Vanessa is Not a Victim
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Daria meets Scream with the dark humor of Heathers in this debut YA thriller novel by high school senior Gabrielle S. Clarke.
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Gabrielle S. Clarke
Gabrielle S. Clarke is a high school senior, vice president of her school’s Thespian Society and a College Board National African American Recognition Awardee.
She has been published in the anthology Black Girl, White School: Thriving, Surviving and No, You Can’t Touch My Hair and the Thurber House literary journal Flip the Page.
When Gabrielle isn’t writing, she enjoys painting, drawing, hanging out with friends, and applying for colleges where she hopes to major in film directing.
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Vanessa is Not a Victim
Seventeen-year-old Vanessa's life is as mundane as it gets in her sleepy, small town. The only thing that breaks up the monotony? Her obsession with corny horror movies.
When a murder hits close to home, Vanessa doesn't blink—until she finds the body of a fellow student in the girls' bathroom. Inspired by her favorite slasher films, Vanessa hatches an exciting plan: create the perfect death and become the killer's next victim. However, no matter what she tries, the mysterious murderer won't take the bait!
Frustrated, she flips the script. If she can't be the victim, she'll save her clueless peers from becoming one, because in Vanessa's world, if she can't star in the horror show, no one can.
With razor-sharp wit and a rebellious spirit, Vanessa is Not a Victim delivers a wickedly fun ride through high school halls fraught with danger and dark comedy. It's a tale where the line between hunter and hunted blurs, keeping readers laughing one moment and gripping their seats the next.
The Old Boatman
Named after Florence Price's piano piece, "The Old Boatman," Gabrielle Clarke's poignant short story entry for the 2024 Flip the Page Literay Journal mesmerizes with its depth and creativity as it explores themes of family, perspective, and intergenerational understanding.
Black Girl, White School: Thriving, Surviving and No, You Can't Touch My Hair
"Repeat," a poem about resilience and stepping out of the boxes contructed around Black feminity, its inclusion in the 2020 bestselling young adult anthology served as Gabrielle Clarke's publishing debut at thirteen years old.
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