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Gr 6–10—While books like Frankenstein and Dracula remain hallowed works, the lives of the authors responsible for them, and other shudder-inducing yarns, are not as well known. Enter this dark little tome by Giglioti. The book contains profiles of 14 authors ranging from the time of the Gothics to the New York Times bestseller list. Mainstays such as Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King are in attendance, and those just getting introduced to the horror genre will be delighted to see more women practitioners of this shadowy art, such as S...Log In or Sign Up to Read More