Bitten is a fantasy novel by Canadian writer Kelley Armstrong, published in 2001.

Elena Michaels is the only known female werewolf, but she grows tired of spending her life pursuing rogue werewolves and trying to control her temper and violence.

She had the idea to portray werewolves as other than "bloodthirsty, ravening beasts" and quickly wrote a short story about a young woman who becomes a werewolf to present to her writing group.

[3][4] On 23 August 2012, Space announced that a full-season TV adaptation of Bitten would commence production in spring 2013.

[7] On 12 August 2014, the full first season was released in the United States on Blu-ray and DVD.