin's Press April 27, 2010
  14. Awakened, St. Martin's Press January 4, 2011
  15. * Dragon's Oath, St. Martin's Press July 12, 2011
  16. Destined, St. Martin's Press October 25, 2011
  17. * Lenobia's Vow, St. Martin's Press January 31, 2012
  18. Hidden, St. Martin's Press October 16, 2012
  19. * Neferet's Curse, St. Martin's Press February 19, 2013
  20. Revealed, St. Martin's Press October 15, 2013
  21. * Kalona's Fall, St. Martin's Press, July 29, 2014
  22. Redeemed, St. Martin's Press, October 14, 2014

    House of Night: Other World

  23. Loved, Blackstone Publishing, July 11, 2017
  24. Lost, Blackstone Publishing, July 10, 2018
  25. Forgotten, Blackstone Publishing, October 29, 2019
  26. Found, Blackstone Publishing, July 7, 2020

    Related Books

  1. Moon Chosen, October 18, 2016
  2. Sun Warrior, October 17, 2017
  3. Wind Rider, October 16, 2018

    Dysasters

  4. The Dysasters, February 26, 2019
  5. The Rage of Storms, TBA

    Dysasters: Graphic Novel

  6. The Dysasters: A Graphic Novel, Wednesday Books, February 25, 2020

    Sisters of Salem

  7. Spells Trouble, St. Martin's, May 25, 2021
  8. Omens Bite, St. Martin's, April 5, 2022
  9. Hex You
  • Boudicca: A Novel, HarperCollins, January 21, 2025

    Anthologies and collections

After Moonrise, Harlequin, October 23, 2012
  • "Possessed" by P. C. Cast
  • "Haunted" by Gena Showalter

    Mysteria

Mysteria, Berkley, July 5, 2006
Mysteria Lane, Berkley, October 7, 2008
  • "Disdaining Trouble" by MaryJanice Davidson
  • "The Nanny from Hell" by Susan Grant
  • "A Tawdry Affair" by Gena Showalter
  • "It's In His Kiss" by P. C. Cast
Mysteria Nights, Berkley, July 5, 2011
  • Collects the eight previous stories collected in both Mysteria and Mysteria Lane.
Accidental Magic, Berkley, September 4, 2012
  • Collects both novellas "Candy Cox and the Big Bad Wolf" and "It's In His Kiss" by author P. C. Cast

    Love Stories with Bite, Edited by P. C. Cast

Immortal: Love Stories with Bite, BenBella Books, August 1, 2008
  • "Haunted Love" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • "Amber Smoke" by Kristen Cast
  • "Dead Man Stalking" by Rachel Caine
  • "Table Manners" by Tanith Lee
  • "Changed" by Nancy Holder
  • "Blue Moon" by Richelle Mead
  • "Free" by Claudia Gray
Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite, BenBella Books, November 2, 2010
  • "Bloodshed" by Claudia Gray
  • "Say Yes" by Lili St. Crow
  • "The Other Side" by Heather Brewer
  • "Letters to Romeo" by Nancy Holder
  • "Drama Queen’s Last Dance" by Rachel Caine
  • "Thief" by Jeri Smith-Ready