The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117-38 AD), showing, on the lower Danube river, the imperial provinces of Moesia Superior (Serbia) and Moesia Inferior (N. Bulgaria/coastal Romania), and the 2 legion deployed in each in 125

Provinces of Moesia Inferior (right) and Moesia Superior (left) highlighted

The Moesian provinces and the northern Balkans in Late Antiquity

Mœsia and environs

Moesia (^{[pronunciation?]}; Latin; Greek: Μοισία)^[1] was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube River. It included territories of modern-day Southern Serbia (Moesia Superior), Northern Republic of Macedonia,^[2] Northern Bulgaria, Romanian Dobrudja, Southern Moldova, and Budjak (Lower Moesia).^[3]

History[link]

In ancient geographical sources, Moesia was bounded to the south by the Haemus (Balkans) and Scardus (Šar) mountains, to the west by the Drinus (Drina) river, on the north by the Donaris(Danube) and on the east by the Euxine (Black Sea).

The region was inhabited chiefly by Thracians, Dacians (Thraco-Dacians), Illyrian and Thraco-Illyrian peoples. The name of the region comes from Moesi, Thraco-Dacian peoples who lived there before the Roman conquest.

Parts of Moesia belonged to the polity of Burebista, a Getae king who established his rule over a large part of the Northern Balkans between 82 BC and 44 BC. He led plunder and conquest raids across Central and Southeastern Europe, subjugating most of the neighbouring tribes. After his assassination in an inside plot, the empire was divided into several smaller states.

In 75 BC, C. Scribonius Curio, proconsul of Macedonia, took an army as far as the Danube and gained a victory over the inhabitants, who were finally subdued by M. Licinius Crassus, grandson of the triumvir and later also proconsul of Macedonia during the reign of Augustus c. 29 BC. The region, however, was not organized as a province until the last years of Augustus' reign; in 6 AD, mention is made of its governor, Caecina Severus (Cassius Dio lv. 29). As a province, Moesia was under an imperial consular legate (who probably also had control of Achaea and Macedonia).

In 86 AD the Dacian king Duras ordered his troops to attack Roman Moesia. After this attack, the Roman emperor Domitian personally arrived in Moesia and reorganized it in 87 AD into two provinces, divided by the river Cebrus (Ciabrus): to the west Moesia Superior - Upper Moesia, (meaning up river) and to the east Moesia Inferior - Lower Moesia (also called Ripa Thracia), (from the Danube river's mouth and then upstream). Each was governed by an imperial consular legate and a procurator.

From Moesia, Domitian began planning future campaigns into Dacia and by 87 he started a strong offensive against Dacia, ordering General Cornelius Fuscus to attack. Therefore, in the summer of 87, Fuscus led five or six legions across the Danube. The campaign against the Dacians ended without a decisive outcome, and Decebalus, the Dacian King, had brazenly flouted the terms of the peace (89 AD) which had been agreed on at the war's end.

Emperor Trajan later arrived in Moesia, and he launched his first military campaign into the Dacian Kingdom^[4] c. March–May 101, crossing to the northern bank of the Danube River and defeating the Dacian army near Tapae, a mountain pass in the Carpathians (see Second Battle of Tapae). Trajan's troops were mauled in the encounter, however, and he put off further campaigning for the year to heal troops, reinforce, and regroup.^[5]

Trajan's Column

During the following winter, King Decebalus launched a counter-attack across the Danube further downstream, but this was repulsed. Trajan's army advanced further into Dacian territory and forced King Decebalus to submit to him a year later.

Trajan returned to Rome in triumph and was granted the title Dacicus Maximus. The victory was celebrated by the Tropaeum Traiani. However, Decebalus in 105 undertook an invasion against Roman territory by attempting to stir up some of the tribes north of the river against the empire.^[6] Trajan took to the field again and after building with the design of Apollodorus of Damascus his massive bridge over the Danube, he conquered part of Dacia in 106 (see also Second Dacian War).

After the abandonment of Roman Dacia to the Goths by Aurelian (270–275) and the transfer of the Roman citizens from the former province to the south of the Danube, the central portion of Moesia took the name of Dacia Aureliana (later divided into Dacia Ripensis and Dacia Mediterranea). The district called Dardania (in Upper Moesia), was formed into a special province by Diocletian, with the capital at Naissus or Nissa (modern Niš). It was the birthplace of Constantine I in 272.

