Photo: #Novelist Justin Cronin's newest book, "The Passage," debuted at #3 on The New York Times' bestsellers list.
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Novelist Justin Cronin's newest book, "The Passage," debuted at #3 on The New York Times' bestsellers list. (Photo by Gasper Tringale)

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A new spin on the vampire legend

Broadcast: Midmorning, 05/19/2011, 10:06 a.m.

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Vampires are popular these days. But author Justin Cronin, whose previous books have been literary novels, tries to go beyond myth and make his vampires as scientifically plausible as possible. He joins Midmorning to talk about the first book in his vampire trilogy.

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  • Justin Cronin: author of "the Passage". His book "mary and O'Neil" won the Pen/Hemingway award. He joins us from Dallas.

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