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Elaine Bergstrom

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Elaine Bergstrom is a Milwaukee-based novelist whose writing melds vampire, romance, mystery and, always, suspense.

Her first published piece of fiction was her first novel, Shattered Glass (1989). It introduced the character of the immortal Stephen Austra and artist Helen Wells, a victim of polio, along with Stephen's family of vampires who are “born not created and have an abhorrance for coffins, particulary their own.” The novel was a critical success, a consistent favorite with readers of adult-oriented vampire fiction. Bergstrom has written six novels in the Austra series, including Daughter of the Night, which featured Elizabeth Bathory as a half-breed Austra vampire. Beyond Sundown, the newest book in the Austra series, released earl ...more

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Quick note on an upcoming event. I will be attending Demicon 29 in Des Moines the first weekend in May. It is a wonderful, throwback of a con. Here is a link: https://demicon.org/demicon29/

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	Tapestry of Dark Souls (Ravenloft, #5) by Elaine Bergstrom (Goodreads Author), Clyde Caldwell (Illustrator) 3.43 avg rating — 869 ratings — published 1993 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shattered Glass (Austra Family, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baroness of Blood (Ravenloft, #12) 3.51 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Rites (Austra Family, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of the Night (Austra Family, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Alone (Austra Family, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nocturne (Austra Family, #5) 3.88 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood to Blood (Dracula Continues, #2) 3.52 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Door through Washington Square 3.56 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Sundown really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Feb 27, 2011 05:49AM

Sorry, I am new to this. It was supposed to be linked to my shelf.

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Feb 27, 2011 05:48AM

What I have decided on my list is to just add books that have touched me in a special way and this is one of them. A brilliant book that is far beyond Lamb's novel She's Come Undone. Sadly it is also far far better than the next, The Hour I First Believed. Here, a man researches his recent origins, trying to find from the secrets of his family his own fears about reaching out to others. Sounds boring, maybe, but with a schizophrenic brother and a grandfather who is an egotistical piece of work, it is filled with humor and insight. My favorite book in years!

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