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Age range 12+ Angsty teenager Mary Shelley is not interested in carrying on her family's celebrated legacy of being a great writer, but she soon discovers that she has the not-so-celebrated and super-secret Shelley power to heal monsters, just like her famous ancestor, and those monsters are not going to let her ignore her true calling anytime soon.
About the author
Brea Grant is a filmmaker/writer best known for co-writing/directing the apocalyptic feature,
Best Friends Forever, and acting on shows like
Heroes and
Dexter and features like
Halloween II and
Dead Night. She has co-written two comic series --
We Will Bury You, a 1920s zombie series, and
The Suicide Girls, based on the popular website. She also wrote a short story for the collection
Zombies vs Robots: This Means War! She wrote and created the series,
The Real Housewives of Horror for Nerdist and most recently wrote and directed an episode of the Netflix show,
EastSiders. As if she's not busy enough, she also co-hosts a weekly podcast called
Reading Glasses on the Maximum Fun network. You can currently see her award-winning short
Feminist Campfire Stories on Funny or Die and her acting work on the series
The Arrangement. She wrote and will star in a feminist slasher called
Lucky later this year. In her spare time, she enjoys reading science fiction and watching too much TV while pretending like it's research. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Summary
Age range 12+ Angsty teenager Mary Shelley is not interested in carrying on her family's celebrated legacy of being a great writer, but she soon discovers that she has the not-so-celebrated and super-secret Shelley power to heal monsters, just like her famous ancestor, and those monsters are not going to let her ignore her true calling anytime soon.
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Author Brea Grant boasts a large following on social media and in the comic books world thanks to her roles as an actress on Heroes and Dexter
Quirky blend of romance, horror, and comedy makes it a unique and appealing entry into the YA graphic novel market.
