XT's current novel

The Mask of Aubrey Clover, a fable by XT, is a story told through the voice an abandoned young girl, coping with a disfiguring disease, who makes us wonder if society is the real monster.

XT is the writer of the highly praised novel The Mask of Aubrey Clover, the story of a misfit young girl coping with a disfiguring bone disease, who believes she will transform into a monster on her thirteenth birthday.

The book has been praised as "an inspirational literary feat," "haunting," "a joy," and compared to such coming-of-age tales as The Member of the Wedding and The Catcher in the Rye.

With a writing style that infuses lyricism with minimalism, fantasy with reality, XT's heartfelt, surreal stories always give a voice to outsiders.

XT grew up loving monster films such as Frankenstein, fairytales like Edward Scissorhands, books by Edgar Allan Poe, and stories about outcasts like Joseph Merrick, and she credits her distant cousin Peter Cushing ("Baron Frankenstein") as being one of her earliest influences.

XT studied dramatic writing and film at both New York University and the University of Southern California.  She was a recipient of the Burton Goldberg scholarship for writing, in addition to the Jones Award for writing.  In 2010, her film Scars at the Spook House was an official Short Film Corner selection at the Cannes Film Festival.  Her screenplay Adelia's Uprising was a selection at the Austin Film Festival, and she has had numerous stories published.

XT's writing influences include Albert Camus, Richard Bach, Toni Morrison, and Edgar Allan Poe.

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Upcoming projects for XT

~ XT is currently writing her third novel, Five Seconds in Havana, about a revolutionary, on the eve of his execution, who wishes to make up for the mistakes he made with his former love.

~ XT's feature documentary is in pre-production. 

~ In spring 2012, XT will be directing and producing an animated film, based on her story The Pale-Pale Heart, a different take on the classic Edgar Allan Poe tale The Tell-Tale Heart.

~ XT is also writing a graphic novel, Jessie Flynn and the Silver Anjin, and a collection of short stories in the realm of The Brothers Grimm.

(The Mask of Aubrey Clover, and all excerpts, are copyright © 2010 XT, Mulberry Bark Publishing)

(The film Edward Scissorhands is copyright © 20th Century Fox and is used with permission in The Mask of Aubrey Clover)

Contact:

If you're interested in the film rights to any of XT's works, please contact Dustin Brown: brown.dustin@mulberrybark.com

For press inquiries, interview requests, and public appearances, please contact Lisa Bowman:  bowman.lisa@mulberrybark.com

Contact XT: XT@themaskofaubreyclover.com