Kendare Blake


Kendare Blake is a contemporary author of young adult novels. Her works include Anna Dressed in Blood, Antigoddess and Three Dark Crowns.

Early life

Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Kendare Blake was raised in Cambridge, Minnesota by adoptive parents.
She is an alumna of both Ithaca College and Middlesex University in London. It was at the latter where she received her Master of Arts Degree in Creative Writing.

Career

Her books stretch over a variety of genres, including horror, fantasy and contemporary fiction. Several of her works have been listed on the New York Times' Best Seller's List.
Her Anna Dressed in Blood duology and Goddess Wars trilogy were originally published in English by Tor Teen, while the Three Dark Crowns series was published by Harper Teen.
In November 2019 Blake announced via an Instagram post that Harper Teen would also be publishing her next three books. This was confirmed by a small piece in Publisher's Weekly online on November 11. A stand-alone horror novel titled All These Bodies is scheduled for 2021. It is described as the story of a teenage girl who survives an attack by a suspected serial killer, only to become the pime suspect. Also announced was the first in a two-part fantasy series to be released in 2022. On her Instagram account, Blake has referred to this work as Heromaker and it is expected to be a duology centering around a mystic order of warrior women.

The Anna Duology

Anna Dressed In Blood
Girl of Nightmares

Goddess Wars

Antigoddess
Mortal Gods
When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami
Ungodly
The Dogs of Athens

Three Dark Crowns Series

Three Dark Crowns
One Dark Throne
The Young Queens
The Oracle Queen
Queens of Fennbirn
Two Dark Reigns
Five Dark Fates'',

Other works

Sleepwalk Society
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys k - On the I-5
Violent Ends - Burning Effigies
His Hideous Heart
All These Bodies
Heromaker

Other media

In 2016, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer purchased the rights to turn Anna Dressed in Blood into a feature film through her production company Fickle Fish Films. In May of that same year, it was announced that Maddie Hasson and Cameron Monaghan had been cast in the roles of Anna and Cass Lowood, respectively. At that time, Trish Sie was named as the director, though later she was replaced by Amanda Row.
In February 2017, Variety announced the Fox corporation had plans to turn the Three Dark Crowns series into a feature film through the 21 Laps Entertainment production company, which has also produced the Netflix series Stranger Things and the film Arrival. Shawn Levy and Dan Levine were announced as producers.
In April 2019 it was also announced that Blake's short story On the I-5, which was featured in the Slasher Girls & Monster Boys anthology had been optioned for adaptation by Warner Brothers. As with Three Dark Crowns, production is being handled by 21 Laps Entertainment and Shawn Levy and Dan Levine will also produce. The story has been called "a female-empowered subversion of the serial-killer genre."

Awards and honors

Anna Dressed In Blood