Background
Ilona was born in the Soviet Union and came to the United States as a teenager.
2010
Ilona Andrews in a kimono, or a kimono-inspired costume
2017
Ilona and Gordon Andrews are presenting their new novel, White Hot.
Ilona Andrews
Ilona and Gordon Andrews
Ilona and Gordon Andrews at the signing event
Ilona and Gordon Andrews
Ilona and Gordon Andrews
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States
Ilona attended Western Carolina University, where she majored in biochemistry.
(Kate Daniels works for the Order of the Knights of Mercif...)
Kate Daniels works for the Order of the Knights of Merciful Aid, officially as a liaison with the mercenary guild. Unofficially, she cleans up the paranormal problems no one else wants to handle - especially if they involve Atlanta’s shapeshifting community. When she’s called in to investigate a fight at the Steel Horse, a bar midway between the territories of the shapeshifters and the necromancers, Kate quickly discovers there’s a new player in town. One who’s been around for thousands of years - and rode to war at the side of Kate’s father.
https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Bleeds-Kate-Daniels-Book-ebook/dp/B003NX7NHO/ref=sr_1_25?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-25
2010
(Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job. Kate Daniels may...)
Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job. Kate Daniels may have quit the Order of Knights of Merciful Aid, but she’s still knee-deep in paranormal problems. Or she would be if she could get someone to hire her. Starting her own business has been more challenging than she thought it would be - now that the Order is disparaging her good name. Plus, many potential clients are afraid of getting on the bad side of the Beast Lord, who just happens to be Kate’s mate. So when Atlanta’s premier Master of the Dead calls to ask for help with a vampire on the loose, Kate leaps at the chance of some paying work. But it turns out that this is not an isolated incident, and Kate needs to get to the bottom of it - fast, or the city and everyone dear to her may pay the ultimate price...
https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Slays-Kate-Daniels-Book-ebook/dp/B004LRPJ72/ref=sr_1_19?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-19
2011
(Audrey Callahan left behind her life in the Edge, and she...)
Audrey Callahan left behind her life in the Edge, and she's determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But when her brother gets into hot water, the former thief takes on one last heist and finds herself matching wits with a jack of all trades... Kaldar Mar-a gambler, lawyer, thief, and spy-expects his latest assignment tracking down a stolen item to be a piece of cake, until Audrey shows up. But when the item falls into the hands of a lethal criminal, Kaldar realizes that in order to finish the job, he's going to need Audrey's help...
https://www.amazon.com/Fates-Edge-Novel-Book-ebook/dp/B0052RDIC8/ref=sr_1_26?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-26
2011
(Now, Ilona Andrews delves deeper into Kate’s world, and r...)
Now, Ilona Andrews delves deeper into Kate’s world, and reveals its untold stories… After being kicked out of the Order of the Knights of Merciful Aid, Andrea’s whole existence is in shambles. She tries to put herself back together by working for Cutting Edge, a small investigative firm owned by her best friend. When several shapeshifters working for Raphael Medrano - the male alpha of the Clan Bouda, and Andrea’s former lover - die unexpectedly at a dig site, Andrea is assigned to investigate. Now she must work with Raphael as her search for the killer leads into the secret underbelly of supernatural Atlanta. And dealing with her feelings for him might have to take a back seat to saving the world…
https://www.amazon.com/Gunmetal-Magic-Novel-World-Daniels-ebook/dp/B0072NWKP6/ref=sr_1_15?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-15
2012
(The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the B...)
The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale - and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny… Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again. Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious Edger clan - and he’s on a clandestine quest to wipe out slavers trafficking humans in the Weird. So when his presence leads his very dangerous enemies to Charlotte, she vows to help Richard destroy them.
https://www.amazon.com/Steels-Edge-Novel-Book-ebook/dp/B008JHXPVW/ref=sr_1_21?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-21
2012
(This is a short novel, about 60,000 words. On the outside...)
This is a short novel, about 60,000 words. On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is... different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can’t leave the grounds because she’s responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight. Under the circumstances, "normal" is a bit of a stretch for Dina.
https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Sweep-Ilona-Andrews-ebook/dp/B01KZM2J9M/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-8
2013
(Dina DeMille doesn’t run your typical Bed and Breakfast. ...)
Dina DeMille doesn’t run your typical Bed and Breakfast. Her inn defies laws of physics, her fluffy dog is secretly a monster, and the only paying guest is a former Galactic tyrant with a price on her head. But the inn needs guests to thrive, and guests have been scarce, so when an Arbitrator shows up at Dina's door and asks her to host a peace summit between three warring species, she jumps on the chance. Unfortunately, for Dina, keeping the peace between Space Vampires, the Hope-Crushing Horde, and the devious Merchants of Baha-char is much easier said than done. On top of keeping her guests from murdering each other, she must find a chef, remodel the inn...and risk everything, even her life, to save the man she might fall in love with. But then it's all in the day's work for an Innkeeper…
https://www.amazon.com/Sweep-Peace-Innkeeper-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B016WQUTTM/ref=sr_1_17?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-17
2015
(After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Da...)
