''The Living Blood'' is a

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

by writer

Tananarive Due Tananarive Priscilla Due ( ) (born January 5, 1966) is an American author and educator. Due won the American Book Award for her novel '' The Living Blood''. She is also known as a film historian with expertise in Black horror. Due teaches a cours ...

. It is the second book in Due's ''African Immortals Series''. It is preceded by '' My Soul to Keep'', which was published in 1997, and is followed by '' Blood Colony'', which was published in 2008. It won the

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

in 2002.

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2001 American novels Novels by Tananarive Due American horror novels American science fiction novels 2001 science fiction novels African-American novels {{2000s-sf-novel-stub