Carolyn Haines: November 2009 Archives

Heather Graham is the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of over a hundred novels. More than seventy-five million copies of her books are in print in twenty-five languages. An avid scuba diver, dancer, mother, and pet owner, Heather lives in Miami. Her books fall into a number of genres, but she is know as "an incredible storyteller" (the Los Angeles Daily News) with a knack for the "intense, unexpected conclusion (that) will leave readers well satisfied (Publisher's Weekly on The Dead Room).

Night of the Wolves is your newest book, a historical paranormal thriller set in New Orleans and Victory, Texas. This is the first in a trilogy, I believe. Tell us a little about the book and where the idea came from.

Night of the Wolves was a lot of fun -- but the concept didn't actually begin seriously. I was joking when I first suggested vampires in the wild, wild west, but the idea definitely grew on me! I incorporated history I find fascinating and incredibly poignant--a lot of what went on during the Civil War--or, as I was taught, growing up in the Florida--the War of Northern Aggression. But there are no sides taken in the story--both of the main characters are weary of the fighting and the death. West Texas at the time was still a very wild land where the law was difficult to uphold. It was still a frontier. But still, certain bizarre murders were bound to call attention, and military men know when they see something has little to do with war.

Night of the Wolves is the start of a loose trilogy; the characters from this book will make appearances in the next two. Each book, however, stands alone.