Diocletian later renamed Moesia Superior (less Dacia Aureliana) as Moesia Prima, and divided Moesia Inferior (less its westernmost portions) into Moesia Secunda and Scythia Minor. Moesia Secunda's main cities included Marcianopolis (Devnya), Odessus (Varna), Nicopolis (Nikopol), Abrittus (Razgrad), Durostorum (Silistra), Transmarisca (Tutrakan), Sexaginta Prista (Ruse) and Novae (Svishtov), all in Bulgaria today. As a frontier province, Moesia was strengthened by stations and fortresses erected along the southern bank of the Danube, and a wall was built from Axiopolis to Tomi as a protection against the Scythians and Sarmatians. The garrison of Moesia Secunda included Legio I Italica and Legio XI Claudia, as well as independent infantry units, cavalry units, and river flotillas. The Notitia Dignitatum lists its units and their bases as of the 390s CE. Units in Scythia Minor included Legio I Iovia and Legio II Herculia.

After 238 AD, Moesia was frequently invaded or raided by the Dacian Carpi, and the East Germanic tribe of the Goths, who invaded Moesia in 250. Hard-pressed by the Huns, the Goths again crossed the Danube during the reign of Valens (376) and with his permission settled in Moesia. After they settled, quarrels soon took place, and the Goths under Fritigern defeated Valens in a great battle near Adrianople. These Goths are known as Moeso-Goths, for whom Ulfilas made the Gothic translation of the Bible.

The Turkic Bulgars (known under names such as Onogurs, Kutigurs or Honogondurs), arriving from Central Asia, attacked Moesia throughout the 6th century. In the 7th century the Byzantine Empire lost the territory to the Bulgars, who founded the First Bulgarian Empire.

Geography[link]

The chief towns of Upper Moesia in the Principate were: Singidunum (Belgrade), Viminacium (sometimes called municipium Aelium; modern Kostolac), Remesiana (Bela Palanka), Bononia (Vidin), Ratiaria (Archar) and Skupi (modern Skopje); of Lower Moesia: Oescus (colonia Ulpia, Gigen), Novae (near Svishtov, the chief seat of Theodoric the Great), Nicopolis ad Istrum (Nikup; really near the river Yantra), Marcianopolis (Devnya), Odessus (Varna) and Tomi (Constanţa; to which the poet Ovid was banished). The last two were Greek towns which formed a pentapolis with Istros, Mesembria and Apollonia.

See also[link]

• Diocese of Moesia
• Dacia Aureliana
• Roman governors of Lower Moesia
• Inscriptions of Upper Moesia
• Moesogoths
• List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
• Margus (city)

References[link]

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

External links[link]

• (French) Inscriptions of Moesia Superior, University of Belgrade
• CITIES IN THE PROVINCES MOESIA SUPERIOR AND MOESIA INFERIOR ^{[dead link]}

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Sherrilyn Kenyon (born in 1965 in Columbus, Georgia, USA) is a bestselling US writer. Under her own name she writes urban fantasy, and is best known for her Dark-Hunter vampire series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she wrote historicals also with paranormal elements.^[1] Kenyon's novels have an "international following"^[2] with over twenty million copies in print in over thirty countries. Under both names, her books have appeared at the top of the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today lists, and they are frequent bestsellers in Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Early life[link]

Sherrilyn Kenyon was born in Columbus, Georgia.^[3]

Bibliography as Sherrilyn Kenyon[link]

[edit] Dark-Hunter series

The Dark-Hunters are immortal warriors pledged to the Greek goddess Artemis and dedicated to defending mankind against Daimons (vampires) and other assorted enemies including a couple of rogue gods and goddesses.

