Karen E. Taylor
Karen E. Taylor | |
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Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
Education | Grove City College |
Occupation | Novelist |
Known for | The Vampire Legacy series |
Karen E. Taylor is an American novelist who is known for The Vampire Legacy series of novels, which has been published by Kensington Books.[1][2]
Formative years and family
[edit]Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Taylor graduated from Churchill High School and Grove City College. She developed an interest in the theater before becoming a writer, later saying that she preferred writing because "You get to write all the lines and play all the parts."
After residing near Los Angeles, California with her husband and pets, she and her family relocated to Alexandria, Virginia in 2011. In 2019, they relocated to Vancouver, Washington.
Career
[edit]A reader of vampire/horror novels, Karen first started writing Blood Secrets in January 1988. She conceived of writing the novel while living across the street from a cemetery, but reportedly never intended to create an ongoing series. She subsequently embarked on the creation of a series in response to the success of her first book. That series now includes seven titles. Los Angeles Times contributor Robert Masello described her as the Los Angeles area's "own Anne Rice."[3]
Taylor's short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including: Love Bites, 100 Vicious Little Vampires, 100 Wicked Little Witches, A Horror Story A Day, and Seductive Spectres. In 2001, she was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for best short story for "Mexican Moon."
Bibliography
[edit]The Vampire Legacy Series
- Blood Red Dawn - 2004
- Resurrection - 2002
- The Vampire Vivienne - 2001
- Blood of my Blood - 2000
- Blood Ties - 1995
- Bitter Blood - 1994
- Blood Secrets - 1994
Collections
NOVELS The Vampire Legacy—Published by Pinnacle Books
Blood Secrets
as HUNGER July 2011
Bitter Blood
as HUNGER July 2011
Blood Ties
as CRAVE October 2011
Blood of My Blood
as CRAVE October 2011
The Vampire Vivienne Resurrection Blood Red Dawn
TWELVE STEPS FROM DARKNESS, Juno Books, April 2007
HUNGER, Kensington Books, July 2011
CRAVE, Kensington Books, October, 2011
SHORT FICTION
Fangs and Angel Wings
The short fiction of Karen E. Taylor
"Gestation"
Dark Fluidity
"Two's Company, Five's a Crowd"
Family Plots
"A Good Idea at the Time"
Women Writing Science Fiction as Men
"Happy Mother's Day" (with Barbara J. Ferrenz)
Brainbox II: Son of Brainbox
"Freedom"
Brainbox: The Real Horror
"Mexican Moon"
Daughter of Dangerous Dames
"Forever"
Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories
"Romeo Falling"
Return of the Dinosaurs
"The Presence"
Seductive Spectres
"Obsession"
No Other Tribute
"The Mirrored Image"
Love Bites
"VampWare"
100 Vicious Little Vampires
"The Blood of the Rose"
100 Wicked Little Witches
Book of Dead Things
Best of Horrorfind II
Twilight Tales
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lamb, Joyce. "You're all alone in a dark cemetery: Time for new paranormals." USA Today, August 1, 2013.
- ^ Masello, Robert. "The skeleton crew makes things go bump in the night." Los Angeles, California: The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2004, p. E1 (subscription required).
- ^ Masello, Robert. "A night gallery." Los Angeles, California: The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2004, p. E6 (subscription required).
External links
[edit]- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
- American fantasy writers
- American horror writers
- American women novelists
- Grove City College
- Living people
- Novelists from Pennsylvania
- American women horror writers
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Writers from Pittsburgh