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Lisa Glass presents her "idiots guide" to paranormal romance.
These are books featuring characters such as shapeshifters, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, fairies, angels and mermen.
Possibly the best known of this genre are the twilight books by Stephanie Meyer, but one of the top writers in this genre is in fact a New Zealander.
Best selling kiwi author Nalini Singh's paranormal romances have regularly appeared on the New York Times best seller list
