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L.A. Banks

L.A. Banks
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L.A. Banks

New York Times best-selling author L.A. Banks has penned over 35 novels and 12 novellas in a wide range of genres. She was the recipient of the 2008 Essence Magazine Storyteller of the Year Award, as well as the 2008 Best 50 Women in Business Award for the State of Pennsylvania. Recently she was featured as a speaker on the HBO Special on Vampire Literature and Legends as a prelude to the True Blood premiere. She is most famous for her Vampire Huntress series, published by St. Martin's Press. She lives in Philadelphia.

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Conquer the Dark will be released on September 27, 2011 in eBook
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Sep 27, 2011
Surrender the Dark will be released on March 29, 2011 in eBook
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Content should drive social media ventures of non-profit organizations
Jewish Community Voice, March 20, 2013
...maven and multiple Bram Stoker award-winner Jonathan Maberry and the late author of the popular “Vampire Huntress” series, L.A. Banks. Nearly 70 percent of adult Internet users are using social networks, Lafferty noted in his presentation, and...
A tribute to author Leslie Esdaile Banks (Dec. 11, 1959-Aug. 2, 2011)
USA Today, August 6, 2012
...One year ago Leslie Esdaile Banks, aka L.A. Banks, died after a diagnosis of late-stage adrenal cancer. The time for proper goodbyes and adjusting to her home-going arrived far more swiftly than expected. I'd read her...
Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes Bring New Chapter in Horror with 'Danger Word' (Interview & Fundraising)
Indiewire, May 9, 2013
...Amaru (an associate producer), Brandon Massey, N.K. Jemisin, Chesya Burke, Maurice Broaddus, Linda D. Addison, the late L.A. Banks and others tend to incorporate African and/or black Southern mythologies, folklore and image systems, often with a nod to...
BBCN Builds Momentum from Textbook Merger, Ethnic Niche
American Banker, December 26, 2012
...BBCN Bancorp took a difficult path to build the largest Korean-American bank, but a successful merger of two L.A. banks has put it on course to become a West Coast player with outposts around the country...
Banks Closures, Updates
KALB, August 28, 2012
...Posted: Updated: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:22 PM EST ALEXANDRIA, La. - Banks announced the following news regarding its branch operations in advance of Isaac: Capital One The Destrehan, Luling and Norco branches closed at 1 p.m. Monday. All...
A tribute to author Leslie Esdaile Banks (Dec. 11, 1959-Aug. 2, 2011)
USA Today, August 6, 2012
...One year ago Leslie Esdaile Banks, aka L.A. Banks, died after a diagnosis of late-stage adrenal cancer. The time for proper goodbyes and adjusting to her home-going arrived far more swiftly than expected. I'd read her...
Forget traditional lovemaking to sink your teeth into vampire sex!
Mid Day, June 16, 2012
...more intense, more dramatic, and more passionate than what one would normally expect," ABC News quoted writer L.A. Banks, as saying. "It's a love that can go all night but without the little blue pill," said Banks. Banks is the author of the 'Vampire...