“I was writing the stuff that I wanted to see that didn’t exist anywhere else…”

And she hasn’t stopped yet. Jemiah Jefferson is the author of a series of novels sometimes known as the “Vampire Quartetâ€: Voice of the Blood (the first draft of which was written in 24 hours), Wounds, Fiend, and A Drop of Scarlet. She is also the author of St*rf*ck*ng, a collection of short erotic stories about celebrity obsession, and Mixtape for the Apocalypse, a novel about music, slackerdom and end of the world paranoia. In addition, she has also written for Willamette Week, Just Out, Plazm, 2Grlz Quarterly, and Popshifter.com and she currently works in the editorial department at Dark Horse Comics.

Jemiah joined us to talk about her childhood growing up a “mutant” in Denver, how she discovered reading and writing erotica at an early age and how Nick Cave, Bonnie & Clyde and Apocalypse Now have influenced her work.

We also talked with Jemiah about what inspired to her write about vampires, sex and consequences and why she could care less about “vampire rules”.

For more on Jemiah and her work, check out her website and follow her on Twitter @jemiahj.