Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Since 1969 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has published nearly 100 books and more than 100 pieces of short fiction. Her most famous creation is the 4,000 year-old vampire Count Saint-Germain, whose adventures Yarbro have chronicled in a bestselling series of historical horror novels. She has also composed music for the orchestra and theater.
In 1997 the Transylvanian Society of Dracula bestowed a literary knighthood on Yarbro, and in 2003 the World Horror Association presented her with a Grand Master award. In 2006 the International Horror Guild enrolled her among their Living Legends, the first woman to be so honored. She has received two Lifetime Achievement Awards — from the Horror Writers Association in 2009, and from the World Fantasy Association in 2014.
Yarbro lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with the Gang of Two (her cats Butterscotch and Crumpet). When not busy reading or writing, she enjoys the symphony and opera.