Karen E. Taylor is the author of The Vampire Legacy Series of novels, published by Kensington Books. A voracious 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 very large cemetery. It was never intended to be the first book of an ongoing series, but fans who had read the novel demanded a sequel. To date, the series stands at seven titles, and has earned a cult following. Her 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".
Karen E. Taylor was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburbs. A graduate of Churchill area High School and later of Grove City College, her first love was the theater, but now she admits that writing is better; "You get to write all the lines and play all the parts." She currently resides outside of Los Angeles with her husband and pets.
Bibliography
Collections
- Fangs and Angel Wings - (Wildside Press 2003)
Bibliography
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
- Fangs and Angel Wings - (Wildside Press 2003)
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
- List of horror fiction authors
External links
- Karen E. Taylor's Official Website
- Karen E. Taylor's Official Blog
- Karen E. Taylor at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database