After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate - former Beast Lord Curran Lennart - are adjusting to a very different pace. While they’re thrilled to escape all the infighting, Kate and Curran know that separating from the Pack completely is a process that will take time. But when they learn that their friend Eduardo has gone missing, Kate and Curran shift their focus to investigate his disappearance. As they dig further into the merc’s business, they discover that the Mercenary Guild has gone to hell and that Eduardo’s recent assignments are connected in the most sinister way… An ancient enemy has arisen, and Kate and Curran are the only ones who can stop it - before it takes their city apart piece by piece.
https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Shifts-Kate-Daniels-Book-ebook/dp/B00OQSF7GY/ref=sr_1_23?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-23
2015
(Grace has always known she wasn’t like everyone else and ...)
Grace has always known she wasn’t like everyone else and that her family has magic abilities. After flying to meet the head of Clan Dreoch in order to fulfill her families’ “duties” as servants, Grace finds herself in the middle of a mage clan war…
https://www.amazon.com/Small-Magics-Ilona-Andrews-ebook/dp/B015JNEOEK/ref=sr_1_24?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-24
2015
(Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally...)
Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official. But there are some steep obstacles standing in the way of their walk to the altar. Kate’s father, Roland, has kidnapped the demigod Saiman and is slowly bleeding him dry in a never-ending bid for power. A Witch Oracle has predicted that if Kate marries the man she loves, Atlanta will burn and she will lose him forever. And the only person Kate can ask for help is long dead.
https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Binds-Kate-Daniels-Book-ebook/dp/B01AHKXIB0/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-16
2016
(Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impress...)
Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impressive bounty on her head, the Lord Marshal of a powerful vampire clan, and a displaced-and-superhot werewolf; so don’t stand too close, or you may be collateral damage. But what passes for Dina’s normal life is about to be thrown into chaos. First, she must rescue her long-distant older sister, Maud, who’s been exiled with her family to a planet that functions as the most lawless penal colony since Botany Bay. Then she agrees to help a guest whose last chance at saving his civilization could bring death and disaster to all Dina holds dear. Now Gertrude Hunt is under siege by a clan of assassins. To keep her guests safe and to find her missing parents, Dina will risk everything, even if she has to pay the ultimate price. Though Sean may have something to say about that!
https://www.amazon.com/Fell-Sweep-Innkeeper-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B01MSJJFAC/ref=sr_1_18?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-18
2016
(Karina Tucker is driving a van of children home from a fi...)
Karina Tucker is driving a van of children home from a field trip when an unplanned detour to a seemingly ordinary rest stop changes her life. There, she witnesses a world beyond humanity’s sight, of frightful powers and chaos, where she is in death’s grip... before an irresistibly dangerous male saves her - only to take her captive. For she is a rare commodity in the shadowy realm she’s entered. Karina soon finds herself caught in a violent civil war where those with inhuman powers strive to destroy each other without mercy.
https://www.amazon.com/Alphas-Origins-Ilona-Andrews-ebook/dp/B016JPTGN6/ref=sr_1_22?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-22
2016
(Nevada and Rogan navigate a world where magic is the norm...)
Nevada and Rogan navigate a world where magic is the norm… and their relationship burns hot Nevada Baylor has a unique and secret skill - she knows when people are lying - and she's used that magic (along with plain, hard work) to keep her colorful and close-knit family's detective agency afloat. But her new case pits her against the shadowy forces that almost destroyed the city of Houston once before, bringing Nevada back into contact with Connor "Mad" Rogan. Rogan is a billionaire Prime - the highest rank of magic user - and as unreadable as ever, despite Nevada’s “talent.”
https://www.amazon.com/White-Hot-Hidden-Legacy-Novel-ebook/dp/B00T3C2ZMC/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-9
2017
(Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the...)
Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, served only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master has cast him aside. Hugh is a shadow of the warrior he was, but when he learns that the Iron Dogs, soldiers who would follow him anywhere, are being hunted down and murdered, he must make a choice: to fade away or to be the leader he was born to be. Hugh knows he must carve a new place for himself and his people, but they have no money, no shelter, and no food, and the necromancers are coming. Fast. Elara Harper is a creature who should not exist. Her enemies call her Abomination; her people call her White Lady.
https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Magic-Covenant-Book-ebook/dp/B07CZ39YYV/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-5
2018
(Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taki...)
Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be. Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later, a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones.
https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Triumphs-Kate-Daniels-Book-ebook/dp/B074S38GG1/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-6
2018
(In a distant, future world Kinsmen-small powerful groups ...)
