Author

T. Kingfisher

Q: What should I read first by T. Kingfisher?

Start with the Saint of Steel series, since it is the first on file, then read it in publication order.

T. Kingfisher has 31 known credited books (29 published; 2 with an uncertain publication date) across 2 series. Start with Saint of Steel.

T. Kingfisher is the pen name Ursula Vernon uses for her fiction aimed at adult readers, kept separate from the children's and middle-grade work she publishes under her own name, including the Hugo Award-winning graphic novel Digger and the Hamster Princess series. Writing as Kingfisher, Vernon has become one of contemporary fantasy and horror's most distinctive voices, known for taking well-worn fairy-tale and folk-horror premises — Beauty and the Beast in Bryony and Roses, Hansel and Gretel in Nettle and Bone, Lovecraftian cosmic horror in The Hollow Places and What Moves the Dead — and running them through a sensibility that is wry, plainspoken, and unusually grounded, with protagonists who solve problems through competence and dark humor rather than chosen-one destiny. Kingfisher has won multiple major genre awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel for Nettle and Bone and the Nebula Award, unusual recognition for work published largely through a small press before wider mainstream attention followed. Her fiction spans standalone gothic and folk-horror novels alongside series such as the romantic fantasy Saint of Steel books, following a group of god-abandoned paladins, and the Sworn Soldier novellas continuing the world of The Hollow Places. Prolific and genre-agnostic, she has become known for blending horror, romance, and comedy within the same book more successfully than most writers manage within one genre alone.

Series: 2
Credited books: 31
Published: 29
Date uncertain: 2
Active: 2013–present
Best known for: Saint of Steel

Key facts about T. Kingfisher

Our list holds 31 books by T. Kingfisher. 7 of them belong to a series, while 24 stand alone. 29 are out now. 2 more have no firm date yet.

T. Kingfisher has 2 series on file. Saint of Steel has 4 books, while The Sworn Soldier has 3 books. In particular, Saint of Steel is the longest series on file. Saint of Steel starts with Paladin's Grace, while The Sworn Soldier starts with What Moves the Dead.

Since Saint of Steel is the first series on file, it is the place to start. Their first published book on file came out in 2013.

There are also 24 standalone books. You can read them in any order, since each one stands alone. The newest one that is out is Snake-Eater, from 2025.

The oldest on file is Nine Goblins, from 2013. Their series sit on our romantic fantasy and gothic horror shelves.