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Caitlin Starling

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Caitlin Starling is the nationally bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence, the Bram Stoker-nominated The Luminous Dead, and Last To Leave The Room. Her upcoming novels The Starving Saints and The Graceview Patient epitomize her love of genre-hopping horror; her bibliography spans besieged castles, alien caves, and haunted hospitals. Her short fiction has been published by GrimDark Magazine and Neon Hemlock, and her nonfiction has appeared in Nightmare, Uncanny, and Nightfire. Caitlin also works in narrative design, and has been paid to invent body parts. She’s always on the lookout for new ways to inflict insomnia.

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Average rating: 3.46 · 62,631 ratings · 14,371 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Luminous Dead 3.63 avg rating — 20,395 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Jane Lawrence 3.20 avg rating — 22,585 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Starving Saints 3.64 avg rating — 12,271 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last to Leave the Room 3.52 avg rating — 2,743 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yellow Jessamine 3.50 avg rating — 2,082 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Graceview Patient 3.55 avg rating — 1,587 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walk Among Us by Genevieve Gornichec (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Khaw (Goodreads Author), Caitlin Starling (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 677 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oblivion Bride 3.59 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interstellar Flight Magazine Best of Year One by Holly Lyn Walrath (Goodreads Author) (Editor), E.D. Walker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jeremy Brett (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“A miracle so profound may be indistinguishable from horror.”
― Caitlin Starling, The Starving Saints

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“That was the look of somebody resigned to being the monster they knew they were.”
― Caitlin Starling, The Luminous Dead

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“A magician gets what she asks for, whether she meant to ask for it or not.”
― Caitlin Starling, The Death of Jane Lawrence

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“Slowly, Jane peeled herself from the sitting room, leaving behind the stale scent of old cologne, of spilled brandy, of what might have been a pleasant night except in the particulars.”
― Caitlin Starling, The Death of Jane Lawrence

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“It was not so hard, to pretend for a fixed duration; it was only eternity that she could not bear”
― Caitlin Starling, The Death of Jane Lawrence

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“A magician gets what she asks for, whether she meant to ask for it or not.”
― Caitlin Starling, The Death of Jane Lawrence

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“That was the look of somebody resigned to being the monster they knew they were.”
― Caitlin Starling, The Luminous Dead

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