Elle Kennedy

Elle Kennedy is a Canadian author known for her contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels. She has achieved bestseller status on The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal lists.

Elle Kennedy was born in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario. She pursued her passion for writing from a young age. Kennedy holds a B.A. in English from York University, which she obtained in 2005.

Kennedy's career spans multiple publishers, including Harlequin Enterprises, New American Library, Berkley, and Entangled Publishing. In her work, you will find strong heroines, alpha heroes and a mix of heat and danger. In particular, her Off-Campus series has been published in over twenty countries and received international acclaim. It includes titles like The Deal (2015), The Mistake (2015), The Score (2016), The Goal (2016), and The Legacy (2021). This series has a spinoff called Briar U, featuring books such as The Chase (2018) and The Risk (2019).

Another spinoff, the Campus Diaries series, includes The Graham Effect (2023) and The Dixon Rule (2024).

In the romantic suspense, Kennedy's Killer Instincts series features titles like Midnight Rescue (2012) and Midnight Target (2017). She has also written for the Harlequin Romantic Suspense line with books like Missing Mother-To-Be (2011) and Millionaire's Last Stand (2011).

Kennedy has received numerous accolades, including a RITA Award 2016 for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length for the book Him, co-written with Sarina Bowen. Her book The Deal was a finalist for the Goodreads Best Romance award in 2015 and a nominee for the People's Choice Awards Best Romance category the same year.

In addition to her series work, Kennedy has written standalone novels. Her latest is Girl Abroad (2024), about nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly, who moves to London for a year's study abroad programme, seeking independence from her retired rock star father.

Elle Kennedy lives in Toronto.

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