Mel Lake

About The Author

Mel Lake is a writer, editor, and comic book fan. Her short story was a finalist for the 2025 Quarterly West Prose Contest and she was a finalist for the 2024 Colorado Gold Literary Awards. In addition to vampire novels, she writes short stories and personal essays about life with chronic pain. (They're funny, she swears.) Mel has worked in a variety of industries as a technical writer, but always daydreams about vampires, aliens, ghosts, and gods.

Originally from Arizona, she now lives in Denver with her partner and the best dog in the world. When not writing or reading, Mel is probably on a mountain somewhere. (Or at @melofsometrades on social media.)

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Technically Dead Detective Mysteries

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Books by Mel Lake

Bloodbath at VampCon

By Mel Lake

Book #1

Perfect for fans of What We Do in The Shadows and Only Murders In The Building, a sharp and funny paranormal mystery where the vampire is the last person anyone trusts—and the only one working the case.

Being the only vampire at the scene of a vampire attack is, Mit...

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