{"product_id":"lucky-girl-how-i-became-a-horror-writer-a-krampus-story-paperback","title":"Lucky Girl: How I Became a Horror Writer: A Krampus Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Rickert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer\u003c\/i\u003e is a story told across Christmases, rooted in loneliness, horror, and the ever-lurking presence of Krampus written by World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award-winning author M. Rickert.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Smooth and ruthless, \u003ci\u003eLucky Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is M. Rickert at her ice-cold best.\"--Laird Barron\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRo, a struggling writer, knows all too well the pain and solitude that holiday festivities can awaken. When she meets four people at the local diner--all of them strangers and as lonely as Ro is--she invites them to an impromptu Christmas dinner. And when that party seems in danger of an early end, she suggests they each tell a ghost story. One that's seasonally appropriate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Ro will come to learn that the horrors hidden in a Christmas tale--or one's past--can never be tamed once unleashed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore earning her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, M. Rickert (she\/her) worked as a kindergarten teacher, coffee shop barista, Disneyland balloon vendor, and personnel assistant in Sequoia National Park. She has published the short story collections \u003ci\u003eMap of Dreams, Holiday, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eYou Have Never Been Here. \u003c\/i\u003eHer first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Garden, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2014, and won the Locus award. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Shipbuilder of Bellfairie, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2021. She is the winner of the Crawford Award, World Fantasy Award, and Shirley Jackson Award and has been nominated for the Nebula, Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, Sturgeon, and British Science Fiction Award. She currently lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766372827424,"sku":"9781250817334","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e0195ff0f5f34e752aca856cb3e03299.webp?v=1780291407","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lucky-girl-how-i-became-a-horror-writer-a-krampus-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}