Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell Kaye Hamilton | |
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Horror, Science fiction | |
Notable works | Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Merry Gentry series |
Spouse | Gary Hamilton Jonathon Green |
Children | 1 |
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Laurell Kaye Hamilton (born February 19, 1963) is an American fantasy and romance writer.[1] She is best known as the author of two series of stories.
Her
Several media outlets, including USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, and Time have identified her works as significant contributions to the development of the urban-fantasy genre.
Personal life
Laurell Kaye Hamilton was born Laurell Kaye Klein in Heber Springs, Arkansas but grew up in Sims, Indiana with her grandmother Laura Gentry.[3] Her education includes degrees in English and biology from Marion College (now called Indiana Wesleyan University), a private Evangelical Christian liberal arts college in Marion, Indiana that is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church denomination. She met Gary Hamilton, whom she married, there. They have one daughter together, Trinity.[4]
Hamilton is involved with a number of animal charities, particularly supporting dog rescue efforts and wolf preservation.[5]
Hamilton lives in St. Louis County, Missouri,[6] with her daughter Trinity, and husband Jonathon Green whom she married in 2001.[7]
Works
Laurell K. Hamilton is the author of two major book series, spin-off comic books, various anthologies, and other stand-alone titles:
- Anita Blake comics are the comic-book renditions of the Anita Blake series. As of May 2012, the comic-book series has included her first three books, Guilty Pleasures, Laughing Corpse and Circus of the Damned. There was also a special prologue comic issued named, "The First Death".
- Merry Gentry is a Princess of Faerie and a private investigator. She is constantly dodging assassination attempts while juggling life in the "real world" where everyone knows faeries exist. As of 2014, there have been a total of nine novels in the Merry Gentry series.
Reception
Entertainment Weekly and USA Today have identified Hamilton as having a significant impact on urban fantasy.[9][10] In 2008, Time declared that the popularity of the genre "owes everything to Laurell K. Hamilton".[11] Authors Courtney Allison Moulton and Kelly Gay have noted Hamilton as an inspiration.[12][13]
Anita Blake
Reader reaction to the series's shift in tone from
Critical reviewers have also commented on the amount of sex in later books, as in a 2006 review in
In contrast, a
Bibliography
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
Anita Blake novellas and short stories
Marvel Comics series(in Anita's chronological order)
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Critical studies, reviews and biography
- West, Michelle (Jun 2000). "[Review of Obsidian butterfly]". Musing on Books. F&SF. 98 (6): 41–46. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
References
- ^ McCune, Alisa. "A Conversation With Laurell K. Hamilton". SF Site. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Works by Laurell K Hamilton". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-37835-5.
- ^ "Locus Online: Laurell K. Hamilton interview (excerpts)". Locus. September 2000.
- ^ "Laurell K. Hamilton Interview, Horror Author". Flames Rising. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Laurell K. Hamilton". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
- ^ "Laurell K. Hamilton (1963–) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Retrieved 2016-09-21.
- RT Book Reviews. Archived from the originalon 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ Garcia, Catherine (June 1, 2010). "Q&A: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter author Laurell K. Hamilton". ew.com. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ Memmott, Carol (June 28, 2006). "Vampire stories are in this writer's blood". USA Today. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ Cruz, Gilbert (October 30, 2008). "Q&A:Vampire Novelist Laurell K. Hamilton". Time. Archived from the original on November 3, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
- ^ M, Sara (December 9, 2009). "Author Interview and Giveaway: Kelly Gay". urbanfantasyreader.blogspot.com. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
- ^ "Interview with Courtney Allison Moulton, Debut Author of Angelfire". mundiemoms.blogspot.com. February 12, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ Amazeen, Sandy. "Book Review: Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton". Monsters and Critics. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Dear Negative Reader". Laurell K Hamilton. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ISSN 0743-1791.
- ^ Folsom, Robert (2006-07-17). "'Danse Macabre' by Laurell K. Hamilton; 'The Lies of Locke Lamora' by Scott Lynch". The Kansas City Star.
- ^ "Publishers Weekly Fiction Reviews: Week of 2008-04-21" 2008 Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Accessed August 26, 2008
- ISSN 1930-2193.
- ^ Hamilton, Laurell K. (October 8, 2013). "A present from me to you, because our government is behaving badly". laurellkhamilton.org. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- OCLC 1056742830.
Sources
- Literature
- Gordon, Joan; Hollinger, Veronica, eds. (1997). Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture. Philadelphia: ISBN 978-0-8122-1628-8.
- Lennard, John (2010). "Of Sex and Faerie: Meredith Gentry's Improbable Code of Orgasm and Other Paranormal Romance". In Lennard, John (ed.). Of Sex and Faerie: Further essays on Genre Fiction. Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks. pp. 112–164. ISBN 978-1-84760-171-1.
- Benefiel, Candace, ed. (2011). Reading Laurell K. Hamilton. Colorado: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 978-0-313-37835-5.
- Interviews
- Riverfront Times Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine (Nov 2008)
- Locus Online Interview (Sept 2000)
- Interview at SFFWorld.com(Nov 2000)
- The SF Site: A Conversation with Laurell K. Hamilton (Sept 2004)
- Interview with Bankrate.com (Nov 2004)
- Interview on Flames Rising (June 2006)
- Interview on wotmania.com (June 2006)
- The WD Interview: Laurell K. Hamilton (March 2008)
- Interview on Barnes and Noble (June 2014)
External links
- Official website
- Laurell K. Hamilton at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Laurell K. Hamilton at Library of Congress, with 54 library catalog records