"The Vampire Chronicles" author Crossword Clue

• "Servant of the Bones" author

  New York Times · Saturday, October 4, 2014 · 8 letters

• Female novelist whose real first name was Howard

  New York Times · Saturday, October 19, 2013 · 8 letters

• Creator of the Mayfair Witches

  New York Times · Saturday, October 16, 2010 · 8 letters

• Author born Howard Allen O'Brien

  New York Times · Saturday, September 13, 2008 · 8 letters

• "Servant of the Bones" writer

  New York Times · Friday, July 9, 2004 · 8 letters

• "Queen of the Damned" author

  New York Times · Wednesday, December 24, 2003 · 8 letters

• Author whose novels span 6,000 years

  New York Times · Sunday, February 14, 1999 · 8 letters

• "The Witching Hour" author

  New York Times · Sunday, April 27, 1997 · 8 letters

• "Taltos" writer

  New York Times · Saturday, January 4, 1997 · 8 letters

• "The Vampire Lestat" writer

  New York Times · Sunday, October 16, 1994 · 8 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 31-Across Exactly right
• 32-Across Former Nevada senator Harry
• 33-Down Double-___ recession
• 34-Across How Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic
• 35-Across Something that might be thrown behind a teacher's back
• 35-Down Repeated word for word
• 37-Down The "them" in "Let them eat cake"
• 38-Down Restaurant freebie
• 39-Down The "thing," to Hamlet
• 40-Across Bowling venue
• 40-Down Cut (off)
• 41-Across Input for fivethirtyeight.com