Other: Jim Butcher. Deserves it for writing the Dresden Files along with the four main Vampire 'races' within it: White Court, Red Court, Black Court and Jade Court.
It's referenced inside the bookseries that 'Stoker told everyone how to kill Black Court vampires. That was the best plot of centuries to thin out the competition, all orchestrated by a White Court vampire'
White Court are essentially emotion feeders and most human-like of them all. Some feed on lust (and coincidentally control the porn industry), some on fear, some on despair etc. Only barely stronger and faster than humans, they can for short periods of time boost their natural abilities at the cost of getting hungry sooner. Those who do not feed enough become crazy, feral hunters who go for the nearest source of sustenance and then drain it dry; Result is a sane vampire with one coma patient or dead body next to it.
Not bothered by sunlight, holy symbols etc. Their main advantage is a charming mind-control lure that uses their natural grace and beauty along with some natural vampiric magic to lull victims into a false sense of security and trust.
The only major weakness of the White Court are those touched by true love: Mere skin to skin contact with such a person is enough to give them severe burn injuries. Feeding from one would be like 'Drinking burning gasoline while standing in a pool of Napalm'. Ouch...
Red Court are slimy bats wearing a 'human costume', a thin facade to hide and distract from their monstrous nature. Closer to traditional vampires: Strong, fast and drink blood. Severe allergy to sunlight.
Their saliva is highly addictive, transforming feeding victims that they allow to survive into highly-obedient slaves to whom nothing else matters but serving (in any capacity they are requested or they can think of) the vampire that fed from them.
Black Court... well, as mentioned, think Stoker's Dracula when it comes to weaknesses and strenghts. Younger Black Court, who are extremely rare (due to the 'how-to kill Black Court' manual written by Stoker, disguised as a novel), die almost instantly in sunlight. Older vampires are merely weakened at sunlight.
Jade Court is as of yet unknown, being only briefly referenced in a few books. Assumed to be some kind of vampire strain who control unknown, but presumed huge, areas of middle-east and Asia.
So really, Butcher get's this one for creating a variety of vampires that blend seamlessly into his stories, each having parts of other popular vampiric characteristics within the written literature. Nothing too original here, but he does mix them up nicely and seperates them into functional categories that are at odds with eachother.
