{{short description|American writer}} {{Cleanup|reason=Use of cite tag leading to WP:EL issues|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Julie Kenner | image = | caption = | pseudonym = Julie Kenner<br>J. Kenner<br>J.K. Beck | birth_date = | birth_place = Mountain View, California, U.S. | occupation = Novelist, Attorney (former) | nationality = American | period = 2000–present | genre = Romance, Fantasy | alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin<br>Baylor University | notableworks = ''Claim Me'', ''Wicked Dirty'' | awards = {{Awards|award=RITA award |year=2014 |title=Claim Me |role= |name=Erotic Romance}} {{Awards|award=RITA award |year=2018 |title=Wicked Dirty |role= |name=Erotic Romance}} | website = {{URL|https://www.juliekenner.com/}} | footnotes = }}
'''Julie Kenner''' is a ''USA Today'' bestselling American author of romance and fantasy novels. She also writes with the pen names '''J.K. Beck''' and '''J. Kenner'''.<ref>[http://juliekenner.com/about-juliej-k/faq/ J.K. Beck FAQ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307031206/http://juliekenner.com/about-juliej-k/faq/ |date=2012-03-07 }}, Julie Kenner website. Retrieved February 24, 2012.</ref> She is a two time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award.
==Biography==
Originally from California, Kenner grew up in Texas and received a bachelor's degree in radio-television-film from the University of Texas at Austin<ref name="RR">{{cite web| date =February 25, 2000| url =http://www.theromancereader.com/nf-kenner.html| title =The Romance Reader Interviews Julie Kenner| publisher =The Romance Reader| access-date =2006-11-20| url-status =usurped| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20061120164326/http://www.theromancereader.com/nf-kenner.html| archive-date =November 20, 2006}}</ref> and later attended law school at Baylor University School of Law in Waco, Texas. After practicing law in Los Angeles, California she quit and moved to Austin, Texas and continued practicing.<ref name="InternetWrite">{{cite web|url=http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/jul05/kenner.htm|title=A Conversation With Julie Kenner|date=July 2005|publisher=The Internet Writing Journal|access-date=2006-11-20}}</ref> For five years Kenner practiced law and wrote novels, in 2004 she gave up practicing law to become a full-time writer and mother.<ref name="absolute">{{cite web |url=http://www.absolutewrite.com/novels/julie_kenner.htm |title=Interview with Julie Kenner |first=M.E. |last=Wood |publisher=Absolute Write |access-date=2011-12-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085337/http://www.absolutewrite.com/novels/julie_kenner.htm |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}</ref>
She has written a number of books, including the four-part ''Aphrodite'' series, and her 2005 novel ''Carpe Demon''. The movie rights for ''Carpe Demon'' have been optioned by 1492 Pictures and Warner Brothers in a multi-book deal.<ref name="movie">{{cite web|url=http://www.austinrwa.com/public/arwapublishedauthors.php |title=ARWA Published Authors |publisher=Austin Romance Writers of America |access-date=2006-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505081620/http://www.austinrwa.com/public/arwapublishedauthors.php |archive-date=May 5, 2006 }}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===As Julie Kenner===
* {{cite book | title = Nobody Does it Better | publisher = Harlequin Temptation | date = 2000 | isbn = 0-373-25872-0 }} * {{cite book| title = Reckless | publisher = Harlequin Temptation | date = 2000 | isbn = 0-373-25901-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/reckless0000kenn }} * {{cite book| title = Intimate Fantasy | publisher = Harlequin Temptation | date = 2001 | isbn = 0-373-25940-9 | url = https://archive.org/details/intimatefantasy0000kenn }} * {{cite book | title = L.A. Confidential | publisher = Harlequin Blaze | date = 2001 | isbn = 0-373-79020-1 }} * {{cite book| title = Undercover Lovers | publisher = Harlequin Temptation | date = 2002 | isbn = 0-373-25993-X | url = https://archive.org/details/undercoverlovers00kenn }} * {{cite book| title = Nobody But You | publisher = Pocket Books | date = 2003 | isbn = 0-7434-4604-6 | url = https://archive.org/details/nobodybutyou0000kenn }} * {{cite book | title = Silent Confessions | publisher = Harlequin | date = 2003 | isbn = 0-373-83589-2 }} * {{cite book | title = Silent Desires | publisher = Harlequin Blaze | date = 2003 | isbn = 0-373-79102-X | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/silentdesires0000kenn }} * {{cite book| title = Stolen Kisses | publisher = Harlequin Temptation | date = 2004 | isbn = 0-373-69169-6 | url = https://archive.org/details/stolenkisses0000kenn }} * {{cite book| title = The Spy Who Loves Me | publisher = Pocket Books | date = 2004 | isbn = 0-7434-4605-4 | url = https://archive.org/details/spywholovesme00kenn }} * {{cite book | title = The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even | date = 2007 }}
