I write young adult fantasy, dystopian fiction, and speculative stories under the pen name K. R. S. McEntire.
NOVELS & NOVELLAS
That Girl Who Ran Off and Kissed a Vampire, 2025
A Dance of Blood and Destiny, 2023
Making Eden (The Eden Saga), 2022
Alice and the VooDoo Queen (novella), 2020
Finding Eden (The Eden Saga), 2020
Saving Eden (The Eden Saga), 2019
EDITORIAL & ANTHOLOGY PROJECTS
Curator, Editor, and Organizer, Once Upon a Realm: Remixed Fairy Tales by Diverse Voices, 2024
Co-Editor & Organizer, Kindred Kingdoms: An Epic Fantasy Anthology Celebrating Diversity, Culture, and Kinship, 2022
Co-Editor & Organizer, Girls of Might and Magic, 2021
ANTHOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS
“Tomorrow Kingdom,” Love and Other Dangers, Dystopian Ink (2023)
“The Queens Kitchen,” Tales from the Otherworlds, Bandele Books (2023)
“The ARC Experiment,” The Dystopian Guide to the Galaxy, Dystopian Ink (2022)
“War of Tides and Tombs,” Ink & Incantation, Golden Bird Press (2022)
“Twisted,” Once Upon a Dystopia, Dystopian Ink (2021)
“Orphans & Kingdoms,” The Devil You Know, Fiction-Atlas Press (2020)
“Encounters,” Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire, Mocha Memoirs Press (2020)
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Indie Ink Awards Finalist, 2025
Category: Black Representation by a Black Author
That Girl Who Ran Off and Kissed a Vampire
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Panelist, Writing While Black, San Jose Public Library, 2026 – Watch Online
Panelist, Avon Public Library Author & Illustrator Fair, November 2024
Lit Talk Panelist, Imaginarium Book Festival, June 2024
Author Talk, Indianapolis Public Library – Martindale-Brightwood Branch, September 2023
Panelist, Diversity in Speculative Fiction, Diverse Books With Magic, 2020 – Watch Online
Featured Author Appearances:
Columbus Book Festival (Columbus, OH), July 2026
Imaginarium Book Festival (Washington, D.C.), 2024 and 2025
Authors of Tomorrow, Tomorrow Bookstore, 2025
Indy Reads Books Local Author Fair
Meet an Author, Be an Author – Indianapolis Public Library (Various years)
Juneteenth Book Festival – Center for Black Literature & Culture (Various years)
Meet the Artists – Indianapolis Public Library, 2022
MEDIA & PRESS
“ASMR: Soft-spoken storytime with Indy authors”
Mirror Indy, 2026 – Watch Video
“A Look into Black Representation in Fantasy and Fiction”
Indianapolis Recorder, 2026 – Read Article
Writing Diverse YA Fantasy, Community Building, and Indie Publishing
Written In Melanin Podcast, 2025 – Watch Interview
“I Love to Read: Circle City Magic Story Bundle”
WISH-TV, September 2025 – Watch Feature
“Celebration of Black women in fantasy”
Indianapolis Recorder, 2023 – Read Article
Conversation with Dystopian Ink
Caprichos Books, 2020 – Watch Panel
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