Courtney Alameda
American novelist
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Courtney Alameda is an American novelist. She is author of the novels Shutter (2015), Pitch Dark (2018), Seven Deadly Shadows (2020; with Valynne E. Maetani), and World of Warcraft: War of the Scaleborn (2023), as well as co-creator of the Sons of Anarchy comic book Sisters of Sorrow.
Biography
Courtney Alameda was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area,[1] daughter of a police officer.[2] She attended Brigham Young University, where she studied creative writing and obtained a degree in English.[3] She also worked at a Barnes and Noble and the Provo City Library, specializing in adult and teen services at the latter.[4]
Alameda made her debut with the 2015 young adult horror novel Shutter,[5] for which she was nominated for the 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.[6] In 2018, she published another young adult horror novel, a sci-fi named Pitch Dark;[7] she was a finalist for the 2018 Cybils Award for Young Adult Speculative Fiction for that novel.[8] She and Valynne E. Maetani co-authored Seven Deadly Shadows, a 2020 fantasy horror retelling of the 1954 film Seven Samurai.[9] Silvana Reyes Lopez of Book Riot said: "You cannot not mention Courtney Alameda in a list of YA horror novels."[10]
Alameda co-created the Sons of Anarchy comic book Sisters of Sorrow, which premiered in 2017.[11] She authored World of Warcraft: War of the Scaleborn, a 2023 novelization of the video game's Dragonflight chapter.[12] She wrote a short story for Don't Turn Out the Lights, a collection of tales inspired by Alvin Schwartz.[13]
Alameda is Latina.[10] A resident of Salt Lake City,[14] She is married and owns a Welsh Corgi dog.[1]
Bibliography
- Shutter (2015)[a]
- Pitch Dark (2018)
- Seven Deadly Shadows (2020)[b]
- World of Warcraft: War of the Scaleborn (2023)