Gail Petersen
Gail Petersen
Biography
In 1993, the Abyss Imprint of Doubleday/Dell published Gail Petersen’s first novel, The Making of a Monster, a vampire story of horror, love, humanity and redemption which some critics labeled “better than Anne Rice.” Monster
has recently been optioned by an independent filmmaker, and has just been
re-released in both E-book form and Books on Demand by E-Reads one of the premier digital publishers in the country.
Gail has been a writer all her life, beginning at five years of age, when she made up lyrics for her own versions of popular songs, and then, at eight, wrote her first book, a ten-page suspense novel called, The Mysterious Ghost, that immediately became a bestseller with her parents and other close family friends. Not content with the scope of her audience, she continued writing, but her talents lay not only in fiction, but music as well. In 1982, Gail became a major-label recording artist (on MCA Records) as the writer/lead singer/founder of the cult pop-rock band The Catholic Girls. Since then, she and her band have recorded 5 CDs, appeared on MTV, VH1 and other music channels; they’ve been on radio in the U.S., Australia, Japan and other countries, completed two national tours, and opened for bands including The Ramones, REM, and The Kinks. Recently their music been featured on hosted shows on the internet and Sirius Satellite Radio. Their newest CD, entitled Exposed, has just been released on Cinema Records and is fast gaining traction with radio and digital media airplay.
Gail’s love of fiction has never waned as she continues to write new suspenseful novels, the first of which is White Lie, a dark fiction set in 1994 about a seemingly innocent 16-year old who, on the steps of her parochial school, shoots one of her teachers. This event ignites a fire that becomes more intense, unpredictable, and lethal as it burns away the visible layers of the crime to reveal a spider-web of betrayal, revenge, lies, love and death.
Gail is currently at work on several new novels, Treasure Map, a sinister science fiction dealing with sleep and time travel and a sequel to The Making of
a Monster, entitled The Life and Loves of an American Vampire, which resurrects Kate, the main character of first book who brought new layers to unlife. A vampire unlike most vampires, she retains her conscience, her faith,
and her personal convictions along with a sense of humor, a sense of honor
and a passionate romantic streak.
