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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2012
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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About the Author

Kristen Simmons is the author of the Article 5 series, The Glass Arrow and Meltdown. She has worked with survivors of abuse and trauma as a mental health therapist, taught Jazzercise in five states, and is forever in search of the next best cupcake.

Currently she lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, where she spends her days supporting the caffeine industry and chasing her delightfully rambunctious son.

Full Series List in Order

Article 5

1 - Article 5 (Feb-2012)
2 - Breaking Point (Feb-2013)
3 - Three (Feb-2014)

Death Games

1 - Find Him Where You Left Him Dead (Oct-2023)
2 - She Waits for You Beyond the Dark (Sep-2024)

Vale Hall

1 - The Deceivers (Feb-2019)
2 - Scammed (Feb-2020)
3 - Payback (Feb-2021)

Book List in Order: 13 titles



  • New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes. There are no more police -- instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior -- ...



  • After faking their deaths to escape from prison in Article 5, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed. Near-celebrities now for the increasingly sensationaliz...



  • Kristen Simmons' fast-paced, gripping YA dystopian series continues in "Three." Ember Miller and Chase Jennings are ready to stop running. After weeks spent in hiding as two of the Bureau of Reformation’s most wanted criminals, they have finally...



  • Once there was a time when men and women lived as equals, when girl babies were valued, and women could belong only to themselves. But that was ten generations ago. Now women are property, to be sold and owned and bred, while a strict census keeps th...



  • When rumors of an uprising in Metaltown's factories hits Bakerstown, sixteen-year-old wannabe reporter Caris knows she's found the story that will finally prove her worth to the Journal. "Burned Away" is a standalone story set in the world of Metalto...



  • Kristen Simmons's Metaltown, where factories rule, food is scarce, and hope is in short supply. The rules of Metaltown are simple: Work hard, keep your head down, and watch your back. You look out for number one, and no one knows that better than ...



  • "A harrowing world. Pacifica will have you breathlessly fearing our own future." -- Sara Raasch, New York Times bestselling authorBlue skies. Green grass. Clear ocean water. An island paradise like the ones that existed before the Melt.A lucky five h...



  • Kristen Simmons, critically acclaimed author of Article 5 and Metaltown, brings her trademark action, romance, and frightening prescience to this tale of high seas adventure. For too long our people have suffered, plagued by overcrowding, disease,...



  • Kristen Simmons, the author of the Article 5 series and METALTOWN, brings her remarkable imagination to this intrigue-filled contemporary drama where good kids are needed to do some very bad things in THE DECEIVERS. Welcome to Vale Hall, the scho...






  • The stakes are higher. The cons are riskier. And nothing is what you think it is. Brynn Hilder is living a life she never dreamed possible: She lives in a mansion, getting a top-rate education at Vale Hall. She has friends and an almost-boyfriend....



  • The unpredictable truth will be revealed in Payback, the stunning conclusion to Kristen Simmons’ Edgar Award-nominated thriller series that started with The Deceivers...Brynn Hilder has conned a lot of people. From the spoiled rich kids of Sikawa C...



  • AT DAWN HE’LL BE GONE AND YOU’LL BE HERE FOREVER.Kristen Simmons's masterful breakout horror novel that's "Jumanji but Japanese-inspired" (Kendare Blake) about estranged friends playing a deadly game in a nightmarish folkloric underworld. This ed...



  • The finale to Kristen Simmons's masterful horror duology that's "Jumanji but Japanese-inspired" (Kendare Blake) about estranged friends playing a deadly game in a nightmarish folkloric underworld. “Twists, turns, and genuine palpable emotion.” -...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kristen Simmons has published 13 books.

The next book by Kristen Simmons, She Waits for You Beyond the Dark, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Kristen Simmons, Article 5, was published in February 2012.

Yes. Kristen Simmons has 3 series.