Skyler White

• and Falling, Fly introduces a new kind of vampire: a fallen angel who feeds on others’ desire. She can only feed only on people who want or fear her, and her body alters to conform to the preferences of those she hunts.

• and Falling, Fly is the anti-Twilight, in which the vampire is female and the human isn’t a victim. It’s feminist, pro-sex and anti-dogma. Falling is a very adult work and serves to re-appropriate vampires for a more mature audience.

• and Falling, Fly addresses itself directly to the “damned, cursed and misbegotten” and should have a special appeal to people who feel outside the mainstream. The first scene is set in a tattoo parlor, the vampires drink absinthe and the characters are all denizens of a secret, subterranean steampunk hell located in rural Ireland.

• Skyler White holds an MA in dramatic theory and literary criticism, teaches workshops on myth, and actively follows developments in the neuroscience community. She infused Falling with a deep undercurrent of literary (Dante, Milton) and classical mythology, as well as the bleeding edge of neuroscience research. She wrote Falling as a personal exploration in challenging the myth and dogma of desire and self-worth, and writing it changed the way she understood herself, her body and her brain.

• and Falling, Fly is the first book in Skyler White’s The Harrowing series of edgy, allegorical tales set in a parallel world of mythic damnation, combining the relevance and romance of urban fantasy, the darkness of contemporary horror, and the craft and introspection of literary fiction. She is currently polishing Falling’s successor, a dark historical horror-romance about the Irish poet laureate W.B. Yeats, Victorian freedom fighter Maud Gonne, and the Golden Dawn occult movement. Informed by academic research and travel, like Falling, this currently untitled work will be released by Berkley Books in late 2010.

• Skyler White’s visual, visceral storytelling has been praised by author Anya Bast (Wicked Enchantment) as “intriguing from page one … a challenging abrasion between rationality and myth … asks hard questions about desire, damnation, love and sacrifice in a beautiful, poetic way that will keep you utterly spellbound” and Julie Kenner (Tainted) as “lyrical … complex … a unique and intelligent spin on the vampire legend”.

• Accompanying the promotion of and Falling, Fly are temporary tattoos saying ‘DAMNED’, which fans may upload photos of themselves wearing to Skyler’s ‘How Art Thou Damned’ online photo gallery.

• Skyler is an experienced and enthusiastic speaker with and edgy appearance who interviews well for TV, print and radio. She will be participating in readings, signings and panel discussions at local, regional and national fantasy/sci-fi/comic/romance conventions throughout 2010.