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Mari Mancusi

Mari Mancusi - Author

About Me

COMING IN OCTOBER!! GIRLS THAT GROWL
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I'm a vampire. I'm also a vampire slayer. (It's a long story-don't ask.) And now I, Rayne MacDonald, Goth Girl, have to try out for THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD?
You'd think after I saved my coven last semester, I'd get a break or something. I've got enough on my plate: my twin keeps whining about whether or not to go all the way; Mom's boyfriend is moving in; and my man, Jareth, who's now allowed out in the sun, has turned from a dark, brooding hottie into a surfer dude...
But I'm still on the clock and have a new assignment. A member of the football team has disappeared-and Slayer, Inc. thinks the cheerleaders had something to do with it-and that they're werewolves. I always knew they were a pack of bitc...
Now they want me to infiltrate the squad and get the dirt. But first, I'll need an extreme prep makeover. If only they'd let me wear fishnets under this revolting uniform...

UPDATE: While you're waiting for Girls that Growl...check out Mari's AUGUST book MOONGAZER! (Written under the name Marianne Mancusi.)

About Moongazer:


Imagine every night entering a nightmare world you can't escape and being told real life is a dream. Skye Brown has it all: the cool job, the hot boyfriend, the apartment on New York's Upper West Side. But lately she can't enjoy any of it. She's having dreams of a post-apocalyptic world. Of a bleak futuristic wasteland. Of a struggle against oppression. And she's been told she's a...
MOONGAZER.
But what is that? And what is reality? In her dreams, she's not Skye Brown at all, but Mariah Quinn. In her dreams there's Dawn, the beautiful yet haunted soldier, and Skye is but the empty shell of a girl he once loved. And there was a betrayal, a great betrayal. Ripped between Dark Siders and club kids, the mundane and the mystic, Skye must discover who she is, what she wants and who wants her. And why. But in the glow of the moon, it's not always easy to recognize the face in the mirror.
Read an excerpt here. Or find it on Amazon .
Here are The Rebels of Romance - Liz Maverick and Mari - taking on The Book Expo of America.
**IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!!***WATCH A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM MARI ON THE FUTURE OF THE BOYS THAT BITE SERIES AND HOW **YOU** CAN HELP IT TO CONTINUE!

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BOYS THAT BITE - IN BOOKSTORES!!!
STAKE THAT! - NOW AVAILABLE!!!
GIRLS THAT GROWL - COMING IN OCTOBER

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ABOUT BOYS THAT BITE


My mom is so going to kill me if she finds out I'm turning into a vampire...
Okay, so technically she can't because I'm immortal. Well, not yet. See, due to the worst case of mistaken identity with my dark-side-loving twin sister at a Goth hangout called Club Fang, Magnus, a vampire hottie, went for my innocent neck instead of hers. Now, if I don't reverse it in time, Magnus will be my blood mate forever and I'm doomed to be a blood-gulping, pasty, daylight-hating vampire. Believe me, it seriously bites!
After the unfortunate slaying of the vampire leader, it's up to me, my sister, and Magnus to find the one thing that can solve my problem--the Holy Grail. No joke. I seriously hope I can get out of this on time because, somehow, I scored the hottest prom date in my school, the mouth-watering Jake Wilder. And I do NOT want to be a vampire for the prom--let alone the rest of eternity.
Boys that Bite is available at all major bookstores.
Or online from Amazon.com.
For a sample chapter, go to my website.

ABOUT STAKE THAT!


All I want is to be a vampire. But nooo-I have to be Rayne MacDonald, Vampire Slayer....
Sisters. They'll swipe your clothes, your boyfriends, your destiny. But it wasn't exactly my twin Sunny's fault. Magnus, vampire hottie and coven leader, mistook her for me last month and bit her instead. Now they're doing the inter-species dating thing.
But back to me. Turns out that for every generation, there's a Vampire Slayer-and this time around, it just happens to be yours truly. My first mission: infiltrate a seedy vamp bar downtown and expose its vampire owner for purposely spreading a blood disease he created himself. A task almost harder than passing trig.
After going it alone once, I realize I need help. So Magnus sends his hot homey Jareth to go undercover with me. And let me just say I wouldn't mind going under the covers with him. Maybe fate doesn't bite after all...
Stake That! is available on Amazon.com.
For an excerpt, go to my website.

