![]() ![]() Howard's Pigeons from Hell, a short story collection which she describes as "the first heroic fantasy I'd read". It was Gentry who regaled her with chilling folktales from the rural Arkansas hills: Hamilton recalls "rawhide and bloody bones will get you if you aren't good."Īt 13 she discovered Robert E. ![]() After a tragic car crash claimed her mother's life in 1969, Laurell was principally raised by her grandmother, Laura Gentry, whom she credits with her interest in the supernatural and with tales of horror. Hamilton grew up in the tiny hamlet of Sims, Indiana. Her work is notable for successfully combining some rather unlikely elements and for appealing to a wide variety of fans, from seasoned street cops to Goth teens to stereotypical Harlequin Romance addicts. Although she has also done novelizations for Star Trek and Ravenloft gaming, she is best known for dark, sexy tales of vampires, werewolves, and alternate realities. Hamilton is the author of the best selling series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter and Meredith Gentry (the latter about a fairy princess turned detective). Executive summary: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter seriesįantasy and horror writer Laurell K. ![]()
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