About Me
Photo Credit: Paul Carby
K. B. Hoyle is a bestselling author, a creative writing teacher, and a former classical history teacher who uses her knowledge of the ancient and medieval worlds to pen fantasy tales for young adults. She has been married since the age of twenty to the love of her life, with whom she has three wonderful little boys. Her quest to write inspiring fiction began at the age of eleven when she started her first fantasy novel. The pen truly is mightier than the sword, and K. B. has always viewed her writing as a way to introduce truth, beauty, and goodness into the hearts and minds of young people.
K. B. is currently writing the Young Adult Fantasy series The Gateway Chronicles, and Breeder, the first in her New Adult Dystopian trilogy, and she never stops brainstorming all the stories she plans to write in the future.
K. B. is currently writing the Young Adult Fantasy series The Gateway Chronicles, and Breeder, the first in her New Adult Dystopian trilogy, and she never stops brainstorming all the stories she plans to write in the future.
Books 1 and 5 of The Gateway Chronicles are now Amazon top 100 bestsellers!
Go here to read reviews and order copies!
Go here to read reviews and order copies!
What's in the Works?
One Tough Kid
Bryan Carr was one tough kid, and although I met him only in passing a couple years ago, he made a lasting impact on my life. I got to know his mother, Christine Carr, through my books, as she's a reader and a supporter of The Gateway Chronicles. So when her young son was diagnosed with a rare immune deficiency illness that would require a transplant, I followed her blog and prayed and hoped with the family as Bryan fought for his life. When I was writing The Scroll, I would often take breaks to read updates on Bryan's progress. After a months-long fight, Bryan passed away on February 19th, 2013 - my birthday. He was a week and a half away from his fifth birthday, March 2nd - Darcy's birthday in my books. I feel I will always have a connection with Bryan, and following his heroic journey and his family's faith journey through great ups and downs, suffering and loss, has forever influenced my perception of the ways in which God sustains people through great tragedy. I have wanted for a long time to partner with Jay and Christine Carr in some fashion to help other children who are fighting chronic and terminal illnesses, and the opportunity presented itself when I found out about One Tough Kid - the organization the Carrs are forming in Bryan's memory to celebrate and encourage Tough Kids everywhere. In the Carr's own words: "When other children and adults are made aware of a Tough Kid's delightful spirit, in spite of their struggles, a magical thing happens! The concept of hero is elevated. The urge to complain grows less. And the capacity to love grows more." Below you will find a flyer about the Tough Kids Tournament (including a downloadable version) that will take place on March 8th. If you live in the Birmingham, AL (USA) area, I encourage you to participate! But we want to see OTK grow to a national level, and that is where I'm trying to help. I will be actively promoting OTK from now through the end of March, and for every copy of a Gateway Chronicles book sold during the month of March, I will donate $1.00 to the organization. But you don't have to buy my books to support OTK. Please join the Facebook community here: https://www.facebook.com/Onetoughkid Visit the website for more information here: http://onetoughkid.org And help spread through word by following @OneToughKid_OTK on Twitter using #onetoughkid (consider linking to the above sites and/or my website) https://twitter.com/OneToughKid_OTK Together we can help and encourage Tough Kids everywhere! In the words of the Carrs, "You may not be able to cure them, but your love and support is always a healing act." 
NOW AVAILABLE!
The fifth book of The Gateway Chronicles, The Scroll, is now available! Order this Amazon Bestselling YA book by clicking on the cover on the right or going to the "Order Books" page. 
I finished the 1st rough draft of The Bone Whistle, the sixth and final book in my bestselling YA series, The Gateway Chronicles, on December 21st. After seven years of working on this series, it is exciting to know my readers will soon get to find out how it all ends!
Now on to nine months of edits and revisions... 
I am hard at work writing Breeder, the first in my New Adult Dystopian Romance trilogy, for publication in late 2014! |
What's Up on the Blog?
" 'And Now for Something Completely Different...' "
Please visit my blog to find out about what's going to be taking place in 2014! I'm excited to be finishing off The Gateway Chronicles and venturing into Dystopia with Breeder. Come read all about it! Learn more about K. B. HoyleWould you like to schedule me for a visit to your school, business, or organization? Just download the above press kit by clicking on the download file below. In it you'll find information on my previous speaking engagements and appearances, and you'll learn how you can contact TWCS to schedule me for a visit.
Recent Video and AudioPost by K. B. Hoyle. 
Click above to listen to my Oct. 16th interview on the Jiggy Jaguar Show!
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