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Krista Street

Krista Street is a USA Today bestselling author of fantasy and paranormal romance whose cross-genre fiction also explores sci-fi and dystopian themes. Known for Court of Winter and Wolf of Fire, she typically writes coming-of-age stories driven by supernatural conflict, fated-mate romance, and expansive series worldbuilding.

Biografía y Trayectoria del Autor

Krista Street is an American romance and speculative-fiction author whose public biography begins in Minnesota and expands outward through movement. A Minnesota native, she has described living across the United States and in other countries, including five years in New Zealand, and those experiences seem to have widened the settings and emotional range of her fiction. One early turning point came from family: Street has said that her grandmother, a journalist, encouraged her writing through letters, helping her see prose as a way to make presence felt across distance. Another shaping habit was simpler and more practical: daily writing, which she has identified as essential to becoming productive and steady on the page. ((https://www.kristastreet.com/bio))

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Finally, the freedom I’ve craved is within my reach
-Kingdom of Faewood
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Being a defective marks me in the eyes of the Solis Fae
-Court of Winter
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Being entered into the Rising Queen Trial is equivalent to death
-Thorns of Frost
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The Fire Wolf has flames in his eyes and a body that makes my mind go places it shouldn’t
-Wolf of Fire
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Passion, duty, and fate collide in this enthralling paranormal shifter romance series
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She calls to something deep inside me. Something I thought I'd lost
-Beast of Shadows
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A deadly virus. A brilliant, young researcher. And an infected survivor who threatens to steal her heart
-Compound 26
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Those who know the answers to their questions are hunting them
-Forgotten

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"Krista Street, you got yourself a new fan girl"

Olivia Wildenstein

"Author Krista Street takes a deep dive into the supernatural, hierarchies, class systems, traditions, identity and the role of women"

Tonya

"Krista Street's young adult and new adult paranormal fantasy novel Forgotten ... is a fascinating tale"

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"I love how Krista Street interconnects her worlds and characters"

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"So there are two things that Krista Street does really well - one is the compelling, slightly naive, super-well meaning but anxious narrator voice"

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"This is Krista Street's best writing yet"

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