- Book launch and readings in Providence, RI, where the author is
located.
- Promotional mail out to large print and online media for review
and blurbs (including Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers
Weekly, etc.)
- Author blog tour at several well-known blogs prior to release
date (Bleeding Cool, Comics Alliance, Boing Boing, etc.)
- Social media marketing campaign
- YouTube book trailer/commercial
- Sale of trade paperback in major Canadian and U.S. Chains,
independent book and comic stores, as well as online at several
eBook vendors in PDF, EPUB and MOBI formats
- Sale and promotion of the book (by publisher) at various
conventions and expos that the publisher participates in all
throughout Canada, the US, and the UK (Readercon, Necon, World
Fantasy, Fan Expo, etc.)
Victoria Dalpe: Victoria Dalpe is a writer and visual artist based out of Providence, RI where she lives with her husband, writer and film maker, Philip Gelatt. From the attic window they can see the spot where HP Lovecraft's ancestral home once stood. Alas, it is now a Starbucks. Victoria loves horror movies, reads too much, and has a soft spot for painting animal skulls all day.
Praise for Victoria Dalpe "Parasite Life, the debut YA novel from
Victoria Dalpe, was the most intense and unsettling teen novel I
had read for quite some time. . . . I highly recommend this
outstanding vampire novel which could be read by anybody, not just
moody teenagers with a 1980s goth fixation."
--The Ginger Nuts of Horror "I loved this story. I loved the dark
themes, the conflicted characters, as well as the intoxicating
relationships that stem from two creatures. From a mother's love,
to the manipulation of lust and affection, Dalpe wields that
darkness like a brush, as she dyes the otherwise tragic beauty of
romance into black. I would rate this book a 5.0 out of 5.0 stars,
and would recommend it to fantasy and paranormal romance lovers in
general."
--Horror Novel Reviews "My favorite thing about Parasite Life is
that, even though on the surface it is about the solitary life of a
monster, it deeply explores the convoluted nature of human
relationships. It points out the selfish aspects of love that can
be hard to face, and it prompts the reader to examine their own
motives when interacting with others. Family, dating, love, sex,
and so many other kinds of relationships are complicated and
confusing, and this novel takes them seriously and encourages
readers to do so, too. . . . Rating: 4/5."
--Carla Reviews Books "Overall, I very much enjoyed Parasite Life.
It held a good emotional narrative that kept me sucked in. Watching
Jane evolve and struggle internally with the beast inside her was
interesting to watch. Even the relationships felt natural and
refreshing. . . . I would definitely recommend this book to any
horror or emotional drama fan."
--Twenty-Two Twenty-Eight "Victoria Dalpe's stellar debut novel
suggests that sometimes you consume the ones you love. The prose is
tough and unsentimental, yet evocative in its depiction of the
cancerous nature of abuse. Parasite Life battens down on
you--insidious and predatory."
--Laird Barron, author of Blood Standard "How do you breathe new
life into the YA vampire novel? If you're Victoria Dalpe, you do it
by wrapping a refreshingly humanistic interior and an incredibly
compelling narrative voice in the Gothic, primal, atavistic horror
that made the children of the night sing to us in the first
place."
--Orrin Grey, author of Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts
"All relationships are parasitic. That's never been truer than in
Parasite Life. A visceral and tempestuous ride through a genuine
teen hell, Parasite Life is a beautifully written, gothic tale
about that give-and-give-and-take in all kinds of love--familial
and romantic--that slowly drain us dry even as they feed us. In
Parasite Life, Dalpe tells a fine damned story."
--Susie Moloney, author of A Dry Spell, The Dwelling, and Things
Withered: Stories "A dark and stormy read! Parasite Life is the
kind of book that makes you want to lock the doors and draw the
curtains just so you won't be interrupted. Victoria Dalpe is such a
charming woman that it's surprising to realize she has such a dark
and macabre imagination--a classic tale whose Gothic roots run deep
throughout the story."
--Adrianne Ambrose, author of Fangs for Nothing, Confessions of a
Virgin Sacrifice, and the "Betty and Veronica" Archie Comics "In
Victoria Dalpe's compelling debut, seventeen-year-old Jane DeVry
shares a house in a small New Hampshire town with a mother
suffering from a mysterious condition whose symptoms include
mysterious wounds and sudden bouts of screaming. When the
friendship of a new student at school awakens new desires in her,
Jane sets out to learn who she is, beginning an odyssey that takes
her first into her mother's old journal, and then to the art scene
in contemporary Manhattan, in search of a father she has never
known. Smart, gripping, and possessed of real emotional depth,
Parasite Life invokes the traditions of the Gothic while taking the
form boldly into the twenty-first century."
--John Langan, author of The Fisherman "Already trapped in a
claustrophobic life which forces her to play caretaker to her own
mentally ill mother, teenaged Jane is finally forced to confront
the secrets and lies which surround her when her "attraction to
Sabrina, a new girl at school, awakens hungers too violent to
ignore. Victoria Dalpe's Parasite Life is a coolly sensual slice of
darkness that reads like Anne Rice for the post-Twilight age."
--Gemma Files, Shirley Jackson and Sunburst Award-winning author of
Experimental Film "Parasite Life is a totally unique spin on the
vampire genre. This dark and blood-soaked coming of age tale haunts
and intrigues as the secrets of Jane's past are revealed."
--Abby Denson, author of Cool Japan Guide and Dolltopia "Sensual,
moving, and sometimes grim, Parasite Life explores the tough
questions: what would you do for love? What would you do for need?
And who would you betray to survive?"
--Nancy Baker, author of Cold Hillside and A Terrible Beauty
"Visceral but polished, grim but lush, and ultimately optimistic. A
coming-of-age story in more ways than one."
--E.L. Chen, author of The Good Brother
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