P. N. Elrod's start in professional publishing began at
TSR writing gaming modules. She has published more than twenty-five novels, beginning in 1990 with her
Vampire Files urban fantasy series, featuring hard-boiled
private investigator Jack Fleming and his partner, Charles Escott, girlfriend, Bobbi Smythe, and other recurring characters. The 12 books and counting are set in 1930s
Chicago. Jack's first case was solving his own murder. It made the
New York Times Bestseller extended list and won an honorable mention in the 2007 Pearl Awards for best anthology. Her collection
Dark and Stormy Knights, also with St. Martin's Griffin, was released in July 2010. She also sold a steampunk series, ''On Her Majesty's Psychic Service'', to Tor Books in 2010. In April 2011, Elrod was presented with the RT Book Review's
Pioneers of Genre Fiction Award for "Forging the Way in Vampire Fiction Since 1990." Her short story, "Beach Girl", published in the November 2011 edition of ''
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', was presented with first place for their annual Readers' Choice Award. Her collection,
Hex Symbols, was released by St. Martin's in June 2012. ==Bibliography==