Glass Houses characters

Appears from the start

A sixteen-year-old academic prodigy who has left home early to attend Texas Prairie University. Claire is much younger and smaller than most students, but she is observant, stubborn, and unwilling to let fear end her education. After violent bullying makes the dorm unsafe, she searches for somewhere to live off campus.

Appears from the start

A wealthy, socially powerful student who treats the university dorm as her territory. Monica responds to an accidental embarrassment by making Claire the target of a sustained and increasingly dangerous campaign.

Appears from the start

One of Monica's constant companions in the dorm. Gina helps carry out Monica's intimidation of Claire and relies on Monica's family influence to avoid consequences.

Appears from the start

A member of Monica's dorm-room circle who joins in harassing Claire. Jennifer follows Monica's lead even when the bullying turns physical.

First appears in chapter 2

The friendly Goth who answers Claire's advertisement for a room at Glass House. Eve works at the local coffee shop, understands Morganville's unwritten rules, and quickly becomes protective of her younger new housemate.

First appears in chapter 2

An eighteen-year-old resident of Glass House with a sharp temper and an instinct to stand between danger and his friends. Shane is suspicious of outsiders and openly hostile toward Morganville's vampires, but he makes room for Claire in the household.

First appears in chapter 11

The owner of Glass House and the calm center of its improvised family. Michael is a talented musician who can become solid only after sunset: a vampire attack killed him, but the strange house preserved him in a ghostlike state bound to its grounds. He hides this condition because discovery would make both him and the house vulnerable.

First appears in chapter 14

The easygoing owner of Common Grounds, Morganville's coffee shop. Oliver gives Claire a job and presents the café as neutral ground, but he is also a powerful vampire seeking leverage against the town's ruler.

First appears in chapter 13

Morganville's Founder and the ancient vampire whose authority holds the town's rival factions in check. Amelie is formal, remote, and exacting in bargains; she can grant protection, but expects obedience and payment in return.

First appears in chapter 5

A predatory Morganville vampire who uses the town's system of protection to hunt people who lack a patron. Brandon takes an immediate interest in Claire and regards the Glass House residents as exposed targets.

First appears in chapter 8

Monica's older brother and a Morganville police officer. Richard is more responsible than his sister and recognizes how badly her feud with Claire has escalated, though his family's place in town limits what he can openly do.

First appears in chapter 17

Shane's estranged father, who returns to Morganville leading armed human vampire hunters. Grief and rage have made Frank determined to attack the town's vampires regardless of the danger to Shane or the other residents of Glass House.