Poppy Z. Brite

Poppy Z. Brite is the author of four horror novels, LOST SOULS, DRAWING BLOOD, EXQUISITE CORPSE, and THE LAZARUS HEART; two short story collections, WORMWOOD (also published as SWAMP FOETUS) and ARE YOU LOATHSOME TONIGHT? (published in the UK as SELF-MADE MAN); and a biography of rock diva Courtney Love. She edited two anthologies of erotica, LOVE IN VEIN and LOVE IN VEIN 2. She wrote and illustrated the novella PLASTIC JESUS for Subterranean Press. She has been publishing a series of novels set in the New Orleans restaurant business, titles include LIQUOR: A NOVEL (2004), PRIME: A NOVEL (2005) and SOUL KITCHEN: A NOVEL (2006). She lives in New Orleans with her husband.