It is probably only a slight exaggeration to say that to be an author of young adult books today is to have written, be writing or contemplating writing a book about vampires. But vampires are over! says conventional wisdom. It’s all about zombies and faeries (that’s faeries, with that extra “e,” signifying their paranormal qualities and that they’re not of the Tinkerbell or Tooth varieties) and ghosts and werewolves. Vampires are totally 2005!

But the conventional wisdom is, in this case, wrong. Like the necks they so greedily suck on, vampires have attacked the young adult market in such a way that editors, agents and publishers are throwing up their hands in surrender. Give the people what they want!

“I thought vampires were over at least two years ago, and I was completely wrong,” said Trident agent Jenny Bent, who represents Lynsay Sands, author of best-selling mass-market paperbacks with titles like Bite Me If You Can and The Accidental Vampire. “These trends come and go, but vampires aren’t going anywhere.”  read more »