My Interests

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Are you Sunny or Rayne?

You are Rayne!You're a creature of the night and sometimes a bit of a bad girl. You like your guys dark and moody. Poets rather than jocks. You don't care at all what people think of you and will dress how you want and act how you feel. Your life's dream is to become a vampire. Here's hoping you someday get your wish.Check out Rayne's adventures in: STAKE THAT! by MARI MANCUSI
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Here are some of the other books I have written.
You can go to my website for more information on any of them.

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Music:

David Bowie, Interpol, Bauhaus, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths/Morrissey, Travis, Stereophonics, Pulp, The Killers, BRMC, The Rapture, Daphne Loves Derby, She Wants Revenge, Dashboard Confessional, Peter Murphy, 80's new wave, techno, trance

Movies:

Requiem for a Dream, Basketball Diaries, Labyrinth, Apocalypse Now, Clockwork Orange, 24 Hour Party People, Human Traffic, The Last Unicorn, Neverending Story, Reality Bites, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Moulin Rouge, Cassablanca, Kill Bill 2, Princess Bride. Any John Hughes 80's movie, Anything by David Lynch or Tim Burton

My Blog

Video Blogging!

My friend Liz Maverick and I have been video blogging at the Romantic Times convention in Pittsburgh this week. Check out our adventures at Rebels of Romance. Once in a lifetime chance to watch me act...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:10:00 PST

A little bit of an update&

Hey guys,   Thanks for being so patient with the updates! I’ve been crazy busy writing two books! One is called "Razor Girl", which is out in September and the other is called "The Camel...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:35:00 PST

New Book - NEWS BLUES

Okay, so it's not a vampire book, but I have a brand new romantic comedy out in stores! It's called NEWS BLUES and is the story of a downtrodden TV News producer named Maddy Madison. What some of you...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:32:00 PST

Update

Hey all, It's been a while since I posted -- been dealing with a very tight book deadline. But I thought I'd drop in quickly to update you. So far Girls that Growl has been selling pretty steadily (t...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:29:00 PST

Bad News about Book 4

First off I just want to thank all of you who participated in the Save the Blood Coven campaign and those of you who served on the street team, etc. You rock and I am so appreciative of your support. ...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:16:00 PST

Vampire Week Continues! MY TURN!

Okay we've heard from fab authors PC Cast and Rachel Caine about their vampire mythology. Now it's my turn to round out Vampire Week here on the blog. And yes, you have a chance to win all three books...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:13:00 PST

Vamp Week Continues: Rachel Caine! Win Books!

Today we have our second teen vampire author with us--Rachel Caine - who writes the truly awesome Morganville vampire series for NAL Jam. If you haven't checked them out yet, you definitely should.Mak...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:46:00 PST

Guest Vampire Blogger and Free Book Giveaway!!

OctoberHalloween month!--is a great month for vampire books, don't you think? Well, obviously publishers agree, too. In fact, today marks the release of at least 3 teen vampire books!! Girls that Gro...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:17:00 PST

One week til Girls that Growl!!!

One week from today -- can you believe it?!?! SQUEE!!! Here are some Do's and Don'ts for release week: * DO buy the book next week instead of waiting a week or two if possible. It looks rea...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:53:00 PST

21 MORE DAYS TIL GIRLS THAT GROWL!

Squee!! Three weeks - or 21 days - until Girls that Growl hits bookstore shelves. Can you believe it??? The official release date is Tuesday, October 2nd. Sometimes though, bookstore owners don't stoc...
Posted by Mari Mancusi on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:01:00 PST