for more than five years, with bylines in publications such as Hamilton Magazine and Beyond James, among others. She is also a two-time award-winning playwright, taking home the Best of Fringe award at the 2017 Hamilton Fringe Festival for the musical comedy This Is Not a Musical: The Musical! and the 2020 Torpedo Prize for her play Alone Together, a pandemic drama. Dara knew she wanted to be a writer at the age of seven, when she first fell in love with the written word. She also wanted to be a mermaid but has mostly focused on the writing side of things.
Her new novel is A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer.
At Electric Lit Dara tagged "seven fun, innovative reads that really put some 'life' into the afterlife." One title on the list:
Soulless by Gail CarrigerRead about another entry on the list.
Carriger’s steampunk take on the Victorian era is bursting at the seams with beings who could tell you a thing or two about death. In a world where vampires and werewolves are staples in polite society, protagonist Alexia Tarabotti finds herself lacking in the same supernatural spirit. Or, more specifically, lacking in a soul. This unusual affliction makes her an antidote for paranormal powers, which is a handy skill to have until it inadvertently leads to her very unceremoniously killing a vampire, which goes against all sense of propriety and etiquette. But someone or something else is harming high society vamps, on purpose no less, and Alexia teams up with a handsome werewolf government operative to solve the mystery of the disappearing immortals. This book is full of humor, intrigue, and Victorian manners, and introduces a one-of-a-kind world you’ll have to be unwillingly dragged out of.
Soulless is among K.W. Colyard's twenty-five best recent vampire books, David R. Slayton's ten groundbreaking urban fantasy novels, and Darynda Jones's ten must-read crime-fighting duos.
My Book, The Movie: Soulless by Gail Carriger.
--Marshal Zeringue --Marshal Zeringue
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