{"product_id":"girl-on-film-cecil-castellucci","title":"Girl On Film;  Cecil Castellucci","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollow novelist Cecil Castellucci in this insightful memoir of making art, the nature of memory, and being a teenager in '80s New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne thing young Cecil was sure of from the minute she saw \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was that she was going to be some kind of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eartiste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Probably a filmmaker. Possibly Steven Spielberg. Then in 1980 the movie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e came out. Cecil wasn’t allowed to see that movie. It was rated R and she was ten. But she did watch the television show and would pretend with her friends that she was going to that school. Of course they were playing. She was not. She was destined to be an art school kid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChronicling the life of award-winning young adult novelist, and Eisner-nominated comics scribe Cecil Castellucci (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShade the Changing Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStar Wars: Moving Target\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGirl on Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e follows a passionate aspiring artist from the youngest age through adulthood to deeply examine the arduous pursuit of filmmaking, while exploring the act of memory and how it recalls and reshapes what we think we truly know about ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNovember 19, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCecil Castellucci is an author of young adult novels and comic books. Titles include Boy Proof, The Year of the Beasts (illustrated by Nate Powell), First Day on Earth, Rose Sees Red, Beige, The Queen of Cool The Plain Janes and Janes in Love (illustrated by Jim Rugg), Tin Star Stone in the Sky, Odd Duck (illustrated by Sara Varon) and Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer short stories have been published in various places including Black Clock, The Rattling Wall, Tor.com, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine and can be found in such anthologies such as After, Teeth, Truth \u0026amp; Dare, The Eternal Kiss, Sideshow and Interfictions 2 and the anthology, which she co-edited, Geektastic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is the recipient of the California Book Award Gold Medal for her picture book Grandma's Gloves, illustrated by Julia Denos, the Shuster Award for Best Canadian Comic Book Writer for The Plain Janes and the Sunburst Award for Tin Star. The Year of the Beasts was a finalist for the PEN USA literary award and Odd Duck was Eisner nominated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe splits her time between the heart and the head and lives north and south of everything. Her hands are small. And she likes you very much.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917635895618,"sku":"","price":9.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/girlonfilm.jpg?v=1709318539","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/girl-on-film-cecil-castellucci","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}