Forbes once called her “The Warren Buffett of vampires,” but American author Anne Rice has established herself as the literary queen of monsters of all kinds over her four-and-a-half decade career. Besides her 15 novels of the world-famous Vampire Chronicles series, she’s also written 21 other books featuring all your favorite dark, supernatural, and undead beings: witches, ghosts, mummies, werewolves, aliens, demons, angels, and even Jesus. But the works of Anne Rice aren't just light, pulpy fun monster books. Her vampires changed the landscape of genre fiction as we know it.

This resource offers a series of discussion questions, vocabulary, and suggested resources to use alongside the video. It includes a gothic literature book swap and mini-research activity on a supernatural being. Lastly, there is an activity in which students imagine and design their own supernatural creature.