Without the following people’s help and support, this book could never have materialized:
Mindy Ranik, who came up with the title and provided about 10,000 miles worth of support during the writing of the original Vampires and this new edition.
My esteemed colleagues Luahna Ude and Bob Poole, clinicians of rare wisdom and rarer wit, who shared countless insights into the minds of vampires.
My agent, Janet Rosen of Sheree Bykofsky Associates, who is always there with an idea when I need one.
My editors, Leila Porteous, Casey Ebro, and Peter McCurdy who have shepherded me through the process of writing and production.
My friends Peter Bessas, Sundari SitaRam, Jenna Eckert, Donna Sherwood, and Janine Robbins, who have helped and supported me through various aspects of this project.
Most of all, I want to thank my family—Luahna, Jessica, Josh, and Clara—for putting up with me while writing, a feat requiring as much courage and forbearance as visiting Dracula’s Castle at midnight.