==== Codebreaker trilogy ====
# {{cite book| title = The Givenchy Code | publisher = Downtown Press | date = 2005 | isbn = 0-7434-9613-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/givenchycode00kenn }} # {{cite book| title = The Manolo Matrix | publisher = Downtown Press | date = 2006 | isbn = 0-7434-9614-0 | url = https://archive.org/details/manolomatrix00kenn }} # {{cite book| title = The Prada Paradox | publisher = Downtown Press | date = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-7434-9615-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/pradaparadox00juli }}<ref name=jk-booklist>{{cite web | title = Book list | publisher = Julie Kenner | url = http://juliekenner.com/jks-books/juliej-k-booklist/ | access-date = 2014-08-29 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903061917/http://juliekenner.com/jks-books/juliej-k-booklist/ | archive-date = 2014-09-03 }}</ref>
====The Dark Pleasures Series (novellas)==== * Caress of Darkness (stand alone, Rainer & Callie) * Find Me in Darkness (#1, Mal and Christina) * Find Me in Pleasure (#2, Mal and Christina) * Find Me in Passion (#3, Mal and Christina) * Caress of Pleasure (stand alone, Dante's story)
==== Superhero series ====
# {{cite book| title = Aphrodite's Kiss | publisher = Love Spell | date = 2001 | isbn = 0-505-52438-4 | url = https://archive.org/details/aphroditeskiss00kenn }} # {{cite book | title = Aphrodite's Passion | publisher = Love Spell | date = 2002 | isbn = 0-505-52474-0 }} # {{cite book | title = Aphrodite's Secret | publisher = Love Spell | date = 2003 | isbn = 0-505-52509-7 }} # {{cite book | title = Aphrodite's Flame | url = https://archive.org/details/aphroditesflame0000kenn | url-access = registration | publisher = Love Spell | date = 2004 | isbn = 0-505-52583-6 }}<ref name=jk-super>{{cite web | title = Superhero series | publisher = Julie Kenner | url = http://juliekenner.com/superhero-series/ | access-date = 2014-08-29 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131129061514/http://juliekenner.com/superhero-series/ | archive-date = 2013-11-29 }}</ref>
* {{cite book | title = The Cat's Fancy | publisher = Love Spell | date = 2000 | isbn = 0-505-52397-3 }} (series prologue<ref name=jk-super/>) * {{cite book | title = Aphrodite's Embrace | date = 2013 | isbn = 9781301789375 }} (novella, falls between ''Kiss'' and ''Passion''<ref name=jk-super/>)
====Blood Lily Chronicles==== # {{cite book | title = Tainted | publisher = Ace Books | date = 2009 | isbn = 978-0-441-01784-3 }} # {{cite book| title = Torn | publisher = Ace Books | date = 2009 | isbn = 978-0-441-01797-3 | url = https://archive.org/details/torn00kenn }} # {{cite book| title = Turned | publisher = Ace Books | date = 2010 | isbn = 978-0-441-01811-6 | url = https://archive.org/details/turned00kenn }}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://juliekenner.com/jks-books/blood-lily-chronicles-2/ | title = Blood Lily Chronicles | publisher = Julie Kenner | access-date = 2014-08-29 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903061913/http://juliekenner.com/jks-books/blood-lily-chronicles-2/ | archive-date = 2014-09-03 }}</ref>
====Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series====
# {{cite book | title = Carpe Demon | publisher = Penguin Books | date = 2005 | isbn = 0-515-14221-2 }}<ref name=jk-demon>{{cite web | url = http://juliekenner.com/jks-books/demon-hunting-soccer-mom-series/ | title = Demon Hunting Soccer Mom | date = 21 June 2014 | publisher = Julie Kenner | access-date = 2014-08-29 }}</ref> # {{cite book | title = California Demon | publisher = Penguin Books | date = 2006 }} # {{cite book | title = Demons Are Forever | publisher = Penguin Books | date = 2007 }} # {{cite book | title = Deja Demon | date = 2008 }} # {{cite book | title = The Demon You Know | date = 2009 }} (short story<ref name=jk-demon/>) # {{cite book | title = Demon Ex Machina | date = 2009 }} # {{cite book | title = Pax Demonica | date = 2014 }}
====Anthologies====
Kenner has also had her works appear in a number of anthologies.
