Previously, Kenyon had published her first story in 1975, and in the mid 1980's she was a writer for the science fiction magazine, Cutting Edge. Once in an apartment Kenyon was able to return to writing.

Although money was already tight, after their first child was born and he graduated they lost their house, subsequently forcing them to live out of their car until they were able to secure an apartment some months later. They married in 1990, and they moved to Jackson, Mississippi, while he studied law. She went to Georgia College in the 1980's, and there she met her future husband, Lawrence Kenyon. Kenyon started writing while in high school, in part as therapy to escape other aspects of her life. She describes her childhood as defined by abuse and poverty, but she remained close to her mother, who encouraged and shared her interest in horror, the paranormal and science fiction. The fourth child in a family of five children, her parents, Harold and Malene Woodward, divorced when she was eight, at which point she lived with her grandparents. Sherrilyn Kenyon was born on 11 December 1965 in Columbus, Georgia. 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. Kenyon's novels have over 70 million copies in print in over 100 countries. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she writes historical fiction with paranormal elements.

She is best known for her Dark Hunter series. Under her former married name, she wrote both urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Sherrilyn Kenyon (born December 11, 1965) is a bestselling US writer. Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy, Science fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Suspense Kinley MacGregor, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Sherrilyn McQueen

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