Poppy Z. Brite life and biography

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Poppy Z. Brite biography

Date of birth : 1967-05-25
Date of death : -
Birthplace : New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality : American
Category : Arts and Entertainment
Last modified : 2011-06-13
Credited as : Horror author, Are You Loathsome Tonight?,

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Poppy Z. Brite aka Melissa Ann Brite is an American horror author. Brite initially achieved notoriety in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s after publishing a string of successful novels.

Brite's recent work has moved into the related genre of dark comedy, of which many are set in the New Orleans restaurant world. Brite's novels are typically standalone books but may feature recurring characters from previous novels and short stories. Much of Brite's work features openly bisexual and gay characters.

Author of books:

Lost Souls (1992, novel)
Drawing Blood (1993, novel)
Swamp Foetus (1993, short stories, also published as Wormwood)
Exquisite Corpse (1996, novel)
Courtney Love: The Real Story (1997, biography of Courtney Love)
The Lazarus Heart (1998, novel)
Are You Loathsome Tonight? (1998, short stories)
The Seed of Lost Souls (1998, chapbook, illustrated by Dame Darcy)
Plastic Jesus (2000, chapbook)
Guilty But Insane (2001, essays)
Wrong Things (2001, short stories, with Caitlin R. Kiernan)
The Value of X (2002, novel)
The Feast of St. Rosalie (2003, chapbook)
The Devil You Know (2003, short stories)
Liquor (2004, novel)
Triads (2004, novel, with Christina Faust)
Prime (2005, novel)
Soul Kitchen (2006)
D*U*C*K (novella; 2007)

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