Death of a Nightingale

An extraordinary adventure to read all in one gulp, Death of a Nightingale is a vampire thriller full of darkness, joy, love, absurd humor, and twists that will leave you with bated breath until the end. Grace, a melancholic vampire, calls a suicide hotline asking for advice on how to die but instead connects with Ness, an idealistic hotline operator, who poses the question of what is most important in each of their realities: safety in knowledge or certainty and excitement in death. The two women embark on a dangerous love story; the more Grace reveals about her life on the outskirts of society, the more Ness understands her desire to die while simultaneously falling for her tantalizing, dangerous, and sexy swagger. Impossible to put it down, Death of a Nightingale tackles dark topics of suicide, depression, and loneliness with both sensitivity and a sense of levity by making the reader laugh at the darkest of moments. Annika Pampel is an award-winning writer, director, and published novelist born in former East Germany. After graduating with a B.A. in Theatre Directing & History from the University of Bavaria in Bayreuth, she received a Fulbright Scholarship and studied at Indiana University, Bloomington. She completed her formal education at the Savannah College of Art & Design with a Master's in film directing. She worked for James Cameron in development and their medical-tech company Human Health and was quickly promoted to VP of Production. Annika is a genre-agnostic writer focusing on female-centric stories that veer toward journalism and topics of gravitas. She was a fellow for the SUNDANCE/WIF Finance Lab, A Nicholls Fellowship Semi-Finalist, a Screencraft Finalist, a finalist for Outstanding Screenplays, and she was named one of the top 25 writers to watch through the ISA (International Screenwriters Association). She is currently living in Los Angeles working on motion-capture video games and her feature directorial debut.