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Susan Dennard Books in Order
Susan Dennard is an award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of young adult fantasy, horror, mystery, and romantic fiction. She is the author of the Something Strange and Deadly series, the Witchlands series, the Luminaries trilogy, and other novels and novellas. Before becoming a full-time author, she earned an M.Sc. in marine biology and traveled extensively as a marine scientist. She also writes and teaches about the craft and business of writing.
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Something Strange and Deadly
The opening novel of the completed Something Strange and Deadly series.
Truthwitch
The opening novel of the completed Witchlands series.
The Luminaries
The opening novel of the completed Luminaries trilogy.
The Executioners Three
A standalone supernatural mystery novel.
Two for Joy
The opening novel of the Murder Quartet.
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Books by series
series · complete
Something Strange and Deadly
A historical fantasy series following Eleanor Fitt and the Spirit-Hunters amid supernatural threats in the nineteenth century.
series · complete
The Witchlands
An epic young adult fantasy series set in a world of empires, witches, magic, and political conflict.
trilogy · complete
The Luminaries
A contemporary fantasy trilogy about a monster-hunting family and the haunted forest surrounding Hemlock Falls.
quartet · ongoing
The Murder Quartet
A planned series of standalone paranormal murder-mystery romances with seasonally themed stories.
- 1 Two for JoyAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2026
Outside the series
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Novels (1)
- The Executioners ThreeAmazon ↗
novel · 2025