Michelle M. Pillow
NYT & USAT Bestselling Author
Michelle M. Pillow® is a Romance, Cozy Mystery, and Women's Fiction Author with over a million books sold. Romance Writers of America has recognized her for publishing over 100 titles.
As long as she can remember, Michelle has had a strange fascination with anything supernatural and sci-fi. After discovering historical romance novels, it was only natural that the supernatural and love/romance elements should someday meet in her wonderland of a brain. She's glad they did for their children have been pouring onto the computer screen ever since.
Michelle loves to travel and try new things, whether it's a paranormal investigation of an old Vaudeville Theatre or climbing Mayan temples in Belize. She's addicted to movies and used to drive her mother crazy while quoting random scenes with her brother. Though it has yet to happen, her dream is to be a zombie in a horror movie. (She came close as a refugee extra on SyFy's Z Nation, Fall 2016!) Michelle is involved with various film and historical documentary projects with her filmmaker husband.
For the most part she can be found wearing pajama pants while writing in her office, and enjoying a cup of coffee.
Genres: Science Fiction, Futuristic, Paranormal, Shifter, Vampire, Ghost, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Contemporary, Historical, Chick Lit, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal Women's Fiction (PWF)
Bestselling series: Dragon Lords (dragon-shifters), Lords of the Var® (cat-shifters), Warlocks MacGregor® (contemporary-set Scottish magic), Lords of the Abyss (merfolk), and more...
Works

Second Chance Magic
Secrets broke her heart... and have now come back from the grave to haunt her.
So far, Lorna Addams’ forties are not what she expected. After a very public embarrassment, she finds it difficult to trust her judgment when it comes to new friendships and dating. She might be willing to give love a second chance when she meets the attractive William Warrick, if only she could come to terms with what her husband did to her and leave it in the past.
How is a humiliated empty nest widow supposed to move on with her life? It’s not like she can develop a sixth sense, séance her ex back, force him to tell her why and give her closure. Or can she?
PRAISE FOR SECOND CHANCE MAGIC
"The perfect combination of spine-tingling magic, paranormal fun, and the strength of female friendships. Michelle M. Pillow delivers an emotionally powerful, must-have read."—K.F. Breene, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Washington Post bestselling author of the Demigods of San Francisco
“Michelle M. Pillow brings us yet another hilariously touching story, this one set in the world of paranormal women’s fiction, and you won’t want to put it down. I know I didn’t! Then again, she had me at séance.” -NY Times Bestselling Author Darynda Jones
"When the past and the present merge…awesome author Michelle Pillow brings secrets from the grave and other things that go bump in the night into a fantastic story of second chances in the second act of life." - Jana DeLeon, NY Times, USA TODAY, & WSJ Bestselling Author
"Second Chance Magic starts with a bang and does not slow down! It’s a beautifully written story of starting over and finding your inner power. Highly recommended." - Elizabeth Hunter, USA TODAY Bestselling Author of the Elemental Mysteries
"Michelle M. Pillow's Second Chance Magic proves that sometimes all it takes to get a second chance after a massive betrayal, is a little luck, a lot of magic, and the help of your best friends." - Mandy M. Roth, NY Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Author
"Michelle M. Pillow's Second Chance Magic is full of delicious secrets! What's not a secret is how much you're going to love this book and this heroine. I'll take book two now!" - Kristen Painter, USA Today Bestselling Author
“Delightfully heartfelt and filled with emotion. Psychic powers, newly discovered magic, and a troublesome ex who comes back from the grave. Michelle M. Pillow delivers a wonderfully humorous start to a new paranormal women's fiction romance series.” - Robyn Peterman, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author
"Second Chance Magic is full of heart and everything I love in a paranormal tale. Great friends, second chances, and physic powers... what's not to love?" - Deanna Chase, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author
Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes ((Un)Lucky Valley Book One 1)
Spirit and Spells (Warlocks MacGregor 5)
Fooled Around and Spelled in Love (The Happily Everlasting Series)
Curses and Cupcakes (The Happily Everlasting Series)
Cauldrons and Confessions (Warlocks MacGregor Book 4)
Spark (Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides Book 1)
Spellbound (Warlocks MacGregor 2)
Love Potions (Warlocks MacGregor Book 1)
Determined Prince (Captured by a Dragon-Shifter Book 1)
The Dragon's Queen (Dragon Lords Book 9)
Lord of Fire, Lady of Ice (Medieval Historical)
His Frost Maiden (Space Lords Book 1)
Bit by the Bug (Matthews Sisters Book 1 - Virgin Books/Random House)
King of the Unblessed (Realm Immortal Book 1)
The Mighty Hunter (Lords of the Abyss Book 1)
The Savage King (Lords of the Var Book 1)
Maiden and the Monster (RT Award Winning Historical)
Warrior Prince (Dragon Lords Book 4)
Forget Me Not (Formerly The Mists of Midnight)
Barbarian Prince (Dragon Lords Book 1)
Awards and Recognition
- New York Times (#8) & USA Today Bestselling Author
- 2015 Virginia Romance Writers HOLT Medallion Award of Merit recipient for outstanding literary fiction in Paranormal, Love Potions
- 2011 Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award Nominee
- Winner 2006 Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for the historical romance Maiden and the Monster
- 2007 Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Award Nominee for the futuristic romance The Bound Prince
- Kensington Brava Novella Contest Finalist (3rd)
- Romance Writers of America's 100 Published Romances pin
- #1 Bestselling Author, Amazon.com
Press and Media Mentions
- Lane, Carly (February 8, 2019). "10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Romance Recommendations to Help You Weather February". SYFY.
- Arranged Marriage Perfect Juxtapose in Gothic Twister - An interview with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Michelle M. Pillow (Paranormal Underground Magazine March 2017)
- Oxford’s Women on the Move: Romance Novelist Adds Sci-Fi Flair to Oxford (HottyToddy.com, July 2018)