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Title: CARMILLA
Author: Kim Turrisi
Pub. Date: May 7, 2019
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 224
Rating: 3/5
An adaptation of Shaftesbury's award-winning, groundbreaking queer
vampire web series of the same name, Carmilla mixes the camp of Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, the snark of Veronica Mars, and the mysterious atmosphere of
Welcome to Nightvale.
Newly escaped from the stifling boredom of a small town, college
freshman Laura is ready to make the most of her first year at Silas University.
But when her roommate, Betty, vanishes and a sarcastic, nocturnal philosophy
student named Carmilla moves into Betty's side of the room, Laura decides to
play detective. Turns out Betty isn't the first girl to go missing ? she's just
the first girl not to come back.
All over campus, girls have been vanishing, and they are completely
changed when (or if) they return. Even more disturbing are the strange dreams
they recount: smothering darkness, and a strange pale figure haunting their
rooms. Dreams that Laura is starting to have herself.
As Laura closes in on the answers, tensions rise with Carmilla. Is this
just a roommate relationship that isn't working out, or does Carmilla know more
than she's letting on about the disappearances?
What will Laura do if it turns out her roommate isn't just selfish and
insensitive, but completely inhuman? And what will she do with the feelings
she's starting to have for Carmilla?
Produced by Shaftesbury, and available on the YouTube channel KindaTV,
Carmilla is a global sensation. A scripted transmedia series that puts a modern
spin on the cult-classic gothic vampire novella by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu,
Carmilla has generated over 71 million views and 245 million minutes of watch
time across three seasons since its launch in 2014. It has been translated into
more than 20 languages and also been made into a feature film.
Author Kim Turrisi brings her trademark humor and sensitivity to an
adaptation that offers a deep dive for existing fans and a portal for new fans
around the world.
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About Kim:
A graduate of Florida State
University, Kim Turrisi began her career in film and television. After a year
of on-set production (getting coffee, wrangling actors and taking lunch orders)
Kim segued to the development side of the business. First working as a
development executive at Columbia-Tri-Star and eventually shepherding many
projects in family entertainment for Disney, Viacom and Hallmark.
Kim created and wrote an online web
series for which she won a Daytime Emmy. She wrote for ABC Family's webisode
series, PRETTY DIRTY SECRETS, an internet companion piece to smash hit PRETTY
LITTLE LIARS.
While she’s always been a voracious
reader and writer, she never thought about writing for teens until she immersed
herself in the children’s publishing world as the Director of Special Projects
for the Society of Book writers and Illustrators. There, reading children’s
literature is a big part of her job.
Her
debut Young Adult novel JUST A NORMAL TUESDAY is loosely based on the author's
own experience, the debut YA novel follows 16-year-old Kai as she struggles
through the
emotional aftermath of her sister's
suicide. Kai spends a month at grief camp, discovering a roadmap to piecing her
broken heart back together.
One of Kim’s favorite parts of the
writing process is to create playlists for her characters that she listens to
when she writes. When she revises her manuscripts, she’s generally in
mismatched plaid and her desk is riddled with junk food. She collects Chuck
Taylor’s, Van’s, and has a killer sock collection.
Born in Hawaii, she credits her love
of travel to her life as an Air Force brat moving every two years. When she
isn’t writing or reading, she can be found obsessing over her dogs, Riley and
Rocco.
Represented by Tricia Lawrence at EMLA
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
@kimmyt22
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive a finished copy
of CARMILLA, US Only.
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