Outcasts (35 page)
Authors: Sarah Stegall
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, by Richard Westall (d. 1836). National Portrait Gallery, London.
John William Polidori, by F.G. Gainsford (fl. 1805-1822), given to the National Portrait Gallery, London, in 1895.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, by Alfred Clint (died 1883), after an 1819 original by Amelia Curran. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Claire Clairmont, 1819, by Amelia Curran (1775-1849). National Portrait Gallery, London.
S
arah Stegall writes novels and reviews. Her reviews have been cited in academic television and cultural studies such as
Cult Television, Escape Into the Future, Aliens In America, The Philosophy of The X-Files, Convergence,
and
Reality Squared
(which called these reviews “among the best critical commentary available on the Web”). She is the author of the young adult science fiction novel
Farside
; a series of murder mysteries set in San Francisco:
Deadfall
(Wavelength Books, 2012) and
Deadwater
(Wavelength Books, 2013); and a science fiction novel
Chimera
(Wavelength Books, 2013). With Brian Lowry, Stegall co-authored
The Truth Is Out There - The Official Guide to The X-Files
and
Trust No One, The Official Third Season Guide to The X-Files.
With Andy Meisler, she co-authored
I Want to Believe
(The Official Guide to The X-Files, Vol. 3).
Stegall currently resides in Northern California. For more information, visit her at
http://www.munchkyn.com
.
W
ings Press
was founded in 1975 by Joanie Whitebird and Joseph F. Lomax, both deceased, as “an informal association of artists and cultural mythologists dedicated to the preservation of the literature of the nation of Texas.” Publisher, editor and designer since 1995, Bryce Milligan is honored to carry on and expand that mission to include the finest in American writingâmeaning all of the Americas, without commercial considerations clouding the decision to publish or not to publish.
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This first edition of
Outcast: A Novel of Mary Shelley,
by Sarah Stegall, has been printed on 55 pound Edwards Brothers natural paper containing a percentage of recycled fiber. Titles have been set in Aquiline Two, Bickham Script and Adobe Caslon type; the text in Adobe Caslon type. All Wings Press books are designed and produced by Bryce Milligan.
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