About the Author

Maria Lewis is an author, screenwriter and film curator based in Australia. Getting her start as a police reporter, her writing on pop culture has appeared in publications such as the New York Post, Guardian, Penthouse, The Daily Mail, Empire Magazine, Gizmodo, Huffington Post, The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, i09, Junkee and many more. A journalist for over 16 years, she transitioned into working in television as a segment producer, writer and guest presenter on live nightly news program The Feed on SBS. She has worked as a screenwriter on documentary, film and scripted television projects. Her best-selling debut novel Who's Afraid? was published in 2016, followed by its sequel Who's Afraid Too? in 2017, which was nominated for Best Horror Novel at the Aurealis Awards. Who's Afraid? is currently being developed for television. Her Young Adult debut, It Came From The Deep, was released globally in 2018, followed by her fourth book, The Witch Who Courted Death, which won Best Fantasy Novel at the Aurealis Awards in 2019.Her fifth novel set within the shared supernatural universe - The Wailing Woman - was nominated for Best Fantasy Novel at the Aurealis Awards in 2020, followed by the publication of her sixth novel, Who's Still Afraid?, and book seven The Rose Daughter. The host, writer and producer of the limited podcast series Josie & The Podcats about the 2001 cult film, she's a film curator at Australia's national museum of screen culture.Visit Maria Lewis online:Twitter: @moviemazzInstagram: @maria___lewisWebsite: www.marialewis.com.au

Reviews

Gripping, fast-paced, and completely unexpected, Who's Afraid has more twists than a tornado. I loved this story! -- Darynda Jones, New York Times bestselling author of the Charley Davidson series
It's about time we had another kick-arse werewolf heroine - can't wait to find out what happens next! -- Keri Arthur
Journalist Maria Lewis grabs the paranormal fiction genre by the scruff of its neck to give it a shake with her debut novel Who's Afraid? * The West Australian *
Underworld meets Animal Kingdom * ALPHA Reader *
Truly one of the best in the genre I have ever read * Oscar-nominee Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans, Punisher: War Zone, Arrow, Supergirl) *
Lewis creates an intriguing world that's just begging to be fleshed out in further books * APN *
If you haven't heard about Maria Lewis's new urban fantasy novel Who's Afraid you must have been living under a rock * Good Reading Magazine *
An intriguing take on a classic monster with vibrant, modern characters * Sci Fi Bulletin *
Pay attention urban fantasy fans - Maria Lewis is a name you'll want to remember * One More Page *
Definitely worth reading over and over again, as well as buying multiple copies. Great stocking stuffers, those werewolf books * Maria Lewis's mum *