Everyone believed vampires were extinct. Everyone was wrong. When ariel swanson wrote a novel about vampires, she hoped it would exorcise her fear of the creatures that had, not so long ago, terrorized the human populati...Everyone believed vampires were extinct. Everyone was wrong. When ariel swanson wrote a novel about vampires, she hoped it would exorcise her fear of the creatures that had, not so long ago, terrorized the human population. Instead, it brought her to their attention.