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Caitlin Starling

Caitlin Starling is a writer and spreadsheet-wrangler who lives near Portland, Oregon. Equipped with an anthropology degree and an unhealthy interest in the dark and macabre, she writes horror-tinged speculative fiction of all flavors. The Luminous Dead is her first novel.

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

New and upcoming books

May 2025

The Starving Saints

Series

Vampire: The Masquerade (with Genevieve Gornichec and Cassandra Khaw)
Walk Among Us (2021)

Novels

   The Luminous Dead (2019)
   The Death of Jane Lawrence (2021)
   Last to Leave the Room (2023)
   The Starving Saints (2025)

Series contributed to

Neon Hemlock
Yellow Jessamine (2020)

Books containing stories by Caitlin Starling

Grimdark Magazine Issue #35 (2023)
(Grimdark Magazine, book 35)

The Long List Anthology Volume 7 (2022)
(Long List Anthology, book 7)
edited by
David Steffen

Award nominations

	2022 Locus Award for Best Horror Novel (nominee) : The Death of Jane Lawrence
	2022 Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel (nominee) : The Death of Jane Lawrence
	2020 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Luminous Dead
	2019 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel (nominee) : The Luminous Dead

Caitlin Starling recommends

A Season of Monstrous Conceptions (2023)
Lina Rather
"An entrancing and transformative queer tale of cosmic horror, unbelonging, and self-definition."

They Drown Our Daughters (2022)
Katrina Monroe
"A haunting, intimately heartbreaking legacy of trauma and horror, soaked in seaspray and endlessly compelling. Once you hear the ocean's song, you won't be able to leave Cape Disappointment behind!"

Bonds of Brass (2020)
(Bloodright Trilogy, book 1)
Emily Skrutskie
"Skrutskie's Bonds of Brass is a high-octane galactic adventure replete with heart, drama, and a keen edge of pain."

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