Kathleen Dale

Kathleen Dale (born 17th March 1968) is a British author and poet. She wrote the erotic romance fantasy Spellwood Trilogy between 1992 and 2003, along with companion novels that were published in 1999 and 2018. A collection of her poems were published in 2018 to mark the 40th anniversary of her publishing debut.

Her books have sold a combined total of over 100 million copies worldwide and in 2000, TIME magazine named her one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People". Her novels have been adapted twice, first as a trilogy of films between 2001 and 2005, and again as a Netflix limited series, set to premiere in 2019.