If you're a fan of Charlaine Harris and her Southern Vampire Mysteries, here's a recent piece by the NYT:
Vampire-Loving Barmaid Hits Jackpot for Charlaine Harris
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/bo...1&pagewanted=1
Ms. Harris, the author of the Sookie Stackhouse vampire mystery romance novels, had just heard that the latest book in the series, “Dead and Gone,” would make its debut on the New York Times hardcover fiction best-seller list this Sunday in the No. 1 spot. It was a first for Ms. Harris, who has published 26 novels in nearly three decades and sold the original book in the Sookie series, “Dead Until Dark,” for just $5,000 nine years ago.