The Authors

In 2005, PC and her daughter began co-writing the House of Night series. According to P.C. Cast, the concept for the House of Night novels came from her agent, who suggested the theme vampire finishing school.
The protagonist, Zoey Redbird, age 16, is marked as a fledgling and moves to the House of Night school to undergo her transformation. In November 2008, Variety reported that producers Michael Birnbaum and Jeremiah S. Chechik had obtained an option to acquire the motion picture rights in the House of Night series.