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""As a longtime fan of Anna Kovatcheva's shorter fiction, this deliciously dark debut novel delivers the same dreamlike prose I've come to admire, but digs far deeper into labyrinths of belief, desperation, and illusions of necessity. By turns horrific, atmospheric, and tender, this is a spell book that practices the best kind of magic--revealing the monsters embedded within and around us."" -- Sequoia Nagamatsu ""A poetic exploration of the power of stories. Inspired by Slavic folklore, the novel uses lyrical prose, realistically drawn characters, and multiple points of view to expose the monsters created to make sense of the shadows."" -- Library Journal ""Kovatcheva has woven a darkly mesmerizing tale of folklore, witchcraft, and monsters that will linger at the corners of your dreams long after you've finished reading. She Made Herself a Monster is the best kind of vampire story--one in which the real evil is us."" -- Peng Shepherd, author of All This and More and The Cartographers ""This exciting, gorgeous novel reminded me why I love vampire stories. Rooted in folklore and peopled with characters who are hauntingly real, She Made Herself a Monster never looks away from the consequences of burying humanity's evils too shallow and too near. I still have chills."" -- Kate Heartfield, author of The Embroidered Book ""Poetic, visceral, dark, Kovatcheva captures the monstrous in both the mythical and the mundane. A terrifying read that will leave you looking over your shoulder long after you finish reading."" -- Isabelle Schuler, author of Lady Macbethad ""Gorgeous and gruesome, Anna Kovatcheva's bold and atmospheric debut marks her as a star on the rise. She Made Herself a Monster pulses with folklore and reads like the best literary fiction, but at heart this is the scariest kind of fairy tale: the kind that asks you if you truly know what you should be afraid of. "" -- Julia Fine, author of Maddalena and the Dark

""As a longtime fan of Anna Kovatcheva's shorter fiction, this deliciously dark debut novel delivers the same dreamlike prose I've come to admire, but digs far deeper into labyrinths of belief, desperation, and illusions of necessity. By turns horrific, atmospheric, and tender, this is a spell book that practices the best kind of magic--revealing the monsters embedded within and around us."" -- Sequoia Nagamatsu

""As a longtime fan of Anna Kovatcheva's shorter fiction, this deliciously dark debut novel delivers the same dreamlike prose I've come to admire, but digs far deeper into labyrinths of belief, desperation, and illusions of necessity. By turns horrific, atmospheric, and tender, this is a spell book that practices the best kind of magic--revealing the monsters embedded within and around us."" -- Sequoia Nagamatsu ""A poetic exploration of the power of stories. Inspired by Slavic folklore, the novel uses lyrical prose, realistically drawn characters, and multiple points of view to expose the monsters created to make sense of the shadows."" -- Library Journal

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Anna Kovatcheva was born in Bulgaria and now lives in Brooklyn. She holds an MFA in fiction from New York University. She Made Herself a Monster was completed while Anna was in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her chapbook, The White Swallow, was selected by Aimee Bender as the winner of the Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition; her short fiction has been anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading and has appeared in The Kenyon Review and The Iowa Review.

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