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Hi! I’m Francesca Zappia.

I’m the award-winning author of Young Adult books including Eliza and Her Monsters, Katzenjammer, and the latest, Greymist Fair. I have a Computer Science/Math degree and an MBA from the University of Indianapolis, and I currently live in Indiana with the best cat in the world, Carl.

I spend my free time baking, playing video games, and watching terrible movies.

Check out the links up above to learn more about me and my books. If you’re looking for media and publicity information, you can check my Media Kit.

I’ve always loved telling stories.

I write, I draw, I DM for a D&D group. I watch TV and movies (especially the terrible ones) and read a lot of books. I love stories and the art of storytelling and annoying people with how critically I want to analyze that thing we just read/watch/played.

When I write, I’m writing something that I’d want to read. That usually means it’s going to be weird/campy/oddly specific. I don’t stick to one genre, though I doubt I’ll ever write a historical novel. It’s just not my thing. (<— that’s my way of tricking myself into writing a historical novel.)

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I hope you’ll join me!

I love writing and I plan to keep doing it as long as I can. I hope you enjoy my books, art, and other content! I’m always looking for new things I can try and new roads to take, and I’d love it if you came on the journey with me.

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