Books by Kris Waldherr

Though Kris began her publishing career as an illustrator of fairy tales, she soon pivoted into creating books about women's history, goddesses, and the tarot. She is also an award-winning and bestselling novelist who writes lush and evocative historicals inspired by mythology and folklore. Here's some of her books.

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Kris's Debut Novel

The Lost History of Dreams

Kirkus Starred Review. A CrimeReads Best Book of the Year. A post-mortem photographer unearths the dark secrets of a famed poet’s marriage in the tradition of Wuthering Heights and The Thirteenth Tale. Kris Waldherr effortlessly spins a sweeping gothic mystery about love and loss that blurs the line between past and present, truth and fiction, and ultimately, life and death.

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Award-winning and critically acclaimed

Unnatural Creatures

"A splendid achievement”—Historical Novels Review (Editors’ Choice). For the first time, the untold story of the three women closest to Victor Frankenstein is brought to life in a dark and sweeping reimagining of Frankenstein. Stunningly written and exquisitely atmospheric, Unnatural Creatures shocks new life into Mary Shelley’s beloved gothic classic by revealing the feminine side of the tale.

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Irreverent and Clever

Doomed Queens

"Utterly satisfying"—The New Yorker. Over the course of fifty irresistibly illustrated and too-brief lives, Doomed Queens charts centuries of regal backstabbing and intrigue. Their unfortunate lives are colorful cautionary tales for today’s would-be power brokers—a legacy of worldly and womanly wisdom gathered one spectacular regal ruin at a time.

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