Annette Curtis Klause

“I write so that I can be kissed by a vampire, travel to the stars, turn into a werewolf, and still be home for dinner.” — Annette Curtis Klause

Annette Curtis Klause, a self-professed fan of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, read her first vampire book when she was 14; it was Jane Gaskell’s The Shining Narrow Grin. “I was enthralled,” she says, and immediately began fantasizing about the book.

Klause was part of a writing group for six years, mostly writing picture books, when the group encouraged her to write a novel. While deciding on a subject, she “remembered the vampires,” and after years of work her highly acclaimed The Silver Kiss was published.

Born in Bristol, England, Annette Curtis Klause now lives in Hyattsville, Maryland. Klause holds a B.A. in English literature and an M.L.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is currently head of Children’s Services at the Aspen Hill Community Library in Maryland. In her spare time, Klause collects science fiction, fantasy, and horror first editions, limited editions, and chapbooks, and enjoys going to science fiction conventions.

Annette Curtis Klause has been the recipient of the California Young Reader Medal as well as several other state awards and honors.

- Taken from Random House

Published Works

• The Silver Kiss (1991)
• 'The Hoppins' in Short Circuits (1992)
• Alien Secrets (1993)
• 'The Bogey Man' in Night Terrors: Stories of Shadows and Substance (1993)
• Blood and Chocolate (1997)
• 'Summer of Love' in The Color of Absence (2001)
• Freaks: Alive, on the Inside (2006)