Laurell Kaye Hamilton is an American writer. Her genre is a bit difficult to pin down. It has been classed as: horror, fantasy, mystery, erotica

She was born was born in 1963 in Heber Springs, Arkansas but grew up in Sims, Indiana, a very small community. Her mother was killed in a car accident in 1969 when Laurell was six. She was raised by her grandmother, to whom Laurell attributes her lifelong love of horror.

Laurell attended Marion, a Christian college in Indiana, and received degrees in both English and Biology. She met her first husband there.

Today, Hamilton lives in St. Louis County, Missouri with her second husband and daughter and their dogs.

Her principal work that she is known for is the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. The first book of the series, Guilty Pleasures, was published in 1993.

To read more about Laurell, check out the More on LKH section on the links page.


Some quotes about Ms Hamilton Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books

"Ms. Hamilton is an excellent writer who mixes fantasy, mystery, romance and dark humor with lots of flair. Her take on this derivative genre is a most unusual one. The mystery is at the fore of her novels and the supernatural takes second place - it's almost taken for granted as part of Anita Blake's natural world. And Ms. Blake is a delight - witty, savvy and hard-boiled, as in tough." - Jane L. Perskie on The Laughing Corpse

"Laurell Hamilton is one of the best storytellers around. I have now read eleven Anita books, and I rarely read series novels. The plots are spectacular. The labyrinthine vampire and lycanthrope politics makes US election brouhahas look like child's play. The characters are some of the most fascinating and complex that I have encountered in fantasy fiction. They have all grown and changed tremendously since book #1. The author's humor is often dark, but hilarious." - Jane L. Perskie on Cerulean Sins

"Ms. Hamilton is an excellent writer who, with much flair amd pizzazz, mixes fantasy with mystery, romance and dark humor. Her take on this derivative genre is a most unusual one. The mystery is at the fore of her novels and the supernatural takes second place, almost taken for granted as part of Anita Blake's natural world. And Ms. Blake is a delight - witty, savvy and hard-boiled, as in tough. I am really looking forward to reading more of this series. These novels are a real find! " - Jane L. Perskie on Guilty Pleasures

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