Seth Grahame-Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. In addition to adapting the screenplay for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seth also wrote Tim Burton's film Dark Shadows. He lives in Los Angeles.
"Evocative...Grahame-Smith [is] a lively, fluent writer with a
sharp sense of tone and pace."--TIME
"Grahame-Smith does an excellent job of capturing the spirit of
this style of story-telling, mixing historically accurate anecdotes
with entries from Lincoln's fictional secret journal, weaving the
vampire elements into the story in a manner that's quite
believable."--Wired
"Not just the Lincoln biography we've all been waiting for. It's
also the funniest, most action-packed and weirdly well-researched
account of the Civil War you'll probably read in a long time.
Grahame-Smith could be poised to become the Howard Zinn of
vampire-related alterna-history."--Vanity Fair
"Seth Grahame-Smith is an excellent writer whose prose raises
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a step above others of its
genre...[He] does such an excellent job blending the facts of
Lincoln's life into the story that it is sometimes hard to
determine fact from fiction...Suspenseful, and most readers will
want to read it in one sitting."-- Asbury Park Press
"Thanks to P&P&Z, a delicious mutant book craze was born.
But then opportunists infested the territory...It's nice to see
plucky Grahame-Smith retake his turf."--Entertainment Weekly
Grahame-Smith, author of the New York Times best seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009), again plays it straight but strange in this reimagining of Abraham Lincoln as a vampire slayer hell-bent since a young age on avenging his beloved mother's vampire-related death. The book incorporates well-researched U.S. histor formance is effective in translating to audio this sometimes uneasy mix of history and horror that should nonetheless make for an entertaining listen for fans of vampire stories. [Includes a bonus interview with the author and a PDF of historical photographic documents; the Grand Central hc was recommended for purchase "only where requested," LJ 3/15/10.-Ed.]-B. Allison Gray, Goleta Branch, Santa Barbara P.L., CA Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
"Evocative...Grahame-Smith [is] a lively, fluent writer with a
sharp sense of tone and pace."--TIME
"Grahame-Smith does an excellent job of capturing the spirit of
this style of story-telling, mixing historically accurate anecdotes
with entries from Lincoln's fictional secret journal, weaving the
vampire elements into the story in a manner that's quite
believable."--Wired
"Not just the Lincoln biography we've all been waiting for. It's
also the funniest, most action-packed and weirdly well-researched
account of the Civil War you'll probably read in a long time.
Grahame-Smith could be poised to become the Howard Zinn of
vampire-related alterna-history."--Vanity Fair
"Seth Grahame-Smith is an excellent writer whose prose raises
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a step above others of its
genre...[He] does such an excellent job blending the facts of
Lincoln's life into the story that it is sometimes hard to
determine fact from fiction...Suspenseful, and most readers will
want to read it in one sitting."-- Asbury Park Press
"Thanks to P&P&Z, a delicious mutant book craze was
born. But then opportunists infested the territory...It's nice to
see plucky Grahame-Smith retake his turf."--Entertainment Weekly
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