Laurell K. Hamilton News & Updates

How St. Louis’ Laurell K. Hamilton Created Badass Vampire Hunter Anita Blake

Anita Blake is a badass bitch. The St. Louisan is not only a vampire hunter turned U.S. Marshall who...

Mar 29, 2023 • Riverfront Times

Vampires, Fairies, and Succubi: Inside the Shapeshifting Mind of Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton writes supernatural mysteries—overtly erotic and political thrillers that sell...

Apr 06, 2010 • The Village Voice

Vampire Novelist Laurell K. Hamilton

Urban fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic fantasy. Call it what you will, but the immensely popula...

Oct 29, 2008 • Time

Laurell K. Hamilton

Creator of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series. Hamilton is best known for her Anita Blake Vampire...

May 24, 2019 • GameSpot

No book tour for Laurell K. Hamilton's 'Affliction'

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Jul 02, 2013 • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry ties up conflicts, has babies (finally)

It’s been five years since we last heard from Princess Meredith NicEssus, also known as Merry Gent...

Jun 29, 2014 • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dead Ice

Twenty-three books into Hamilton's venerable Anita Blake urban fantasy series, Anita remains the pos...

Jul 08, 2015 • Publishers Weekly

The Harlequin

At the start of bestseller Hamilton’s solid 15th adventure to star vampire hunter Anita Blake, Mal...

Apr 29, 2007 • Publishers Weekly

St. Louis' Laurell K. Hamilton in top form with paranormal novel 'Serpentine'

I was so disappointed with the last Anita Blake novel (“Crimson Death”) that it was with a certa...

Aug 10, 2018 • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hit List

As punchy as her first foray, Anita Blake's 20th adventure (after 2010's Bullet) finds the intrepid ...

Apr 24, 2011 • Publishers Weekly

The reality behind bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton's fantastical worlds

Local author Laurell K. Hamilton, on Friday August 6, 2021, in the gardens at her home. Hamilton's 4...

Aug 16, 2021 • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A CARESS OF TWILIGHT

In the second R-rated outing (after 2000's A Kiss of Shadows) from bestseller Hamilton to feature br...

Apr 02, 2002 • Publishers Weekly

Laurell K. Hamilton pads new novel 'Crimson Death'

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Oct 07, 2016 • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Shiver of Light

Hamilton's return to her Merry Gentry series after five years makes for a rousing read. Keeping faer...

May 07, 2015 • Publishers Weekly

Kiss the Dead

It’s a few more typical days in the life of Anita Blake, U.S. marshal and vampire hunter, and in h...

May 06, 2026 • Publishers Weekly

Review: 'Slay' marks 30th anniversary of St. Louis' own fearless vampire slayer

A novel by Laurell K. Hamilton, published by Berkley, 404 pages, $28 On sale Nov. 7 St. Louis author...

Nov 02, 2023 • St. Louis Post-Dispatch