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Poppy Z. Brite

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    (May 25, 1967- )
    Novels include 'Lost Souls,' 'Drawing Blood,' 'Exquisite Corpse,' 'The Value of X,' and 'The Crow: The Lazaruse Heart' and 'Liquor'
    Short-story collections include 'Wormwood,' 'Are You Loathsome Tonight?,' and 'Guilty but Insane'
    Began hormone therapy (2010
    Changed name to William Joseph Martin (2011) and asked to be referred to by male pronouns

Why she might be annoying:

    She wrote a biography on Courtney Love, although Courtney herself said she wasn't officially authorizing it.
    She once worked as a mouse caretaker in a cancer ward.
    She hates when she's asked what the 'Z' in her name is for.
    Both Dell and Penguin presses refused to publish 'Exquisite Corpse' because of it's 'extreme' content.

Why she might not be annoying:

    By the time she was 3, she was telling stories into a tape recorder (and she hadn't even learned to write yet!).
    Many of her novels and story collections have been successful.
    She tried reading 'The Bell Jar' when she was only 5.
    She sold her first story, 'Optional Music for Voice and Piano,' when she was 18.
    She and her husband have 19 cats and 3 dogs, most of whom were rescued from pounds or off the streets.
    She loves living in New Orleans, and she lists many locales on her website for her fans to visit whenever they are there.
    Before she became a successful novelist, she worked as a stripper.

Credit: Dan


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 59.57% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 62.67% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 154 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 252 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 127 Votes: 62.20% Annoying