1. Fantasy Lover, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002) (ISBN 0-31297-997-5)
2. The Beginning,^[4] also in the back of Sins of the Night early print editions (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002) NOTE: This short story appears as a chapter in ACHERON, Part I-Greece, 7382 BC
3. Dragonswan, short story in the anthology Tapestry, published by Jove (2002, ISBN 0-515-13362-0); reprinted singly by Berkley (2005, ISBN 0-515-14079-1); reprinted in the anthology In Other World, published by Penguin Group (2010, ISBN 1-101-45766-X)
4. Night Pleasures, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002, reprinted by St. Martin's Press, 2009) (PB ISBN 0-312-97998-3, HB ISBN 0-312-59355-4)
5. Night Embrace, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003, reprinted by St. Martin's Press, 2010) (PB ISBN 0-312-98482-0, HB ISBN 0-312-65383-2)
6. Phantom Lover, short story in the anthology Midnight Pleasures (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003) (ISBN 0-31298-762-5)
7. Dance with the Devil, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003) (ISBN 0-31298-483-9)
8. A Dark-Hunter Christmas,^[5] in the The Dark-Hunter Companion; also in the back of Dance with the Devil early print editions (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003); reprinted in Dark-Hunter: An Insider's Guide (Vook Inc., 2010)
9. Kiss of the Night, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004) (ISBN 0-31299-241-6)
10. Night Play, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004) (ISBN 0-31299-242-4)
11. Winter Born, short story in the anthology Stroke of Midnight (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004) (ISBN 0-31299-876-7)
12. Seize the Night, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005) (ISBN 0-31299-243-2)
13. Sins of the Night, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005) (ISBN 0-31293-432-7)
14. Second Chances, short story in Exclusive Dark-Hunter Collectible Booklet (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005), free giveaway; reprinted in The Dark-Hunter Companion; reprinted in Dark-Hunter: An Insider's Guide (Vook Inc., 2010)
15. Unleash the Night, (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005) (ISBN 0-31293-433-5)
16. Dark Side of the Moon (St. Martin's Press, 2006, reprinted by St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007)(HB ISBN 0-312-35743-5, PB ISBN 0-312-93434-3)
17. A Hard Day's Night-Searcher, short story in the anthology My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (St. Martin's Griffin, 2006) (ISBN 0-31234-360-4)
18. Until Death We Do Part, short story in the anthology Love At First Bite (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006) (ISBN 0-31234-929-7)
19. Fear the Darkness, free short story ebook (St. Martin's Press, 2007); reprinted in Dark-Hunter: An Insider's Guide (Vook Inc., 2010)
20. The Dream-Hunter (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007) (ISBN 0-31293-881-0)
21. Devil May Cry (St. Martin's Press, 2007, reprinted by St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008) (HB ISBN 0-312-36950-6, PB ISBN 0-312-94686-4)
22. Upon the Midnight Clear (St. Martin's Paperback, 2007) (ISBN 0-31294-705-4)
23. The Dark-Hunter Companion, co-author Alethea Kontis (St. Martin's Griffin, 2007) (ISBN 0-31236-343-5)
24. Dream Chaser (St. Martin's Paperback, 2008) (ISBN 0-31293-882-9)
25. Acheron (St. Martin's Press, 2008, reprinted by St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2009) (HB ISBN 0-312-36215-3, PB ISBN 0-312-94941-3)
26. Where Angels Fear to Tread, short story in the anthology Blood Lite (Gallery Books, 2008) (ISBN 1-41656-783-6); reprinted in Dark-Hunter: An Insider's Guide (Vook Inc., 2010)
27. One Silent Night (St. Martin's Press, 2008) (ISBN 0-31294-706-2)
28. Shadow of the Moon, short story in the anthology Dead After Dark (St. Martin's Press, 2008) (ISBN 0-31294-798-4)
29. Dream Warrior (St. Martin's Press, 2009) (ISBN 0-31293-883-7)
30. Bad Moon Rising (St. Martin's Press, 2009, reprinted by St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2010) (HB ISBN 0-312-36949-2, PB ISBN 0-312-93436-X)
31. No Mercy (St. Martin's Press, 2010, reprinted by St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2011) (HB ISBN 0-312-54656-4, PB ISBN 0-312-53792-1)
32. Dark-Hunter: An Insider's Guide, an enhanced ebook (Vook Inc., 2010) (ISBN-13 9781936321322)
33. Retribution (St. Martin's Press, Aug 2, 2011, reprinted by St. Martin's Paperbacks, Mar 27, 2012) (HB ISBN 0-312-54659-9, PB ISBN 0-312-54660-2)
34. The Guardian (St. Martin's Paperbacks, Nov 01, 2011) (ISBN 0-31255-005-7)
35. Redemption: A Bonus Scene from THE GUARDIAN, free e-short story (Heroes and Heartbreakers.com, 2011)
36. Time Untime (St. Martin's Press, Aug 7, 2012) (ISBN 0-31254-661-0)

