It's not easy coming across online listings for vampire books of a non-fiction persuasion (i.e., the ones I prefer in the vampire genre).
So thank goodness for for Vampress.net's "Non-Fiction" listing.
There's also the relatively scanty "Non Fiction Works" over at The Vampire Library and paranormal romance author, Michele Hauf, also gives listings of such books on her "Non-Fiction" page.
Her list is fairly good and current, however, I also wrote to her a while ago with some corrections:
So thank goodness for for Vampress.net's "Non-Fiction" listing.
There's also the relatively scanty "Non Fiction Works" over at The Vampire Library and paranormal romance author, Michele Hauf, also gives listings of such books on her "Non-Fiction" page.
Her list is fairly good and current, however, I also wrote to her a while ago with some corrections:
From: Anthony Hogg
Date: Friday, 1 February 2008 4:25 PM
To: toastfaery@gmail.com
Subject: Notes on Your Non-Fiction List
Good afternoon,
Firstly, it's great to see that you've published a list of non-fiction books, as available here: http://www.michelerhauf.com/vampnon.html
However, I noticed serveral errors on the list, that bear correcting.
They are:
"Conru, Kevin - VAMPIRES: A BLOODTHIRSTY HISTORY IN ART AND LITERATURE - Astrolog Pub. House - 8/03"
The actual author is listed as Diana Phillips-Summers.
"Dickie, James - THE UNDEAD - Pocket Books - 1976"
A collection of short vampire sorts, not a non-fiction book about vampires.
"Hetherington, Grant - EVOLUTION OF THE VAMPIRE - Xlibris Corp. - 7/98"
Deceptive title. It's a work of fiction. See plot synopsis on the Amazon link.
"Jerome, Joseph - MONTAGUE SUMMERS: A MEMOIRE - 1965"
Memoir.
"Johnson, VW - DHAMPIR: CHILD OF THE BLOOD - Mystic Rose Books - 1996 (fiction?)"
Yup. Fiction.
"London, Sandra - VAMPIRES OF TRUE CRIME - Feral House - 10/03"
Proper title: True Vampires: Blood-Sucking Killers Past and Present.
"Lovell, Marc - AN ENQUIRY INTO THE EXISTENCE OF VAMPIRES - Doubleday - 1974 re: Vampire in The Shadows - Coronet Books '74 (fiction?)"
Great title, shame it's only a novel. It is mentioned - with a brief plot synopsis - here: http://www.simegen.com/reviews/vampires/gravedig.htm
"VAMPIRE BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNDEAD - Visible Ink Press - 1994re: 2nd Edition 11/03"
The 2nd edition was actually published in 1998. Or 1999. I'm still not 100% which. The 2003 version, however, is a reprint.
"Perkowski, Jan L. - THE DARKLING: VAMPIRES OF THE SLAVS - Slavica Publishers - 1976"
I think you've gotten mixed up with his 1989 book, which is called The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism. His 1976 book, however, is simply called Vampires of the Slavs.
"DRACULA: ESSAYS ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF VLAF TEPES - East European Studies #323 - 1991"
I think you mean Vlad!
"Walker, John Edward - THE ORIGIN OF THE VAMPIRE: HOW IT ALL STARTED - Dorrance Pub. Co. - 1/99"
I, too, have been decieved by the book's title before. It's actually a work of fiction. Check out its description on the Amazon link you provided.
"STAGE BLOOD: VAMPIRES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY STAGE"
This book was written in 1994, and is by Roxana Stuart, not Dudley Wright.
"Yougston, Keanne Keyes"
Should be Youngson, not Youngston.
All that said, your list provided me with a serious of interesting sources I've never come across before. So, I appreciate that.
Sinc.,
Anthony Hogg
Remember to be vigilant, folks!
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