By Emmanuel Gutierrez |Features Editor| Acclaimed author and CSUSB alumnus Martin Lastrapes published his second novel, "The Vampire, the Hunter, and the Girl", topping Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Vampire Horror during its first week on sale. Lastrapes won the Paris Book Festival's grand prize and the Hollywood Book Festival for General Fiction for his first novel “Inside the Outside”. He was runner-up for the New York and San Francisco Book Festivals. Lastrapes earned his Bachelor’s degree in English/Creative Writing and graduated after completing his master’s in Composition in 2006. "The Vampire, the Hunter, and the Girl" is a "whimsical vampire horror," set in the Inland … [Read more...] about Martin Lastrapes: Alumnus & author