V. E. Schwab was born in California, raised in Tennessee, and currently splits her time between Denver, Colorado and Edinburgh, Scotland. She got her undergraduate degree in book design at Washington University in St. Louis, and her masters in depictions of monstrosity in medieval art at the University of Edinburgh.
Schwab's new novel is Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.
At the Waterstones blog the author tagged "five modern vampire novels with real bite." One title on the list:
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham JonesRead about another novel on the list.
Stephen Graham Jones is known for folding his Native American heritage into his horror, carving narratives that blend the modern world with the layered history, trauma, and legends of his background. So it’s no surprise that his contribution to the vampire canon is both wildly original and deeply affecting, a gore-filled, multi-generational examination of monsters, both human and otherwise, and a fresh take on the idea that you are what you eat. I cannot stop thinking about this book.
--Marshal Zeringue