J. Kepler Arden
Author of atmospheric supernatural mysteries where skepticism and wonder are allowed to occupy the same room.
Keep the biography quiet. Turn up the story.
J. Kepler Arden writes supernatural mystery and paranormal thrillers about unreliable evidence, strange histories, difficult questions, and the human urge to give the unknown a name.
The Night Signal Trilogy begins with Dead Air, following podcast host Nora Mercer and audio engineer Nick Reyes as they investigate reputed hauntings across the United States. Most cases have perfectly ordinary explanations. A few refuse to cooperate.
J. Kepler Arden is a pen name. The author keeps personal biography deliberately off-mic and lets the fiction carry the signal.
The official home for J. Kepler Arden and future fiction is jkeplerarden.com.
Start with Dead Air.
The first Night Signal novel introduces Field Static, Nora Mercer, Nick Reyes, and the recording that should not exist.