publication date: Monday, August 3, 1998 (part of Round II)

category: Literature

clue: It only takes a minute to cook a vampire.

explanation: Rice is a horror writer known for her series of novels about Lestat the vampire. The "it only takes a minute to cook" part of the clue plays with her last name. more…

solved by: Kelly Lee

trivia: Someone guessed Ozzy Osbourne.


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