Her parents, Connie Burton brite and Robert Brite, are divorced.
Before gaining success as a writer, Poppy worked as a candymaker, a
laboratory mouse caretaker, an artist's model, a short order cook, and
a stripper.
Currently working on a new novel. Has claimed on her
official website that "an independent producer" has purchased rights to
her 1992 debut novel "Lost Souls" (Not to be confused with Winona Ryder's
2000 film). (January 2001)
Announced on her official site that the "Lost Souls" film
project was axed, and the film rights to the novel were on sale again. (April 2001)