The Chronicles Of Nick[link]

1. Infinity: Chronicles of Nick (St. Martin's Press, 2010) (ISBN 0-31259-907-2)
2. Invincible: Chronicles of Nick (St. Martin's Griffin, 2011) (ISBN 0-31259-906-4)
3. Infamous: Chronicles of Nick (St. Martin's Griffin, Mar 13, 2012) (ISBN 1-25000-282-6)
4. Inferno: Chronicles of Nick (St. Martin's Griffin, March 4, 2013)

B.A.D. Agency Series[link]

Published by Simon & Schuster.

1. BAD to the Bone, in the anthology Big Guns Out of Uniform (2005) (ISBN 1-41650-967-4)
2. Captivated By You, in the anthology Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down: Three Tales of Erotic Romance (2005) (ISBN 1-41650-159-2)
3. Bad Attitude, (2005) (HB ISBN 1-4165-0356-0, PB ISBN 1-4165-2029-5)
4. Born to Be B.A.D., a reprint of the BAD stories PLUS a new short story called One BAD Night (2005) (ISBN 1-41650-750-7)
5. Turn Up the Heat, in the anthology Playing Easy to Get (Pocket, 2006) (ISBN 1-41651-087-7)
6. Phantom in the Night, co-author Dianna Love (2008) (ISBN 1-41650-357-9)
7. Whispered Lies, co-author Dianna Love (2009) (ISBN 1-43916-994-2)
8. Silent Truth, co-author Dianna Love (2010) (ISBN 1-41659-745-X)
9. Just Bad Enough, short story, co-author Dianna Love, in anthology Deadly Promises (Pocket Star, 2010) (ISBN 1-43919-111-8)
10. BAD Mission, short story in the anthology Thriller 3: Love is Murder (Mira, May 29, 2012) (ISBN 0-77831-344-1)

The League Series[link]

1. Born of Night (St. Martin's Press, Oct 2009) (ISBN 0-31294-230-3)
2. Born of Fire (St. Martin's Press, Nov 2009) (ISBN 0-31294-231-1)
3. Born of Ice (St. Martin's Press, Dec 2009) (ISBN 0-31294-232-X)
4. Fire and Ice (short story) in the anthology Man of My Dreams, published by Penguin Group US (2004, ISBN 1-101-09827-9); re-written & re-released in the anthology In Other World, published by Penguin Group (2010, ISBN 1-101-45766-X)
5. Born of Shadows ^[6](Grand Central Publishing, 2011) (ISBN 0-44657-325-6 )
6. Born of Silence (Grand Central Publishing, May 1, 2012) (ISBN 0-44657-331-0)
7. Born of Fury (April 1, 2013)

Belador[link]

This series is co-authored with Dianna Love.

1. Blood Trinity (Pocket Books, Oct, 2010) (ISBN 1-43915-582-8)
2. Fire Bound, free e-short story (Pocket After Dark, 2011)
3. Alterant (Pocket Books, Sep, 2011) (ISBN 1-43919-524-2)
4. The Curse (September 18, 2012)

[edit] Nevermore series

1. Alpha (2013)
2. Omega (TBA)

Other novels and novellas[link]

• Daemon's Angel, (Leisure, 1995) (ISBN 0-50552-026-5)
• Love Bytes, in the anthology Naughty or Nice (St. Martin's Press, 2000) (ISBN 0-31298-102-3)
• Knightly Dreams, in the anthology What Dreams May Come (Penguin Group, 2005) (ISBN 0-42521-085-5)

Essays[link]

• "The Search of Spike's Balls", in Seven Seasons of Buffy edited by Ben Bella (ISBN 1-93210-008-3)
• "Parting Gifts", in Five Seasons of Angel edited by Glenn Yeffeth (ISBN 1-93210-033-4)

Non-fiction[link]

• The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages, (Writer's Digest, 1995)
• The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensable Compendium of Myth and Magic, (Writer's Digest, 2000)
• The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook, with Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet (ISBN 0-89879-632-6)
• The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook, 2nd ed. (ISBN 1-58297-295-8)

Bibliography as Kinley MacGregor[link]

Published by Avon (HarperCollins Publishers) unless noted otherwise.