In a distant, future world Kinsmen-small powerful groups of genetically and technologically advanced families-control vast financial empires. They are their own country, their own rulers, and their only limits are other Kinsmen. The struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport: in business, on the battlefield... and sometimes in the bedroom. Silent Blade Old hatreds die hard. Old love dies harder. On the planet Rada, Meli Galdes' family is of minor rank and was relying on her marriage to Celino, the razor-smart, ruthless leader of the powerful Carvanna empire. When he abruptly breaks their engagement, he ruins her family and guarantees that Meli will never marry, as no suitor will oppose the rich and influential Carvannas. But Meli has a rare, secret, lethal-and valuable-talent. As a melder of energy, she's capable of severing anything in her path. So she 'leaves' her family and trains to become one of the best and most lethal of assassins, all the while covertly guarding her family's interests. Now she's ready to quit, but she has one more assignment.
https://www.amazon.com/Kinsmen-Universe-Ilona-Andrews-ebook/dp/B07K8XCTL3/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-7
2018
(Nevada Frida Baylor and Connor Ander Rogan cordially invi...)
Nevada Frida Baylor and Connor Ander Rogan cordially invite you to join their wedding celebration. Summoning, weather manipulation, and other magical activities strictly forbidden. Catalina Baylor is looking forward to wearing her maid of honor dress and watching her older sister walk down the aisle. Then the wedding planner gets escorted off the premises, the bride’s priceless tiara disappears, and Rogan's extensive family overruns his mother’s home. Someone is cheating, someone is lying, and someone is plotting murder. To make this wedding happen, Catalina will have to do the thing she fears most: use her magic.
https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Fire-Hidden-Legacy-Novella-ebook/dp/B07BK3M7V7/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-10
2018
(The World of Kinsmen Family is everything. Talent is powe...)
The World of Kinsmen Family is everything. Talent is power. And revenge is sweet. In a distant, future world Kinsmen - small powerful groups of genetically and technologically advanced families - control vast financial empires. They are their own country, their own rulers, and their only limits are other Kinsmen. The struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport: in business, on the battlefield... and sometimes in the bedroom. Old hatreds die hard. Old love dies harder. On the planet Rada, Meli Galdes’ family is of minor rank and were relying on her marriage to Celino, the razor-smart, ruthless leader of the powerful Carvanna empire. When he abruptly breaks their engagement, he ruins her family and guarantees that Meli will never marry, as no suitor will oppose the rich and influential Carvannas. But Meli has a rare, secret, lethal - and valuable - talent.
https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Blade-World-Kinsmen-Book-ebook/dp/B07HKQJ2CV/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-13
2018
(In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Ca...)
In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Catalina Baylor is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, and the Head of her House. Catalina has always been afraid to use her unique powers, but when her friend’s mother and sister are murdered, Catalina risks her reputation and safety to unravel the mystery. But behind the scenes, powerful forces are at work, and one of them is Alessandro Sagredo, the Italian Prime who was once Catalina’s teenage crush.
https://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Flames-Hidden-Legacy-Novel-ebook/dp/B07G141J8W/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-3
2019
(Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers - a special grou...)
Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers - a special group who provide ‘lodging’ to other-planetary visitors - so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. But even Maud could never have anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, was exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud - completely abandoned by his family - has spent over a year avenging his debts. Rescued by her sister Dina, she's sworn off all things vampire. Except... In helping Dina save the world, she met Arland, the Marshal of House Krahr, one of the most powerful vampire houses. One thing led to another and he asked for her hand in marriage. She declined. Arland is not used to hearing the word ‘no;’ and try as she might, Maud can't just walk away from Arland. It doesn't help that being human is a lot harder for Maud than being a vampire. To sort it all out, she accepts his invitation to visit his home planet.
https://www.amazon.com/Sweep-Blade-Innkeeper-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B07T9257DJ/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-4
2019
(There’s no place like home for the holidays… especially a...)
There’s no place like home for the holidays… especially at Innkeeper Dina DeMille’s bed and breakfast, which welcomes guests who are literally out of this world.
https://www.amazon.com/Sweep-Me-Innkeeper-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B082TVGFPW/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577170802&sr=8-1
2020
(As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters hav...)
As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers - powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control. Catalina can earn her family some protection working as deputy to the Warden of Texas, overseeing breaches of magic law in the state, but that has risks as well. When House Baylor is under attack and monsters haunt her every step, Catalina is forced to rely on handsome, dangerous Alessandro Sagredo, the Prime who crushed her heart.
https://www.amazon.com/Emerald-Blaze-Hidden-Legacy-Novel-ebook/dp/B081ZGKN7H/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-2
2020
(Nevada Baylor is faced with the most challenging case of ...)
