With her customary wit and dead-on satire, Barbeau skewers Hollywood and vamp lit alike, casting the paparazzi as werewolves and certain Hollywood “monsters” as the genuine article Ovsanna Moore is a Hollywood siren, horror film legend, and cut throat producer. She also happens to be a 450-year-old vampyre. In the follow-up to the much acclaimed Vampyres of Hollywood, Adrienne Barbeau paints a wonderfully sly portrait of cinematic vampyres, as well as the nature of celebrity, and the entertainment industry. Her “Scream Queen” credentials make her the only author who could combine such a fastpaced, edgy plot with tongue-in-cheek references to the inner workings and vanity of Hollywood. A whirlwind of action, Love Bites is a clever take on vampyres readers will never forget.
Adrienne began her theatrical career in 1963, entertaining American G.I.s on Army bases throughout Southeast Asia. From there she moved to New York where she made her Broadway debut as Tevye's second daughter, Hodel, in "Fiddler on the Roof". A Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award for her creation of Rizzo in the original Broadway production of "Grease" led her back to California and the role of Bea Arthur's daughter, Carol, in the hit series "Maude".
Movie fans know her best for her performances in "The Fog", "Escape From New York", "Creepshow", "Swamp Thing", "Back to School", and "Cannonball Run". She has a Golden Globe nomination and over 450 screen performances to her credit. Drew Carey fans know her as Oswald's mom and she starred as Ruthie, the Snake Dancer, on HBO's fascinating series, "Carnivale". Most recently, she has guest starred on "Grey's Anatomy", "Dexter", "Cold Case", and "The New Adventures of Old Christine".
In 2006, just as her first book was published, she returned to New York to garner standing ovations as Judy Garland in "The Property Known As Garland".
Off camera, Adrienne is the voice of Catwoman in "Batman, The Animated Series", Ms. Simone in "Scooby-Do on Zombie Island", and Scooter's Mom in the 3-D animated film "Fly Me To The Moon". She can be heard in a myriad of video games: "God of War" and "Batman, Arkham Asylum" among them.
Adrienne began her writing career with the best-selling memoir "There Are Worse Things I Could Do". She followed that with "Vampyres of Hollywood", a thriller about an A-list Hollywood scream queen who just happens to be a 450 year old vampire. The sequel "Love Bites" will be published this summer.
In March of 1997, Adrienne gave birth to identical twin boys making her "the only woman on the maternity ward who was a member of AARP". She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Billy Van Zandt, and the twins, William and Walker. Whenever she can, she travels to Japan to visit her older son, Cody Carpenter.
