It’s hard to believe that the soon-to-be-released Dead Ice (June 9) is the 24th installment of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake saga. It’s equally hard to believe that it has been 22 years since the publication of Guilty Pleasures, the first adventure of necromancer and vampire executioner Blake.

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 […]

I’ve been in the book business for almost 25 years and I have never run across an author—or a series—more divisive than Laurell K. Hamilton and her Anita Blake saga. Readers seem to either love this series with a passion, or abhor it. Begun back in 1993 with the publication of Guilty Pleasures, Hamilton’s series […]

It’s the 20th anniversary of one of the most groundbreaking genre shows in the history of television, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Who knew a TV show based on a failed B-movie would be so life—and industry—changing? Joss Whedon’s career-defining achievement gave us many new genre tropes to chew on. The Slayer and her scooby gang introduced […]