The Sea Wolves Series[link]

1. Master of Seduction, (2000) (ISBN 0-06108-712-2)
2. A Pirate of Her Own, (2004) (ISBN 0-06108-711-4)

The MacAllisters series[link]

1. Master of Desire, (2001) (ISBN 0-06108-713-0)
2. Claiming the Highlander, (2002) (ISBN 0-38081-789-6)
3. Born in Sin, (2003) (ISBN 0-38081-790-X)
4. Taming the Scotsman, (2003) (ISBN 0-38081-791-8)
5. Midsummer's Knight, in the anthology Where's My Hero? (2003) (ISBN 0-06050-524-9)
6. The Warrior, (2007)

Brotherhood of the Sword Series[link]

1. Born in Sin, (2003) (ISBN 0-38081-790-X)
2. Taming the Scotsman, (2003) (ISBN 0-38081-791-8)
3. Midsummer's Knight, in the anthology Where's My Hero? (2003) (ISBN 0-06050-524-9)
4. A Dark Champion, (2004) (ISBN 0-06056-541-1)
5. Return of the Warrior, (2005) (ISBN 0-06056-543-8)
6. The Warrior, (2007) (ISBN 0-06079-667-7)

Lords of Avalon Series[link]

1. Sword of Darkness, (2006)(ISBN 0-06056-544-6)
2. Knight of Darkness, (2006) (ISBN 0-06079-662-6)
3. The Wager, in the anthology Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology: Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Tor Books, 2006)
4. Darkness Within (2013)

Other novels and novellas[link]

• Santa Wears Spurs, in the anthology All I Want for Christmas (St. Martin's Press, 1999) (ISBN 0-31297-680-1)

Awards[link]

Sherrilyn Kenyon has received numerous nominations and awards both under her real name and as Kinley MacGregor.

2001 and earlier[link]

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• Maggie Award of Excellence
• MARA Award
• Holt Medallion
• Heart Rate Reviews Reviewer's Choice Award
• Amazon.com's Hot 100
• Amazon.com's Movers & Shakers
• Amazon.com's Best Seller for 2001
• RT Kiss Award
• Fool For Love
• Affaire de Coeur Reader's Choice
• Sapphire Award
• RT Reviewer's Choice Awards

2002[link]

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• Top Ten Books of the Year from RWA (Romance Writer's Association) - Fantasy Lover
• Prism
  • Best Fantasy - Fantasy Lover
  • Best Light Paranormal - Night Pleasures
• Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover were finalists in the Aspen Gold contest.
• Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover were finalists in the GRW Maggie Award.
• Night Pleasures won the HOLT Medallion.
• PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2002)
  • Best Shape-Shifter - Night Pleasures
  • Best Fantasy/Magical - Fantasy Lover
  • Best Novella or Short Story - Dragonswan
  • Best Anthology - Tapestry, with Madeline Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynn Kurland, Karen Marie Moning
  • Best Overall Paranormal, Honorable Mention - Fantasy Lover
• Night Pleasures and Fantasy Lover are double finalists in the Holt Medallion Award.
• RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (20023)
  • Favorite Anthology - Tapestry
  • Favorite Paranormal, Honorable Mention - Fantasy Lover
• Laurel Wreath Award for Night Pleasures
• Love Romances 2002 Golden Rose Reader Choice Awards Winner:

1. Best Historical Romance - Claiming the Highlander
2. Best Paranormal Romance (Honorable Mention) - Fantasy Lover
3. Best Novella (Honorable Mention) - Dragonswan
4. Best Romanctic Anthology (Honorable Mention) - Tapestry
5. Best Medieval Romance - Claiming the Highlander
6. Best Time Travel (Honorable Mention) - Dragonswan
7. Best Romantic Sci-Fi Fantasy - Fantasy Lover

• RT Booklovers Reviewer's Choice
  • Best Historical Anthology, Nominee - Tapestry
  • Best Vampire Romance - Night Pleasures
  • Best Scottish Historical Romance - Claiming the Highlander

• 2002 RBL Hughie Awards:

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1. Best Anthology - Tapestry
2. Best New to You Author - Sherrilyn Kenyon/Kinley MacGregor
3. Favorite Secondary Character (Male) Talon (Night Pleasures)
4. Funniest Scene: The handcuffs scene (Night Pleasures)
5. Best Line or Quote - "Be kind to Dragonswans, for thou art gorgeous when naked and taste good with Cool Whip." (Dragonswan)
6. Best Medieval Historical Romance - Claiming the Highlander

