Harrell: What is it about Vicki that makes Henry so infatuated with her?

Huff: In the beginning, it was because she saw him and accepted him for what he was so he could be himself around her. No lies, no pretense, no masks. Eventually, he began to love the things that define her -- her strength, her unwillingness to surrender, the way she keeps fighting when logically she should quit, her sense of justice, her sense of humour, her intelligence. He started to understand that all her emotional bravado and the way she kept her passions so tightly leashed came from a fear of being hurt and he wanted to be the one to prove to her that there was nothing to be afraid of. Interestingly enough, Mike loves the exact same things.

Harrell: A lot of authors don’t like fanfiction written with their characters. How do you feel about fans of both the books and the show crafting their own stories with your characters?

Huff: Officially, I'm not allowed to know about fanfic. There's all sorts of weird layers and complications if I do. Unofficially, I'm as honoured by fans wanting to play in my world as I am honoured by the people who make television shows. So unofficially, you have my blessing, knock yourselves out. Just don't let me know about it! Seriously, that last point is really important. Don't send me links, don't tell me what you've done because if, gods forbid, anything of a legal nature should come up we'll both be screwed.

Harrell: The Blood Books were written before the Buffy and supernatural craze really caught on in television. What’s it like to have Vicki compared to Buffy, who was created several years after you’d created your characters? Huff: I worship the ground Joss Whedon creates upon so if people want to compare Vicki to Buffy, I'm totally cool with it. I'd give up a kidney to write for one of Joss Whedon's shows. Harrell: When you wrote the book series, did you have any idea it would be adapted for television? Huff: My degree is actually in Radio and Television Arts so I always hoped the Blood books (as well as the other seventeen books I've written) would someday be adapted for film or television but you can't write with that idea in mind. All you can do is tell the stories you have as best as you can.