Laurell K. Hamilton? Though if she's classified as horror, it might be for unintentional reasons. And that's still vampire fiction.
Danger's my birthright.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Oct 31, 2007 7:05:39 am PDT #4213 of 28235
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Amy - Oct 31, 2007 7:06:48 am PDT #4214 of 28235
Because books.
Yeah, I forgot about her, too. And even there, she's got a big "Vampire Fiction" tag in my head. I don't know why it's different, but I can't seem to shake that classification.
Dana - Oct 31, 2007 7:09:06 am PDT #4215 of 28235
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't know why it's different, but I can't seem to shake that classification.
Because you can write about vampires without it being a horror story?
Toddson - Oct 31, 2007 7:12:56 am PDT #4216 of 28235
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Collins?
Amy - Oct 31, 2007 7:16:10 am PDT #4217 of 28235
Because books.
Because you can write about vampires without it being a horror story?
Oh. Well, yes!
Never heard of Nancy Collins, Todd. Poppy Z. Brite is a good example, but not as mainstream as I was thinking.
Toddson - Oct 31, 2007 7:29:27 am PDT #4218 of 28235
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
On reflection, I realize both do a lot of vampire stuff. (Nancy Collins - not sure of the spelling at this point - wrote "Sunglasses at Night" among other books and stories).
Atropa - Oct 31, 2007 9:50:30 am PDT #4219 of 28235
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Never heard of Nancy Collins, Todd. Poppy Z. Brite is a good example, but not as mainstream as I was thinking.
The only female horror writer I can think of that doesn't do vampire stuff is Caitlin. R. Kiernan. And while Caitlin has done well, I know she hasn't hit any best seller lists.
Volans - Oct 31, 2007 10:03:51 am PDT #4220 of 28235
move out and draw fire
Shirley Jackson?
Joyce Carol Oates has a couple pretty good short stories that turn up in horror anthologies, and then there's Whassherface that wrote The Yellow Wallpaper.
Dana - Oct 31, 2007 10:06:23 am PDT #4221 of 28235
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Shirley Jackson?
Oh, good one.
Amy - Oct 31, 2007 10:13:18 am PDT #4222 of 28235
Because books.
Shirley Jackson. There you go.
Caitlin Kiernan's debut, Silk, looks really good, Jilli. I may have to get my hands on that.
I guess I'm wondering if there will be any other really mainstream successful horror writers of either gender at this point. Stephen King certainly isn't writing strictly *horror* at this point, but he's earned his audience over the years. Same with Straub. Horror simply isn't as big as it was in its heyday, although I wish it were. I wish there was more *good* horror, like The Haunting of Hill House or Floating Dragon or The Exorcist. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place, though. I've been wanting to read The Ruins, which is supposed to be fantastic.