SCREAM QUEEN PENS SEXY VAMPIRE NOVEL
ADRIENNE Barbeau. You know her. Hollywood's scream queen. From those horror flicks "The Fog," "Swamp Thing," "Creepshow." Also Bea Arthur's daughter on TV's "Maude." Also originated the Rizzo role in B'way's "Grease." You know her.
What you don't know is she's now written her first novel. A sexy vampire mystery. And what that means, I haven't the foggiest. I, myself, have personally never seen vampires Doing It. Anyway, the thing is set in the movie colony. Naturally. Like, where else for bloodsuckers, right? 'Tis the saga of siren Ovsanna Moore, horror film legend, cutthroat producer . . . and vampire. When everyone around starts dropping dead, Ovsanna teams with hunky cynical cop Peter King, who thinks he's seen it all. They form an unholy alliance to fight the undead. The lead vampire is Armenian. Sparks fly. And so do creatures of the night. And, she hopes, so will book buyers.
Out July 8, published by St. Martin's, it's titled "Vampyres of Hollywood." The "Y" is collaborator Michael Scott suggesting the European spelling might set the title apart a bit. OK, fine, but why's she writing this? Says Adrienne:
"The first time I met Michael he suggested a novel for my horror genre fan base."
Adrienne lives in LA, has a farmhouse in Jersey, husband writer-producer Billy Van Zandt, who's Steven Van Zandt's brother, three sons - and she just finished an Alfre Woodard film, a 3-D animation opening in August and a TV feature premiering in September.
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