Tricia Levenseller Books in Order

If you want pirates, banter, and sea monsters: Daughter of the Pirate King → Daughter of the Siren Queen → Vengeance of the Pirate Queen
If you want scheming court romance: The Shadows Between Us → The Darkness Within Us
If you want magic weapons and a road-trip quest: Blade of Secrets → Master of Iron
If you want a standalone survival story: Warrior of the Wild

Tricia Levenseller grew up in Oregon, where she spent a lot of time climbing trees and playing make-believe. That early love of imaginary worlds never really left. She now lives in Utah with her bossy dog, Rosy, and writes fantasy full time.

She likes stories that move.

Before publishing, Levenseller had to feel her way into the kind of books she actually wanted to write. As a teenager, she first tried contemporary fiction because she'd heard the old advice to write what you know. Those projects fizzled out. During college, while dealing with anxiety, she made a deal with her mom: if she finished a book over the summer, she wouldn't have to get a summer job. That pushed her back to the keyboard, and this time she let herself write fantasy.

That changed things fast, though not easily. She finished that book, found an agent young, and then learned that early momentum doesn't guarantee publication. Several manuscripts never sold, and when she later queried Daughter of the Pirate King, it was the forty-second agent who finally said yes. The book itself became the first one readers saw, but it was actually the fourth novel she had written.

When Daughter of the Pirate King arrived in 2017, it showed what Levenseller does well: sharp pacing, a heroine with teeth, and a story that doesn't waste time. That book and its sequel, Daughter of the Siren Queen, throw readers into pirate crews, treasure maps, siren magic, and nonstop verbal sparring. People who love those books usually mention Alosa first. She's bold, funny, ruthless, and always a step ahead, which is very much a Levenseller trademark.

She also has a real knack for ambitious girls.

You can see that in The Shadows Between Us, a dark court romance built around a heroine who plans to woo a king, marry him, and kill him. Its companion novel, The Darkness Within Us, returns to that world with another clever, dangerous young woman at the center. In the Bladesmith books, Blade of Secrets and Master of Iron, Levenseller shifts from court schemes to enchanted weapons and life on the run, while giving readers a heroine whose social anxiety shapes every choice she makes.

Then there's Warrior of the Wild, which follows an outcast heir trying to survive the wilderness and reclaim her honor. Across all these books, Levenseller keeps coming back to women who want power, freedom, safety, or revenge, and who are willing to chase those things head-on. Her settings change, from stormy seas to royal courts to monster-filled forests, but the pull stays similar: fast plots, danger, chemistry, and main characters who act instead of waiting around.

In 2025 she expanded into adult romantasy with What Fury Brings, carrying that same love of banter, high stakes, and forceful heroines into an older category. These days she writes full time in Utah. When she's not working, she likes reading, putting together jigsaw puzzles, playing video games, and finding good places to eat. Her books have reached bestseller lists and been translated into more than twenty languages, but the appeal is still pretty simple. If you want fantasy with momentum, romance, and a main character who knows exactly what she wants, she's an easy author to pick up.