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  <name><![CDATA[Laurell K. Hamilton]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Laurell K. Hamilton is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two series that mix mystery, fantasy, magic, horror and romance. Her Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novels from Berkley Books began with GUILTY PLEASURES (now a hugely successful graphic novel from Marvel - the first sexy paranormal comic ever!) and continues with the BLOOD NOIR , number sixteen in the series, in which Anita's complex personal and professional relationships with a master vampire and an alpha werewolf continue to evolve. There are now more than 6 million copies of Anita in print worldwide, in 16 languages. Hamilton's Ballantine series features Fey princess and private investigator, Merry Gentry and there are now six novels exceeding one million copies in print. Swallowing Darkness, the seventh in the series will debut Novmeber 4, 2008. She lives in St. Louis County Missouri with her husband Jonathon Green, daughter, two pug dogs and one boxer/pug dog. She invites you to visit her website and message board at www.laurellkhamilton.org or catch her on MySpace at www.myspace.com/laurellkhamilton.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Robert E. Howard]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Heber Springs, Arkansas</hometown>  <born_at>02/19/1963</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)]]></title>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #2) ]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4) ]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3) ]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5) ]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7) ]]></title>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #9)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #8)]]></title>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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        <book id="30248">
  <title><![CDATA[Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #10)]]></title>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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