Guest Post! Erin Casey
The Purple Door District Series by Erin Casey
Bianca was supposed to attend art school in Chicago, not run for her life from Hunters. The only chance she has to survive is to find The Purple Door District, a safe haven for a parahuman like herself. When she stumbles upon a magus named Gladus and a fellow avian named Carlos, she thinks she's found safety. But the Hunters are relentless, as is the dark force driving them.
Vampire, werewolf, avian, magus—
It's up to the parahumans of the Purple Door District of Chicago to put their differences aside to save Bianca and stop a dark threat from destroying their peaceful community.
Thus begins the epic adventure of The Purple Door District series. The world of The Purple Door District started out as the stubborn brainchild of AE Kellar and myself, Erin Casey. We’ve spent years writing together, researching, brainstorming, and developing characters and rules governing our parahumans and worlds. Our main series, Fates and Furies, is still in production but occurs in the same urban fantasy setting.
When we started to design the District, I latched onto it and suddenly had ideas blossoming in my head about creating one in Chicago. The themes of family, diversity, and community really stuck with me, and I wanted to further develop the world and lend voices to a wide variety of characters. My hope is that everyone is able to see themselves in the book. Plus, as a birdmom of seven feathered kids, it gave me the chance to professionally write about a werebird, even if I still get the side eye. With AE’s blessing, I wrote The Purple Door District series to introduce you to our world and insanity.
We jokingly say that AE is the brain and I’m the heart, but I think it’s very true. While AE fills our books with well-researched facts and logic, I add feeling, creativity, and literary flair. I couldn’t have done it without my walking encyclopedia. All you see in the books exists because of our love for storytelling and our incessant need to get fewer than 8 hours of sleep a night.
In December 2019, I launched the second book in the series, Wolf Pit. It takes place about a year-and-a-half after book one and continues the story with many beloved characters.
Werewolves are going missing in Chicago, and fire magus Tess Montgomery will do anything to bring them home. Unfortunately, after a botched rescue mission, she finds herself the unwilling guest of a local Hunter named Arjun. Handsome, charming, and deadly, Arjun tries to convince Tess that not all Hunters are the enemy. He even offers to help her find her packmates. But is he true to his word, or does he have his own wicked plans in mind?
There are more books to come in the series, and soon Fates and Furies will launch as well and immerse you into the entire world that AE Kellar and I have built. We hope that you’ll join us on this incredible and heart pounding journey.
Welcome to the District!
You can purchase both The Purple Door District and Wolf Pit on my site at erincasey.org/store. I provide signed copies! Or, check out amazon.com/author/erincaseyauthor or your local bookstores!