Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter is a series of urban fantasy novels, short stories, and comic books by Laurell K. Hamilton.

[1] The series is narrated in the first person by Anita Blake, who works in St. Louis, Missouri, as a professional zombie raiser, vampire executioner and supernatural consultant for the police.

The series takes place in a parallel universe where supernatural creatures and powers are real and their presence is public knowledge.

The novels follow legal vampire executioner Anita Blake's ongoing conflicts with the supernatural as she attempts to solve a variety of mysteries, come to terms with her own abilities, and navigate an increasingly complex series of romantic and political relationships.

[5][6] The first adaptation was well received,[7][8][9] with the first volume of The Laughing Corpse being a New York Times bestseller in the graphic novel category.