Author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, 82, died August 31, 2025. Yarbro was born September 15, 1942 in Berkeley CA, and attended San Francisco State College for three years. Yarbro was an expert on the occult, a Tarot and palm reader, and a musical composer. The St. Germain series began with Hôtel Transylvania: A Novel of Forbidden Love (1978) and includes more than 20 books, set mostly in Europe and spanning centuries. A GoFundMe has been set up to raise money for remaining care expenses that Quinn’s insurance did not cover: www.gofundme.com/f/6n9tz-support-chelsea-quinn-yarbros-final-care-costs.