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London Clarke has a few secrets…

Photos by Esther Peters

  • She’s been obsessed with vampires and haunted houses ever since she was a kid.

  • She grew up reading gothic tales like Wuthering Heights and Dracula and came to love the romantic and tragic heroes. Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows was one of her first crushes.

  • She considers herself a recovering runaway and confesses that she moved to England (and Australia a few years later) in search of a man who was the perfect amalgamation of Dracula, Hamlet, Heathcliff, and Mr. Rochester. Fortunately, she never found him and ended up marrying a great guy.

  • She has an undergraduate degree in music and a grad degree in creative writing and has worked a slew of jobs, including receptionist, legal secretary, literary assistant, high school English teacher, and freelance editor.

  • She loves bats and goes to great lengths to encourage them to hang out around her house. (They eat half their weight in mosquitoes in the summer!)

  • She dreams of having her own vineyard and dog rescue. Who knows, maybe the two could be combined?