Christina Henry

1 series 6 books in order

Christina Henry is a horror and dark fantasy author whose works include The House That Horror Built, Good Girls Don’t Die, Horseman, Near the Bone, The Ghost Tree, The Girl in Red, The Mermaid, Lost Boy, the Chronicles of Alice series (Alice, Red Queen and Looking Glass) and the seven-book urban fantasy Black Wings series. Her short stories have been featured in the anthologies Elemental Forces, Cursed, Twice Cursed, Giving the Devil His Due and Kicking It. She enjoys running long distances, reading anything she can get her hands on and watching movies with samurai, zombies and/or subtitles in her spare time. She lives in Chicago with her husband and son.

Known for
A Black Wings Novel

Series by Christina Henry

A Black Wings Novel

7 books in order · 1936–2013

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    Black Wings

    2010 · Christina Henry

    The first novel of the Black Wings urban fantasy series, by Christina Henry, author of Alice and Lost Boy. As an Agent of Death, Madeline Black is…

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    Black Night

    2011 · Christina Henry

    Madeline Black is an Agent of death, meaning she escorts the souls of people who have died to the afterlife. Of course, not everyone is happy to see…

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    Black Howl

    2012 · Christina Henry

    Something is wrong with the souls of Chicago's dead. Ghosts are walking the streets, and Agent of Death Madeline Black's exasperating boss wants her…

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    Black Lament

    2012 · Christina Henry

    As an Agent of Death, Madeline Black deals with loss every day. But when tragedy touches her own life, Maddy will have to find the strength within to…

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    Black City

    2013 · Christina Henry

    Former Agent of death Madeline Black may have been stripped of her wings—but she hasn’t lost her purpose… When Maddy finally killed her father,…

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    Black Heart

    2013 · Christina Henry

    As a former Agent of Death, Madeline Black is no stranger to witnessing violent ends. But being the one to cause them is an entirely different story……

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  7. Black Spring

    1936 · Henry Miller

    Black Spring is a collection of ten short stories by Henry Miller, published in 1936 by the Obelisk Press in Paris. It was Miller's second published…

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How many books has Christina Henry written?

We list 6 books by Christina Henry across 1 series, published between 1936–2013 — each shown in full reading order.

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