This is an audio recording from a panel at the 2006 World Fantasy Convention. The panel was dubbed the “Vampire Powerhouse”, and featured an amazing collection of vampire fiction authors.

Paula Guran, editor of Juno Books, is the moderator, and the panelists are Dean Anderson, P. N. Elrod, Charlaine Harris, Suzy McKee Charnas, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.

They talk about the longevity and continuing popularity of a character type that was thought to be “overdone” 25 years ago, about the evolution and metamorphosis of the vampire as lead and romantic foil in recent years, and much more.

This comes from a podcast called The Dragon Page: Cover to Cover which often has reviews of Sci-Fi and Fantasy fiction and has excellent interviews. This episode treats us to this great panel discussion.

Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is approx 69 mins long.

Here are some recommendations for vampire fiction…

Ashley, Amanda    After Sundown  A Whisper of Eternity
Bennett, Nigel    His Father’s Son
Banks, L.A.
Drake, Shannon    Deep Midnight
When Darkness Falls
Elrod, P. N.
Farren, Mick
Feehan, Christine    Dark Melody
Golden, Christopher    Gathering Dark
Gresham, Stephen
Hambly, Barbara    Traveling with the Dead
Hamilton, Laurell K.
Harbaugh, Karen    Night Fires
Harris, Charlaine    Southern Vampire Mysteries (series)
Harrison, Kim
James, Dean    Faked to Death
Kalogridis, Jeanne
Kenyon, Sherrilyn    ”Dark Hunter” books
King, Stephen    Nightmares and Dreamscapes   Salem’s Lot
Kramer, Edward    Dark Destiny III
Laymon, Richard    Traveling Vampire Show
Lumley, Brian    Necroscope series
Mendelsohn, Jane    Innocence
Merz, Jon F.
Miller, Linda Lael    Out of the Shadows
Mosiman, Billie Sue
Newman, Kim
Pratchett, Terry    Carpe Jugulum
Rice, Anne    Vampire Chronicles   New Tales of the Vampires
Romkey, Michael
Saberhagen, Fred    Dracula books
Sands, Lynsay    Single White Vampire
Shayne, Maggie    Edge of Twilight    Embrace the Twilight
Sizemore, Susan    Laws of the Blood (series)
Spruill, Steven G.    Daughter of Darkness    Rulers of Darkness
Stoker, Bram    Dracula
Thompson, James M.

Wilson, F. Paul    Midnight Mass
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn    Saint-Germain (series)
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn    Sisters of the Night (series)

*transferred from previous site 2005, please bear in mind as this list is a little dated*