The Kingdom Hearts novels are a series of books that are based on the games of the Kingdom Hearts series. They are all written by Tomoco Kanemaki and the covers are illustrated by Shiro Amano who also did the manga of the Kingdom Hearts series. They are all published by Square Enix. However, Yen Press has acquired the license to publish the Kingdom Hearts novels, the first was released on March 24, 2015 and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The Novel will be released in English for the first time on September 22, 2015.