ECW Press is proud to announce the signing of two new television guidebooks to
their list. The first will be a companion guide to the show Angel, written by
Nikki Stafford. Stafford, author of the best-selling Bite Me! An Unofficial Guide
to the World of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"I attended a few conventions this past summer as both a fan and an author, and
I kept hearing the same two questions over and over, says Stafford. "Will you
be re-releasing Bite Me! with season seven of Buffy?? and Why did you put such
short episode guides to Angel?? I love Angel as much as Buffy,
but because Bite Me! was intended to be a guidebook to Buffy (and
with full Angel episode guides it would have been over 500 pages long)
I focused on Buffy instead. As for re-releasing Bite Me! with
only one new season in it, it wouldn't be fair to ask people to plunk down their
money to buy the same book with only 50 new pages in it! So I decided to do this
book instead.
Stafford's new guide to Angel will feature full episode guides for seasons one
through five, and will also include, as a bonus, season seven of Buffy to
complete the episode guide on that show. It will also feature best Angel Web
sites and mailing lists, and a rundown of the 2003 Posting Board Party in L.A. "I'm
hoping this book could be as much a companion to Bite Me! as it is
a guide to the show. The book is due in stores in September 2004.
Stafford will also be co-writing a book on Alias with Robyn Burnett. "I'm a big fan
of her previous book on Roswell and thought it would be a lot of fun
to work with a fellow writer and fan on this book."
Burnett has been a professional writer for several years, and has done diverse
work for ECW Press. She is the author of Crash Into Me: The World of Roswell
and co-author of A Chance for Life: The Suzanne Giroux Story . She most
recently finished A Journey of Spiritual Awakening with psychic Judy
Brown. She is excited to be working on another television guide. "Alias is
a fantastic show with an incredibly talented cast, says Burnett. "I was a loyal
fan before the book idea came up, so this is a treat for me. I'm also thrilled
to be working with Nikki as I have always found her books to be both insightful
and entertaining.
Aside from extensive biographies on Jennifer Garner and the other cast members, the book
will feature an episode guide chronicling the first three seasons of the successful
show, as well as a chapter on the history of the show itself, some interesting
tidbits on the CIA, favorite Alias Web sites, the show?s fan following,
and more. The guide to Alias is also due in September 2004.
Both books will be unauthorized analytical guides to the show, and will not be affiliated
with Twentieth-Century Fox, the WB network, or ABC.
