Remastered 2025. Originally aired February 13, 2010.)
This marks the first time Lee and I were nervous speaking with our guest. Until now, at least one of us (if not both) knew the author we were about to interview, whereas this time we interviewed someone we knew only by reputation.
In a "world is small" sort of way, I "met" Mari Mancusi (http://www.marimancusi.com/) through Myspace in 2007 when my book Pyre was being published. I asked her to read a pre-published copy of it, and if she liked it, she might provide me with a quote for the jacket. She graciously read it, enjoyed it and gave me the quote. After that, I have enjoyed following her career with her vampire series, Blood Coven, and her new story in the anthology, "Zombie Valentine" and countless other books. You can see her at Dragon Con defending Zombies on the panel "Vampires vs. Zombies" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3oox2K1tC0).
You can see her on the nationally syndicated TV show Better TV when she isn't writing. (http://www.better.tv/)