Famous Authors of theVampire Genre
"The vampire image  is a mythic image that we use to talk about being human.   Vampires are not literal evil.  They enable me to talk about ideas that go beyond them.... "
- Anne Rice, in a comment published in The Vampire Companion by Katherine Ramsland
The vampire has been portrayed throughout history through works of fiction and literature.   Below is a list of female and male authors who have contributed greatly to the vampire fiction genre.   Click on their names to find their bios, pictures, bibliographies and more. 

  
Female

Elaine Bergstrom

Poppy Z Brite

Nancy A Collins

Laurel K Hamilton

Tanya Huff

Jeanne Kalogradis

Tanith Lee

Katherine Ramsland

Anne Rice

Chelsea Quinn Yarbo
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Male

PN Elrod

Tom Holland

Richard Laymon

Sheridan Le Fanu

Richard Matheson

Gordon Melton

Kim Newman

Christopher Pike

Fred Saberhagen

Brian Stableford

Bram Stoker

Whitley Strieber
 


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