2003-2004[link]

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• Prism (2004)
  • Best Dark Paranormal - Dance with the Devil
  • Best Light Paranormal - Night Embrace
• RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (2003)
  • Favorite Paranormal - Dance With The Devil
• The Golden Quill for Best Paranormal, Dance with the Devil
• The Bookseller's Best Award for Born in Sin, Best Long Historical and Dance with the Devil for Best Paranormal (Night Embrace was second)
• Night Embrace won the Contemporary category of the Scarlet Letter award and is named Grand Champion of all the winners.
• Night Embrace and Born in Sin won the HOLT Medallion
• Night Embrace won the Laurie
• Born in Sin won the Beacon for Best Historical
• Born in Sin won the Yellow Rose for Best Historical
• Sapphires for Dance with the Devil and "Phantom Lover".
• Love Romances 2003 Golden Rose Reader Choice Awards Winner:

1. Born In Sin - Kinley MacGregor - Best Historical Romance
2. Dance With The Devil - Sherrilyn Kenyon - Best Paranormal Romance
3. Dance With The Devil - Sherrilyn Kenyon - Best Vampire Romance
4. Dance With The Devil - Sherrilyn Kenyon - Best Book Cover- Artist Unknown
5. "Phantom Lover" (Midnight Pleasures) - Sherrilyn Kenyon - Best Novella
6. Night Embrace - Sherrilyn Kenyon- Honorable Mention Best Shapeshifter Romance

• 2003 RBL Hughie Awards:

1. Best Scottish Historical Romance - Born In Sin by Kinley MacGregor
2. Best Paranormal Romance (time travel, futuristic, fantasy, etc.) Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. Best Anthology - Midnight Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, Maggie Shayne, and Rhonda Thompson and Where's My Hero? by Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, and Kinley MacGregor
4. Best Cover - Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. Best Author - Sherrilyn Kenyon (Kinley MacGregor)
6. Favorite Secondary Character (Male) - Acheron (Dark Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
7. Favorite Secondary Character (Female) - Simi, the Charonte Demon (Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
8. Funniest Scene - Sin meeting the MacAllister brothers after he marries Callie (Born In Sin by Kinley MacGregor)
9. Best Line or Quote - "You know, Sunshine, you need to find a man like that to marry. Someone so well-hung that even after three or four kids, he’d still be wall to wall." (Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon)

• Night Pleasures won the Laurel Wreath Award with Fantasy Lover coming in a close second

• PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2003)
  • Best Shape-Shifter, Honorable Mention - Dance With The Devil
  • Best Novella or Short Story, Honorable Mention - "Phantom Lover"
  • Best Anthology, Honorable Mention - Midnight Pleasures, with Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, Maggie Shayne, and Rhonda Thompson
  • Favorite Overall Paranormal, Honorable Mention - Dance With the Devil

2005-2006[link]

• Darrell Awards (2006) [1]
  • Best Novel - Sins of the Night

• RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (2005) [2]
  • Favorite Paranormal - Seize the Night

• PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2005) [3]
  • Best Paranormal Over All - Sins of the Night
  • Best Paranormal Over All, Honorable Mention - Unleash the Night
  • Best Anthology - What Dreams May Come
  • Best Erotic - Unleash the Night
  • Best Shapeshifter - Sins of the Night

• Sins of the Night was #5 on Amazon.com's bestselling books of 2005. Fantasy Lover and Night Pleasures are #6 and #7 respectively for the best of the decade so far.

• Love Romances 2005 Golden Rose Reader Choice Awards Winner:

1. Best Historical - A Dark Champion - Kinley MacGregor
2. Best Novella - "Winter Born" - Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. Best Vampire - Seize the Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
4. Best Shapeshifter - Night Play - Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. Best Couple - Vane & Bride in Night Play - Sherrilyn Kenyon
6. Best Cover - Kiss of the Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon

2007[link]

• Devil May Cry was #2 on New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Fiction List (week ended August 11, 2007)[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sherrilyn Kenyon Book Reviews
• Sherrilyn Kenyon's Official Site
• Sherrilyn Kenyon's Podcast
• Bibliography at SciFan
• Sherrilyn Kenyon's Official myspace