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Phyllis Christine Cast〔Vit Wagner, ("Fame's at stake for Cast of two: Mother and daughter team's vampire formula" ), ''Toronto Star'', March 29, 2009.〕 (born 1960) is an American romance/fantasy author, known for the '' House of Night'' series she writes with her daughter Kristin Cast, as well as her own ''Goddess Summoning'' and ''Partholon'' book series.〔Constance Drogranes,("Vampire love spikes in new book 'Hunted'" ), CTV News, March 26, 2009.〕 ==Career== On her own, P.C. Cast is known for her ''Goddess Summoning'' and ''Partholon'' book series.〔 Her first book, ''Goddess by Mistake'', was originally published in 2001, won the Prism, Holt Medallion, and Laurel Wreath awards, and was a finalist for the National Readers' Choice Award; her subsequent books have won a variety of prizes.〔(P.C. Cast ) at eHarlequin.com (retrieved July 14, 2009)〕 In 2005, she and her daughter began co-writing the '' House of Night'' series.〔Alexandra Alter, ("Young Blood: Vampires go to finishing school in a mother-daughter team's best seller" ), ''Wall Street Journal'', March 21, 2009.〕 In the wake of the current popularity of vampire fiction led by Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' series, the Casts' books have enjoyed substantial and increasing critical and commercial success,〔Fiona Purdon, ("Teens Find New Dark Tales to Satisfy their Twilight Craving" ), ''The Courier-Mail'' (Brisbane, Australia), March 21, 2009.〕〔Carol Memmott, ("'Twilight' Brings Supernatural Fiction to Life, Boosts Genre" ), ''USA Today'', March 10, 2009.〕 and in March 2009, the fifth book in their series, ''Hunted'', opened at number one on the best-seller lists of ''USA Today''〔("Book buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing" ), ''USA Today'', March 18, 2009.〕 and ''The Wall Street Journal''.〔 According to P.C. Cast, the concept for the ''House of Night'' novels came from her agent, who suggested the theme "vampire finishing school."〔Ryan Dahlgren, ("Oklahoma author: P.C. Cast" ), at Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers website (retrieved July 6, 2009).〕 The books take place in an alternative universe version of Tulsa, Oklahoma inhabited by both humans and "vampyres" (Cast uses this alternative spelling in the books, explaining it as a choice she made "just 'cause I like the way it looks"〔("An Interview with P.C. Cast" ) at Amazon.com listing for ''Hunted'' (retrieved July 15, 2009).〕). The protagonist, Zoey Redbird, age 16, is "marked" as a "fledgling" and moves to the "House of Night" school to undergo her transformation.〔 In November 2008, ''Variety'' reported that producers Michael Birnbaum and Jeremiah S. Chechik had obtained an option to acquire the motion picture rights in the ''House of Night'' series.〔Michael Fleming, ("Producers building 'House of Night': Vampire novels acquired by Birnbaum, Chechik" ), ''Variety'', November 17, 2008.〕 No film resulted from this, and in November 2011, it was announced that the film rights had been acquired by producer Samuel Hadida's company, Davis Films.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://pccast.blogspot.com/2011/11/movie-news-finally.html )〕〔Andrew Stewart, ("Davis Films bites for 'Night': Vampire book series eyed for bigscreen franchise" ), ''Variety'', November 2, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「P. C. Cast」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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