* {{cite book| title = A Mother's Way | publisher = Love Spell | chapter = Seeking Single Superhero | date = 2002 | isbn = 0-505-52471-6 | url = https://archive.org/details/motherswayromanc00lisa_0 }} * {{cite book| title = Wrapped and Ready | publisher = Harlequin | date = 2003 | isbn = 0-373-83553-1 | url = https://archive.org/details/manhuntinginmiss0000bond_t4i6 }} With Stephanie Bond's ''Manhunting in Mississippi'' * {{cite book | title = Beyond Suspicion | publisher = Harlequin | chapter = Dangerous Desires | date = 2004 | isbn = 0-373-83631-7 }} * {{cite book| title = Essence of Midnight | publisher = Harlequin Blaze | chapter = Wild Thing | date = 2004 | isbn = 0-373-83614-7 | url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780373836147 }} * {{cite book | title = The Hope Chest | publisher = Signature Select | chapter = Today's Secret | date = 2005 | isbn = 0-373-83645-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/hopechest0000unse }} * {{cite book | title = Hell With the Ladies | publisher = Berkley Publishing | chapter = Nick | date = 2006 | isbn = 0-425-21182-7 | url = https://archive.org/details/hellwithladies0000kenn }} With Dee Davis and Kathleen O'Reilly * {{cite book | title = Hell on Heels | publisher = Berkley Publishing | chapter = Lucia's Story | date = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-425-21527-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/hellonheels0000kenn }} With Dee Davis and Kathleen O'Reilly * {{cite book | title = Fendi, Ferragamo, and Fangs | chapter = Olivia's Odyssey | publisher = Berkley Trade | date = 2007 }}
===As J. Kenner===
====The Stark Series – Original Trilogy==== # {{cite book | title = Release Me | publisher = Bantam | date = 2013 | isbn = 9780345544117}} # {{cite book | title = Claim Me | publisher = Bantam | date = 2013 | isbn = 9780345545831}} # {{cite book | title = Complete Me | publisher = Bantam | date = 2013 | isbn = 9780345545855}} # {{cite book | title = Anchor Me | publisher = Bantam | date = 2016 | isbn = 978-1940673387}} # {{cite book | title = Damien | publisher = Bantam | date = 2019 | isbn = 9781948050777}}
====Stark Ever After (Nikki & Damien novellas)==== # Take Me (digital novella) (December 2013) # Have Me (November 2014) # Play My Game (February 2015)
====Stark International Novels – Sylvia & Jackson Trilogy==== # Say My Name (April 2015) # On My Knees (June 2015) # Under My Skin (September 2015)
====Stark International Novellas – Jamie & Ryan==== # Tame Me (March 2014)
====Most Wanted Series==== # Wanted (January 2014) # Heated (June 2014) # Ignited (September 2014) '''Dirtiest'''
# Dirtiest (April 2016) # Hottest Mess (July 2016) # Sweetest Taboo (October 2016)
===As J.K. Beck===
====Shadow Keeper Series==== # When Blood Calls (August 2010) # When Pleasure Rules (September 2010) # When Wicked Craves (October 2010) # Midnight (e-novella) (November 2011) # When Passion Lies (May 2012) # When Darkness Hungers (June 2012) # When Temptation Burns (July 2012)
==Awards and reception==
* 2014 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Erotic Romance – ''Claim Me'' (as J. Kenner)<ref name="pastritawinners">{{cite web |title=Past RITA Winners |url=https://www.rwa.org/past-rita-winners |url-status=live |website=Romance Writers of America |access-date=30 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260420103655/https://www.rwa.org/past-rita-winners |archive-date=20 April 2026}}</ref> * 2018 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Erotic Romance – ''Wicked Dirty'' (as J. Kenner)<ref name="pastritawinners" />
Kenner has also won a number of awards. She was certified as a ''USA Today'' bestselling author and won the ''Romantic Times'' Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Contemporary Paranormal Fiction for her book ''Aphrodite's Kiss'', received two PEARL Award honorable mentions, including Best New Author, and her book ''The Cat's Fancy'' won the Venus Award for Best Paranormal Fiction of the Year, the ''Romance Journal'''s Francis Award, and was a Sapphire Award Finalist.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.juliekenner.com/}}
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