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Shadow Fallen is already a bestseller!

A HUGE thank you and hugs to all my wonderful fans for making SHADOW FALLEN a bestseller three months before its release on B&N! Please keep those preorders up! Remember, this book begins the countdown to Jaden’s!

Thank you all so very much! You are all THE best!!

#1 BESTSELLING HORROR ANTHOLOGY!

A HUGE thank you and hugs to all my wonderful fans for making Dark Places the #1 bestselling horror anthology at Amazon!

For those who don’t know, I started out writing horror and to see my first collection of horror short stories ranked at #1 is a dream come true, especially since the anthology contains one of the first short stories I wrote as a teenager.

Thank you all so very much! You are all THE best!!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from me and my crew! We’re so excited to start the season off with the first ever anthology written by fans for fans! Sanctuary is already out and selling like hotcakes! Congrats to all the wonderful writers on the project! I couldn’t be prouder or happier for them!

It’s done so well that the publisher has requested volume II, which Carol is already at work on! Yah!! And we’re planning to do one for The League. We’ll have information about both later in 2022.

And we’ll be wrapping up the year with the release of my anthology, Dark Places on December 28. Hope you’ll watch for it!

In the meantime, please have a safe and happy holiday season! Here’s to an awesome 2022 for everyone!

ACHERON STUDIOS!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Atlanta, GA: Sherrilyn McQueen who is better known as #1 New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sherrilyn Kenyon, and entertainment industry veteran Wes Harris have teamed up to launch the Atlanta-based film and TV production company Acheron Studios. With a planned slate of live-action and animated properties, they intend to bring fresh, original content to fans and garner a new era of entertainment to appeal to the new age of viewers who hunger for something different and innovative.

Sherrilyn McQueen writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon has more than 70 million books in print in over 100 countries. She’s one of the most popular and influential authors in the world in both adult, kids, and YA fiction. A regular at the #1 spot, she has legions of fans all over the world who proudly sport tattoos of her various series. She will act as Chief Creative Officer for Acheron Studios.

Wes Harris will serve as Chief Executive. He is currently CEO of transmedia entertainment studio Skyland Arts and previously served in executive roles at BOOM! Studios (2 Guns, Irredeemable), Meteor Entertainment (HAWKEN), VIZ Media (Naruto, Death Note), Magnetic Press, and White Wolf Publishing, the creators of the wildly popular World of Darkness universe of properties (Vampire: The Masquerade, Kindred, etc.).

Acheron Studios is well positioned to work on projects with global critical and commercial appeal, and is already at work on their first offerings.

Sherrilyn McQueen or Kenyon?

My staff has told me that every time they post anything about any upcoming or former release that some fans keep asking about my name. Yes, I have legally changed my last name. Those who were around for the last few years, and who witnessed the injustice and abuse my sons and I were put through will more than understand why. I, like my sons, want absolutely nothing to do with my ex. That being said, my publishers do not share my disgust and repugnance over that moniker that if I had my way, I’d never hear again. Because not everyone is familiar with the nightmares my sons and I endured due to my ex’s inexcusable behavior, my publishers want to continue the “Sherrilyn Kenyon” brand that I spent over thirty years of my life building, and the worlds and characters I spent my entire lifetime creating and birthing. Though I had my worlds and characters long before I met the monster, and had published a number of short stories about them, sadly none of the novels were published until after I’d made the mistake of marrying, and foolishly changing my last name. Something I deeply regret and wish I’d never done. I fought a long, hard battle to keep my characters and my worlds that have been with me since my early childhood, and I had to stand face-to-face with unimaginable monsters of a corrupt judicial system and my ex who violated my rights in order to keep them. I was put through years of horrible abuse and unbelievable threats by them. It took everything I had and it cost me everything I’ve ever earned to keep my characters et al so that I could continue writing in the worlds that I and my readers love. While I disagree with my publishers’ decision to keep the “Sherrilyn Kenyon” brand, I do agree with them that I, not the monster, am the sole creator who built my career by my own hard work and I will not allow the monster to take another minute of my thoughts or attention away from my children (real and/or fictional) or from the fans I love so much. Until I can talk my publishers into using my real name, Sherrilyn McQueen, I will honor and support their insistence to keep the “Sherrilyn Kenyon” brand and I ask for my faithful Paladins to be understanding over this matter. So, please allow my staff to continue to post information and dates regarding my upcoming books as that is what I know my fans are starving for, without anyone else commenting about the brand that I built on my own. It might have been my former marital name, but it is a #1 New York Times bestseller because of MY wonderful fans and no one else. I cannot thank all of you enough for your support. I would never have made it through my nightmare without you.So please, let’s move forward in peace and without any more comments about a name I regret ever having used, but one I’m currently stuck with. Together, my fans and I, have made Sherrilyn Kenyon what it is and we will continue to be proud of what we’ve accomplished as we move forward with the worlds and characters that are family to us all. Sherrilyn Kenyon belongs to us and we will not allow anyone to tarnish that, or take away from what we’ve accomplished together. Here’s to a better tomorrow, filled with tons more books about the worlds and people we all love! Hugs!

