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Melissa de la Cruz [1971-0] American

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Melissa de la Cruz is an American author known for her work in young-adult fiction. She has written several series of young adult novels, including the Au Pair series and the Blue Bloods series, and a contemporary fiction series following The Beauchamp Family, as well as a number of stand-alone novels.

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I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze sex. Vampires are all the big themes in life in one attractive, bloodsucking package.		101
Just because I worked in fashion doesn't mean I didn't go to see 'Underworld' three times!		102
Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves.		103
I used to write my books at night when I was a freelancer with no children. I used to really work in huge spurts - I could turn around a revision in two weeks, I used to be able to write 10,000 words a day. It's like, 'Wow, what happened to that?' That's just gone.		104
I was always a sci-fi and fantasy geek. I was in the 'Lord of the Rings' club and all my cool friends made fun of me.		105
Once you start telling people you're famous, they believe you.	Famous	106
I haven't paid for anything since I became famous.	Famous	107
I don't write that much horror. People tell me my books are scary, but they're not really; I don't go there.		108
We all want to live forever, but we don't want to suck blood to do it, right? I think people like to have these deep moral questions that don't come up in real life.		109
Being an adult comes with a whole new set of issues.		110
As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!		111

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