Count Grumpula and the Wood Witch (The Adventures of Count Grumpula) (Volume 1) by Rebecca Blackhurst

by R.L. Blackhurst

Count Grumpula is a vegetarian vampire who doesn't have any friends. Living in his huge castle, with only his man troll, Ignor, for company, he leads a sad and lonely existence. Then one day he helps a magical creature in trouble; a deed that leads him to an encounter with the Mistral Wood Witch . . .

Paperback

First published June 14, 2013

About the author

I was born in Essex but raised in Bahrain and southern Spain. Having fallen in love with the natural world at a young age, I studied for a degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences and went on to do a PhD in Astrobiology (looking for microbes that could colonize Martian rocks and that sort of thing!)

Now, I live in New Zealand and make "palm oil free" soaps and natural skincare products, and write fantasy and(hopefully soon) science fiction novels. I am crazy about wolves and have two of my own (well, close . . . Germans shepherds.) My other favourite beasts are sharks, rats (I have two) and all members of the crow family.

I like living in this century well enough, but often believe I was born too late or too early. The middle ages or a space faring future would have suited me better. Luckily as a writer I can write about both.

My first two books, "The Wolves of Solomon," and sequel "Wolf" are set in the middle ages and revolve around the fall of the enigmatic Knights Templar, with a supernatural theme.
I have just started the prequel to "The Wolves of Solomon."