Kostova's interest in the Dracula legend began with the stories her father told her about the vampire when she was a child. The family lived in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1972, while her father was teaching at a local university; during that year, the family traveled across Europe. According to Kostova, "It was the formative experience of my childhood."
Kostova's interest in books and libraries began early as well. Her mother, a librarian, frequently took her and her sisters to the public library—they were each allowed to check out 30 books and had a special shelf for their library books. (Source.)
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Fiction, Art appreciation, Artists, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Painters, Psychiatrists, Psychiatrists, fiction, Americans, Americans -- Bulgaria -- Fiction, Appreciation, Art, Bulgaria, Bulgaria -- Fiction, Bulgaria -- Novela, Bulgaria, fiction, Cuentos de terror, Description and travel, Estadounidenses -- Bulgaria -- Novela, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Suspense, Family Secrets, Family secrets -- Fiction, Ficción, Fiction, generalPeople
DraculaID Numbers
- OLID: OL1437837A
- GoodReads: 5918
- ISNI: 0000000121422016
- IMDb: nm2126820
- Library of Congress Names: n2004044478
- MusicBrainz: 6d497a84-c77c-4826-8a70-a31e1f591fcd
- VIAF: 85594239
- Wikidata: Q239923
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q239923
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- Elizabeth Johnson Kostova
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