P. N. Elrod Flexes Her Literary Muscles With four vampire series currently in print, P. N. Elrod must be considered the Nineties' premiere chronicler of the Undead. But neither the lady nor her creations conform to anyone else's notions of proper post-mortem behavior. And that's where the fun begins. Anyway, you've already answered the question.
Vampires are cool.
They're rich, young, worldly, possess great bodies, dress well, and have the best lines. Everyone wants to be cool or hang with someone who is so it can rub off on them. He was inspired by a character I did in a role-playing game. I was playing The Shadow, but he wasn't flexible enough for what I really wanted to do with the guy. As The Shadow was a near-supernatural character, I joked that he must be a vampire, then got the idea of making up an original character who really was a vampire.