Nalini Singh is a New Zealand author of Indo-Fijian descent. She has authored numerous paranormal romance novels. Early life Of Indian descent, Nalini Singh was born in 1977 in Suva, Fiji, and moved to Auckland, New Zealand when she was 10. She attended Mount Roskill Grammar School, then studied Law and English Literature at the University of Auckland, where she graduated LLB (conjoint) with honours in 2001. Writing In 1999, Singh placed third in the Romance Writers of New Zealand's Clendon Award competition. Then in 2001 her manuscript "Coaxing the Sheik" won the Jane Porter Award for highest-placed Mills and Boon, as well as the Clendon Award's Readers' Choice Award that year. "Coaxing the Sheik" went on to be her first published work, published under the title Desert Warrior through the imprint Silhouette Desire in 2003. Her books have appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list, the USA Today best-sellers list, and the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list. She has won several other awards including the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best novella/novelette (twice, in 2008 and 2009). Alpha Night won the Favourite Paranormal Romance at the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Awards. Her 2021 crime novel, Quiet in Her Bones, was a finalist for the Best Crime Novel at the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards. Bibliography Singh has had over two dozen novels published,. She has also self-published several short stories. Psy-Changeling series Initial series Trinity series Short stories These short stories were made available on Singh's own website, or in her "Newsletter Exclusives" e-book. Deleted Scenes Guild Hunter series Novels Short stories These short stories were made available on Singh's own website, or in her "Newsletter Exclusives" e-book. Deleted Scenes Rock Kiss series Novels Short stories Available in Newsletter Exclusives: Volume 1 Music Awards (Molly, Fox, others) David's Memo to Thea (Thea, David) Thea's Reply (David, Thea) With This Memo (the main characters) Sunshine (the main characters) Hard Play series Royal House of Shadows A series of 4 books each by a different author Other books Standalone A Madness of Sunshine (December 2019) Quiet in Her Bones (Feb 2021) Silhouette Desire Short stories Star Kissed - free short story - about the Keepers - available on Nalini's website or Newsletter Exclusives: Volume 1 Anthologies and collections Other work Nalini Singh spent three years working in Japan as an English teacher and touring other parts of Asia. At other times she