Serena Valentino is best known for weaving tales that combine mythos and guile with her work on the comic book series GloomCookie and Nightmares & Fairy Tales published with SLG Publishing. Nightmares & Fairy Tales has earned her critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domain, where she is known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty and extraordinary female protagonists.

Among her other projects, Serena is currently writing a horror screenplay with writer/director Phil Flores (of the Butcher Brothers) and has written two young adult novels published by Candlewick: How to be a Zombie and How to be a Werewolf, and a novel for Disney Press entitled Fairest of All: The Story of the Wicked Queen.

Some of Serena’s passions: Silent films, researching obscure historical events and odd characters, abandoned buildings, Johnny Cash, architecture, Nikola Tesla, player pianos, Tom Waits, old cannons, the 1920′s, good bourbon, werewolves, San Francisco history, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Carnivals, Nick Cave, H.P. Lovecraft, New Orleans, lighthouses, the Sutro Baths ruins and of course writing.

Serena, along with her mad alchemist boyfriend live in San Francisco where they are often seen traversing the city in search of oddities, marveling at the beautiful architecture or having a drink in a local saloon.

Contact: Serena@serenavalentino.com