Adrienne Kress author page

Adrienne Kress biography

Adrienne Kress is a writer and actress who was born and raised in Toronto. Her work for children includes The Explorers series: The Door in the Alley, The Reckless Rescue and The Quest for the Kid.

The Door in the Alley was published by Delacorte Press in 2017 as the first book in The Explorers series. The series continued with The Reckless Rescue and The Quest for the Kid.

Her earlier children’s novels include Alex and the Ironic Gentleman and Timothy and the Dragon’s Gate. Alex and the Ironic Gentleman won the Heart of Hawick Children’s Book Award and was a finalist for the Red Cedar Award.

Kress has also written young adult fiction, including The Friday Society, published in 2012, and Outcast, published in 2013. Her franchise fiction includes Bendy and the Ink Machine novels such as Dreams Come to Life, The Lost Ones and Fade to Black, as well as the Five Nights at Freddy’s interactive novel Return to the Pit.

Ghost Circus, a middle-grade graphic novel written by Kress and illustrated by Jade Zhang, was published by Union Square Kids on 19 August 2025.