Cookbooks are among the most popular genres of books, across the board. Even if you never actually get around to trying out any of the recipes in one, they’re so well made, what with the hardbound bindings and the hundreds of glorious food photos, that they still make a great keepsake, gift, or coffee table book. […]

While there have been a number of page-to-screen adaptions of urban fantasy —True Blood, Vampire Diaries, Dresden Files—TV producers seem to avoid urban fantasy’s kissing cousin, the paranormal romance. The main difference I see between the two is structural: urban fantasy tends to follow a single individual, while paranormal romance changes protagonists with each successive book. Before […]

So, you’ve gotten yourself into a bit of a (blood) bind: you’re surrounded by vampires. Be cool, stay calm, because I’ve got your trust guidebook right here for how to survive (or, succumb to, if that’s your thing) a society of vampires:

After 13 best-selling novels that have revitalized the landscape of genre fiction, Kim Harrison’s Hollows series—which features lovable witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan—is over. For the last two decades, paranormal fantasy has enjoyed something of a Golden Age. Authors like Harrison, Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, and Jim Butcher have become household names, and […]

Laurell K. Hamilton’s work over the last 21 years has played an integral role in reshaping the genre fiction landscape. The phenomenal commercial success of her Anita Blake saga in the early ’90s—which audaciously blended elements of horror, mystery, fantasy, and romance—began what became a revolution (or more fittingly, an evolution) in genre fiction. The […]