L.A. Banks' Vampire Huntress #4 by L.A. Banks

Her non-fiction work included the riveting and motivational story of Bank's life journey in her contribution to the Chicken Soup for the African American Soul anthology.īanks' writing career took a new twist when she won the coveted contract with Paramount/Showtime in collaboration with Simon & Schuster/Pocketbooks to write a book series for the popular cable network television series, Soul Food. Martin's Press, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Kensington Publishing, BET/Arabesque, Dark Horse Press, Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Harper, and Tor. She contributed to magazines, newspaper columns, and wrote commercial fiction for a variety of major publishers: St.

She won several business as well as literary awards, and wrote in genres as diverse as romance, women's fiction, crime suspense, and paranormal. Banks, Leslie Banks, and Leslie Esdaile Banks. She was featured as a speaker on the HBO Special on Vampire Literature and Legends as a prelude to the True Blood premier.Ī native of Philadelphia, Banks was a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program, and alumnae of Temple University's Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking program. Banks penned over 40 novels and 12 novellas in a wide range of genres and was the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Convention Career Achievement Award for Paranormal Fiction and 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. Elisa_rolle Leslie Esdaile Banks: New York Times and USA Today Best-selling author, L.A.

L.A. Banks' Vampire Huntress #4 by L.A. Banks