P. N. Elrod

Patricia Nead "Pat" Elrod is an American fantasy writer specilizing in novels about vampires. Her work falls into the area of fantasy and (in some cases) mystery or historical fiction, but normally not horror, since her vampires are usually in no way horrible. She has also written fantasy outside of the vampire theme.

Her series of vampire novels consist of the Vampire Detective series featuring vampire detective Jack Fleming, the Gentleman Vampire series featuring vampire Jonathan Barrett, the vampire grandfather (made the vampire who made Fleming), and one novel on another vampire grandson of Barrett--the vampire who was the man, Quincey Morris, who killed Dracula in the novel by Bram Stoker. Another series coauthored with Nigel Bennett, who played a vampire on the television series Forever Knight is of a very different character, but still features ethical vampires.