Struck down at the height of her career, Leslie died in 2011 from a rare cancer. Banks who chose to elevate the medium and bring with them a fresh flair to the foundation that has sorely been missed, the reality of the black voice and everyday man/woman. However, it is black women writers such as Tananarive Due and L.A. Later they would influence and shaped the pens of contemporary women horror writers such as Carrie Vaughn, Anne Rice, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Charlaine Harris. Who were the women that influenced horror? These founding women were: Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelly, and more. A level of maturity, audaciousness, sensuality, and political/social commentary between the pages of great stories that scared us senseless. Women of horror helped craft a culture within the medium that added character to how many male horror writers developed their own stories. There is also the thread of people of all different races, ethnicities and religions finding common ground, working together to fight the same fight for the Light.įrom the Horror Addicts tribute to L.A. The Vampire Huntress series revolves around the struggle between good and evil, and the strong bonds of love-including family, friendship, love of self, love for the world, and the love between man and woman. Eventually, the series expands to revolve around the team fighting to halt the Apocalypse before the Antichrist can rule the world. The twelve-book series uses religious and mythological lore as the Neteru team fights demons while becoming physically and emotionally stronger, whereas Carlos works as a Reverse Mole for Damali’s team. This job for Damili and her team becomes more difficult when Carlos Rivera, Damali’s love interest, is turned into a vampire.

While most believe these creatures only a myth, Damali is the Neteru, a human born once every thousand years to fight the Dark Realms. The urban fantasy series centers around twenty-something woman Damali Richards who, by day, is a spoken word artist-and by night, a hunter of vampires and demon-predators. The Vampire Huntress Legend series is a twelve book series written by Leslie Esdaile Banks (1959-2011) under the pen name L.A.

Banks crossed genre lines, the elements of her childhood that made their way into her stories, and why she called Dracula the “Hugh Hefner of vampires.” My guys are gonna make it.’” Taken from classic interviews, how urban fantasy author L.A.

“I was like, ‘When I grow up, I’m going to write something and this will not happen.

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