Nevada Baylor is faced with the most challenging case of her detective career - a suicide mission to bring in a suspect in a volatile situation. Nevada isn't sure she has the chops. Her quarry is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, who can set anyone and anything on fire. Then she's kidnapped by Connor "Mad" Rogan - a darkly tempting billionaire with equally devastating powers. Torn between wanting to run and wanting to surrender to their overwhelming attraction, Nevada must join forces with Rogan to stay alive. Rogan's after the same target, so he needs Nevada. But she's getting under his skin, making him care about someone other than himself for a change. And, as Rogan has learned, love can be as perilous as death, especially in the magic world.
https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Me-Hidden-Legacy-Novel-ebook/dp/B00I7V11WU/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-11
(The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the B...)
The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale - and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny... Rose Drayton thought if she practiced her magic, she could build a better life for herself. But things didn’t turn out the way she’d planned, and now she works an off-the-books job in the Broken just to survive. Then Declan Camarine, a blueblood noble straight out of the deepest part of the Weird, comes into her life, determined to have Rose (and her power).
https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Novel-Book-ebook/dp/B002DW92V6/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577171161&sr=8-12
(Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes he...)
Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up magical problems. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta’s magic circles. Pressured by both sides to find the killer, Kate realizes she’s the way out of her league - but she wouldn’t want it any other way… This edition includes in-depth information about the world of Kate Daniels with descriptions of its characters and factions. Explore Kate’s Atlanta like never before with a quiz to find your place there and with answers to frequently asked questions.
https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Bites-Kate-Daniels-Book-ebook/dp/B000SEH16E/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=Ilona+Andrews&qid=1577172902&sr=8-20
Ilona was born in the Soviet Union and came to the United States as a teenager.
Ilona attended Western Carolina University, where she majored in biochemistry.
Ilona Andrews grew up in the socialist block and came to the United States as an adult. Initially, she came to America "on a scholarship to a private school." She said she didn't know a bit of English when she came to the United States.
Her experiences with new languages weren't limited to English. At some point early in her career, she worked for a communication firm that verified Russian resumes. For some reason this required her to call Egypt and talk to people in Arabic, without knowing any Arabic. She eventually learned enough of it to say: "Hello, I'm looking for so-and-so, but I don't know any Arabic, I'm very sorry."
As of today, Ilona Andrews is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the United States Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy who seduced him. They met in college, in English Composition 101, where Ilona got a better grade. (Gordon is still sore about that.)
Gordon and Ilona co-authored two series, the bestselling urban fantasy of Kate Daniels and the romantic urban fantasy of The Edge.
Ilona Andrews' major achievement is in becoming #1 New York Times bestselling author with an enthralling new trilogy set in the Hidden Legacy world, where magic means power, and family bloodlines are the new currency of society.
She and her husband have co-authored four New York Times and USA Today bestselling series: the urban fantasy of Kate Daniels, rustic fantasy of the Edge, paranormal romance of Hidden Legacy, and Innkeeper Chronicles.
(The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the B...)
2012(Nevada and Rogan navigate a world where magic is the norm...)
2017(The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the B...)
(Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impress...)
2016(Now, Ilona Andrews delves deeper into Kate’s world, and r...)
2012(Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers - a special grou...)
2019(There’s no place like home for the holidays… especially a...)
2020(After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Da...)
2015(Nevada Baylor is faced with the most challenging case of ...)
(Karina Tucker is driving a van of children home from a fi...)
2016(In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Ca...)
2019(In a distant, future world Kinsmen-small powerful groups ...)
2018(As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters hav...)
2020(Kate Daniels works for the Order of the Knights of Mercif...)
2010(Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taki...)
2018(Audrey Callahan left behind her life in the Edge, and she...)
2011(Nevada Frida Baylor and Connor Ander Rogan cordially invi...)
2018(Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the...)
2018(Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes he...)
(Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally...)
2016(Grace has always known she wasn’t like everyone else and ...)
2015(Dina DeMille doesn’t run your typical Bed and Breakfast. ...)
2015(This is a short novel, about 60,000 words. On the outside...)
2013(The World of Kinsmen Family is everything. Talent is powe...)
2018(Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job. Kate Daniels may...)
2011Andrews' primary genre is Urban Fantasy, however, they play around with genres, blending and mixing and overlapping with other genres. At times, work is hard to define in terms of genre, such as The Edge Series. Ilona Andrews always brings something unique and inventive and alive to anything they write. The worlds they create are utterly imaginative and unique awing all who read their work.
Quotations: "We always gravitated to stories that mixed technology and magic. When we were younger we always watched cartoons like He-Man or Flash Gordon. It was such an interesting mix of technology and magic. Our world is kind of set now in a sense where if you possess the key to the technology, you’re pretty much guaranteed success. Wealth, power, all those things. And introducing magic into it just kind of turns everything on its head. It’s exciting."
Gordon and Ilona currently reside in Oregon with their two children, three dogs, and a cat.