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JulianKaneisbackintown.Once,asagirlofseventeen,beautiful,headstrongPortiaCabotsavedthecursedlifeofthedashingvampireJulianKane—whomarkedherforever,thenlefttogoinsearchofhissoul.FiveyearslaterPortiaquicklydiscoversthatJulian'sseductiveandforbiddenkisscanstillmakehercravethenight...andhistouch.ButtheJulianwhohasreturnedtoLondonisnotthevampiresheremembers.Hisfruitlesspursuitofhisstolenmortalityhasdevastatedhim.AndarecentspateofmurdersmakesPortiafearthatthemanshehasalwaysadoredmaytrulybeamonster.JulianknowshemustdrivePortiaaway—buthispassionandhungerforhergrowmoreirresistibleeverytimetheytouch.
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FrancineProseKnownasmuchforherwitassheisforhereclecticism,FrancineProseisatruerenaissancewomanoftheliteraryset.Shehaswrittenessays,artandliteraryreviews,translations,children’sbooks,novellas,andshortstories--nottomentionbitinglyhumorousnovelslikeBigfootDreamsandBlueAngel.BiographyWhenitcomestoanauthoraseclecticasFrancineProse,it'sdifficulttofindtheunifyingthreadinherwork.But,ifoneweretoexamineherentireoeuvre—fromnovelsandshortstoriestoessaysandcriticism—aloveofreadingwouldseemtobetheanimatingforce.Thatmaynotseemextraordinary,especiallyforawriter,butProseisuncommonlypassionateaboutthelinkbetweenreadingandwriting."I'vealwaysread,"sheconfessedina1998interviewwithAtlanticUnbound."IstartedwhenIwasfouryearsoldandjustdidn'tstop…TheonlyreasonIwantedtobeawriterwasbecauseIwassuchanavidreader."(In2006,sheproducedanentirebookonthesubject—anuts-and-boltsprimerentitledReadingLikeaWriter,inwhichsheusesexcerptsfromclassicandcontemporaryliteraturetoillustrateherpersonalnotionsofliteraryexcellence.)IfProseisspecificaboutthekindofwritingshe,herself,likestoread,she'sequallyvolubleaboutwhatputsheroff.Sheisparticularlyvexedby"obvious,tiredclichés;lazy,ungrammaticalwriting;implausibleplotturns."Unsurprisingly,allofthesearenotablyabsentinherownwork.Evenwhensheexplorestried-and-trueliteraryconventions—suchastheillicitromanticrelationshipattheheartofherbestknownnovel,BlueAngel—shelivensthemwithwitandirony.SheevenborrowedhertitlefromthefamousJosefvonSternbergfilmdealingwithasimilarsubject.Asbitingandcleverassheis,Prosecringeswheneverherworkisreferredtoassatire.SheexplainedtoBarnes&Noble.com,"Satiricaltomemeansone-dimensionalcharacters…whereas,Ithinkofmyselfasanovelistwhohappenstobefunny—who'swritingcharactersthatareasroundedandartfullydevelopedasthewritersoftragicnovels."Prose'sassessmentofherownworkisprettyaccurate.Althoughhersubjectmatterisoftenripeforsatire(religiousfanaticisminHouseholdSaints,tabloidjournalisminBigfootDreams,upper-classpretensionsinPrimitivePeople),etc.),shetakescaretoinvesthercharacterswithhumanityandapproachesthemwithrespect."Ireallydolovemycharacters,"shesays,"butIfeelthatIwanttotakeaveryhardlookatthem.Idon'tfindthemguiltyofanythingI'mnotguiltyofmyself."Bestknownforherfiction,ProsehasalsowrittenliterarycriticismforTheNewYorkTimes,artcriticismforTheWallStreetJournal,andchildren'sbooksbasedonJewishfolklore,allofitinfusedwithheralchemicblendofhumor,insight,andintelligence.GoodToKnowProserarelywastesanidea.InBlueAngel,thenovelthatthecharacterAngelaiswritingisactuallyadiscardednovelthatProsestartedbeforestoppingbecause,inherownwords,"itseemedsojuveniletome."Whilesheoncehadnoproblemslammingabookinoneofherliterarycritiques,thesedaysProsehasresolvedtoonlyreviewbooksthatsheactuallylikes.Theonesthatdon'tadheretoherhighstandardsaresimplyreturnedtothesenders.Prose'snovelHouseholdSaintswasadaptedintoanexcellentfilmstarringTraceyUllman,VincentD'Onofrio,andLiliTaylorin1993.Anothernovel,TheGloriousOnes,wasadaptedintoamusical.In2002,ProsepublishedTheLivesoftheMuses,anintriguinghybridofbiography,philosophy,andgenderstudiesthatexaminesninewomenwhoinspiredfamousartistsandthinkers—fromJohnLennon'swifeYokoOnotoAliceLiddell,thechildwhoenchantedLewisCarroll.Hometown:NewYork,NewYorkDateofBirth:四月1,1947PlaceofBirth:Brooklyn,NewYorkEducation:B.A.,RadcliffeCollege,1968