Preoder DH Figures!

Sherrilyn McQueen and Skyland Arts have teamed up once again! This time we’re creating a series of stylized character figures, now available for pre-order. @skylandarts

Click here to order!

Wave 1A Dark-Hunter Limited Edition Figures are NOW IN PRODUCTION!

The pins are in!

For everyone asking about buying the new pins, our partners at Skyland Arts wanted us to tell you to please follow them at @skylandarts on Instagram or @theskylandarts on Facebook. They don’t have the site up yet for ordering round two, but they will be posting it soon and they will be announcing it on those sites. Right now, they are focusing on getting all the current orders out and into the hands of the fans who bought the signature editions first. Those orders should be all shipped out by this weekend (5/14). Once they have taken care of everyone who has already placed orders, then they will open up for another round. Skyland Arts prides itself on customer service and satisfaction and they want to make sure that everyone is well taken care of. The last thing they want to do is spread themselves too thin and make anyone wait on something they ordered any longer than is absolutely necessary.

Sherrilyn Kenyon signs with Zero Gravity Management

#1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon, best known for her Dark-Hunter series, has signed with Zero Gravity Management for representation in film, television, and book-to-film-and-TV rights.

Since her first book debuted in 1993 while she was still in college, Kenyon has placed multiple series on the New York Times bestseller list in all formats and genres, including manga and graphic novels, and has more than 70 million books in print worldwide. In addition to Dark-Hunter, her current series include Chronicles of Nick, Deadman’s Cross, Nevermore, Lords of Avalon and The League.

Over the years, her Lords of Avalon novels have been adapted by Marvel, and her Dark-Hunter and Chronicles of Nick are New York Times bestselling manga and comics, and are No. 1 bestselling adult coloring books.

Zero Gravity Management, producers behind the Emmy-winning Netflix series Ozark and box office hit Honest Thief, directed by Mark Williams, recently wrapped production on Joe Carnahan’s Cop Shop, starring Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo.

Read about it here https://deadline.com/2021/01/dark-hunter-the-league-author-sherrilyn-kenyon-signs-with-zero-gravity-management-1234674723/

Happy New Year!

Can you believe we’ve actually made it to 2021? I’m not sure if I should say Happy New Year or congrats for making it to the next level.

But this New Year will bring a lot of fun, exciting things to the McQueen Paladins! I know the one thing most of you are wanting to know about . . . new books.

I have the first draft of Shadow Fallen (Dark-Hunters) done! Yippee! Be prepared to learn all kinds of interesting tidbits about Jaden, Thorn, Shadow and a number of other fan fave characters!

The Dark-Hunter book after that will be Queen of All Shadows.

In the League universe, I’m currently working on Ryn’s book and I’m hoping to have both his and Jayne’s finished by this summer (fingers crossed). Preorders for hardback for Born of Fire are now available at QueenandSparrow.com. The books should be shipping in a few weeks, and Born of Ice will follow sometime this summer.

Then with that, I’ll be starting the Silent Swans, yah!! And I’m hoping to get back to the YA very, very soon. If only I didn’t need to sleep three hours a day . . .

There are new excerpts on the site as well as new installments on OurMcQueen.com for those who have been following the saga of Terri Woods.

The Queen & Sparrow crew is working hard on getting a Valentine’s box together and those should be available for order starting this weekend.

I also wanted to put in a GIANT thank you to everyone who sent gifts and cards for Christmas. Thank you SO MUCH for your thoughtfulness. The ornaments et al will be forever cherished.

We still have a few of the limited edition tin boxes left. Now’s the time to claim yours (before they’re all gone).

We also have new soaps and polishes headed in–brand new scents and colors for the new year! QueenandSparrow.com

In the meantime, please have a safe and happy holiday season. Love you all so much!

Strong alone. Stronger together.

Big hugs!

Our McQueen is back!

Dear Paladins and readers,

Thank you so much for all your continuing support of me and my sons, especially during these bleak and hard times when I know so many of you had your own problems and concerns. I cannot thank you enough! Finally, the monsters ran me out of money, and just as the judge promised, when the money was gone, they’d go away.  And they did.

What that means is that now, my family and I, like so many others out there, have a long, hard road to recovery. My publisher is still with me, but until I catch up writing the books that I owe them, they are waiting to assign release dates. As soon as we have new dates and a publication schedule, I will update everyone.

For now, please continue to buy and support the books, and rest assured that the future of all my series is secured. Though the evil tried hard, it wasn’t able to wrestle any of them from me. All my babies remain in my custody, where they belong. 

Signed copies of my books are available through my son’s store: AvalonsCircle.com and I’ve been asked by a number of fans if there’s someplace that they can continue to to donate to help us rebuild. If you’d like to buy me a cup of tea while I work to get those books out as fast as I can and to pay off the mountain of legal fees still left, you can do so here.

Or if you’d rather just send hugs, prayers and good wishes, those are equally appreciated.

Again, thank you all for hanging in there with me! I can’t tell you how much it has meant. I will be working hard now that I’m able to again give my work the attention it deserves so that I can deliver to you what you deserve– my best work possible! BIG hugs!!