She holds a master's in forensic psychology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a master's in clinical psychology from Duquesne University, a master's in criminal justice from DeSales University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Rutgers. She has been a therapist and a consultant. Dr. Ramsland has published nearly 1,000 articles and forty books, including real vampire books The Science of Vampires and Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today, along with Anne Rice's official biography Prism of the Night.