Nalini Singh (author)

Nalini Singh (born 1977) is a New Zealand author of Indo-Fijian descent. She has authored numerous paranormal romance novels.

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,^[1] then studied Law and English Literature at the University of Auckland, and worked as a law clerk after graduating^[2] LLB (conjoint) with honours in 2001.

In 1999, Singh placed third in the Romance Writers of New Zealand's Clendon Award competition. 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.^[3] "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,^[4] the USA Today best-sellers list,^[5] and the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list.^[6]

She has won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best novella/novelette (twice, in 2008 and 2009).^[7] Alpha Night won the Favourite Paranormal Romance at the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Awards.^[8] Her 2021 crime novel, Quiet in Her Bones, was a finalist for the Best Crime Novel at the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards.^[9]

The Guild Hunter series, which began with Angels' Blood in 2005, will conclude with Archangel's Eternity, set to be published May 2026.^[10][11]

Despite living in Auckland, New Zealand, Singh has been described as "the most famous author that New Zealanders had never heard of."^[12]

Singh has had over three dozen novels published.^[13] She has also self-published several short stories.

• Slave to Sensation (Sept 2006) ISBN 978-0-425-21286-8
• Visions of Heat (March 2007) ISBN 978-0-425-21575-3
• Caressed by Ice (Sept 2007) ISBN 978-0-425-21842-6
• Mine to Possess (Feb 2008) ISBN 978-0-425-22016-0
• Hostage to Pleasure (Sept 2008) ISBN 978-0-425-22325-3
• Branded by Fire (July 2009) ISBN 978-0-425-22673-5
• Blaze of Memory (Nov 2009) ISBN 978-0-425-23544-7
• Bonds of Justice (July 2010) ISBN 978-0-425-23544-7
• Play of Passion (Nov 2010) ISBN 978-0-425-23779-3
• Kiss of Snow (May 2011) ISBN 978-0-425-24209-4, ISBN 978-0-425-24489-0
• Tangle of Need (May 2012) ISBN 978-0-425-24756-3, ISBN 978-0-425-25109-6
• Heart of Obsidian (June 2013) ISBN 978-0-425-26399-0, ISBN 978-0-425-26400-3
• Shield of Winter (June 2014) ISBN 978-0-425-26401-0, ISBN 978-0-425-26402-7
• Shards of Hope (June 2015) ISBN 978-0-425-26403-4, ISBN 978-0-425-26404-1
• Allegiance of Honor (June 2016) ISBN 978-0-425-26403-4, ISBN 978-0-425-26404-1

• Silver Silence (June 2017) ISBN 978-1-101-98779-7, ISBN 978-1-101-98780-3
• Ocean Light (June 2018) ISBN 978-1-101-98782-7
• Wolf Rain (June 2019) ISBN 978-1-9848-0359-7
• Alpha Night (June 2020) ISBN 978-1-9848-0364-1
• Last Guard (July 2021) ISBN 978-1-9848-0365-8
• Storm Echo (Aug 2022) ISBN 978-0-593-44067-4
• Resonance Surge (July 2023) ISBN 978-0-593-44071-1
• Primal Mirror (July 2024) ISBN 978-0-593-44073-5
• Atonement Sky (July 2025) ISBN 978-0-593-81952-4

• Angel's Blood (May 2009) ISBN 978-0-425-22692-6
• Archangel's Kiss (Feb 2010) ISBN 978-0-425-23336-8
• Archangel's Consort (Jan 2011) ISBN 978-0-425-24013-7
• Archangel's Blade (Sept 2011) ISBN 978-0-425-24391-6
• Archangel's Storm (Sept 2012) ISBN 978-0-425-24658-0
• Archangel's Legion (Oct 2013) ISBN 978-0-425-25124-9
• Archangel's Shadows (Oct 2014) ISBN 978-0-425-25117-1
• Archangel's Enigma (Sept 2015) ISBN 978-0-425-25126-3
• Archangel's Heart (Nov 2016) ISBN 978-0-451-48800-8
• Archangel's Viper (Sept 2017) ISBN 978-0-451-48824-4
• Archangel's Prophecy (Oct 2018) ISBN 978-0-451-49164-0
• Archangel's War (Sept 2019) ISBN 978-0-451-49166-4
• Archangel's Sun (Nov 2020) ISBN 978-0-593-19813-1
• Archangel's Light (Oct 2021) ISBN 978-0-593-19814-8
• Archangel's Resurrection (Oct 2022) ISBN 978-1-4732-3149-8
• Archangel's Lineage (April 2024) ISBN 978-0-593-55001-4
• Archangel's Ascension (May 2025) ISBN 978-0-593-55003-8

• Rock Addiction (Sept 2014)
• Rock Courtship (June 2015)
• Rock Hard (March 2015)
• Rock Redemption (Oct 2015)
• Rock Wedding (July 2016)

• Cherish Hard (2017)
• Rebel Hard (2018)
• Love Hard (2021)
• Kiss Hard (2022)

• Lord of the Abyss (2011) (part of Royal House of Shadows series) ISBN 978-0-373-61872-9

• A Madness of Sunshine (December 2019) ISBN 978-0-593-09913-1
• Quiet in Her Bones^[14] (Feb 2021) ISBN 147322957X, 978-1473229570
• There Should Have Been Eight^[15] (Nov 2023) ISBN 9780593549766
• Such a Perfect Family (Jan 2026) ISBN 9780593549797^[16]

• Desert Warrior (Aug 2003) ISBN 978-0-373-76529-4
• Awaken to Pleasure (Aug 2004) ISBN 978-0-373-76602-4
• Awaken the Senses (May 2005) ISBN 978-0-373-76651-2, ISBN 978-0-373-76651-2
• Craving Beauty (July 2005) ISBN 978-0-373-76667-3 (formerly: Marriage at First Sight)
• Marriage Bed Secrets (March 2006) ISBN 978-0-373-76716-8 (formerly: Secrets in the Marriage Bed)
• To Have and to Hold (Feb 2007) ISBN 978-0-373-76781-6 (formerly: Bound by Marriage)

Singh spent three years working in Japan as an English teacher and touring other parts of Asia. At other times she has also worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, and a bank temp, but "not necessarily in that order".^[24]

• Nalini Singh's personal web site
• NZ Herald best-sellers list
• NY Times best-sellers list (12 November 2010)
• Sir Julius Vogels award winners official list 2008 & 2009
• BookAwards list of SJV award winners
• Scoop report on SJV winners
• PublishMe report on SJV winners
• Women on Writing
• The Clendon Award is administered by the Romance Writers of New Zealand Incorporated