Meet the author . . . and watch your neck

MONROE — Next Friday, March 23, readers are invited to the Monroe Free Library to meet Thomas Winship, author of “Vaempires: Revolution: The Evolutionary War” and “Vaempires: White Christmas.”

The library will provide refreshments for both teenagers and adults who come to learn more about “Vaempires:” warm-blooded beings driven by the need for cold vampire blood.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. “With a strange twist, and a creative imagination, Thomas Winship has taken the vampire and turned it into his own creature,” wrote one reviewer on goodreads.com.

Winship was born in Middletown and still lives in Blooming Grove. He’s an adjunct professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Rockland County.

He is an avid collector of books, comic books, music and movies. His interests are diverse: On any given day, Winship is likely to be found watching a horror movie, attending a hard rock concert or enjoying a Broadway show.

He is currently working on the next installment of the “Væmpires” series, which is scheduled for release later this year.