“My new favorite slasher novel.” —Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and The Only Good Indians

"Barb Jacobs is a Final Girl for the ages, and Barbie Just Won't Die! is exactly the kind of slasher novel we've all been waiting for. Fierce, fun, and feminist, this is one book you absolutely don't want to miss." —Gwendolyn Kiste, Four-Time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Haunting of Velkwood and Everything Looks Better in Red

“GO BARB! An ode to feminine—and final girl—rage that is exactly what I needed.”  —S.A. Barnes, author of Death's Daughter and Cold Eternity

 

“Tanya Pell delivers a razor-sharp, unapologetic deconstruction of fame and female survival. Barbie Just Won’t Die! is darkly funny, unsettling, and emotionally incisive—a novel that turns the final girl inside out ('The final girl trope?' you ask. 'Or the actual final girl?' You'll have to snag a copy to find out!) and asks what happens after the cameras turn away and the screams fade. Bold, intimate, and bracingly honest, this is a novel that refuses unearned redemption or easy answers—and is all the stronger for it." —Christa Carmen, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Daughters of Block Island and How to Fake a Haunting 

"Tanya Pell expertly frames this unflinching reflection of our cultural obsession with female trauma and toxic nostalgia while never losing sight of the fun and humor that horror has to offer. Barbie Just Won't Die! is the authentic final girl anthem that slasher fans have been screaming for." —Brian McAuley, USA Today Bestselling Author of Breathe In, Bleed Out

"Say hello to your new slasher obsession—a savagely smart and sapient dissection of Hollywood and its habit of putting women through the meat grinder. Barb is a brilliant Final Girl whose struggle for inner peace had me rooting for her all the way, and the pop-culture nods were the cherry on the top of a perfect pink cake. Feminist, frightening and fantastically funny. Fans of Stephen Graham Jones will eat this up." —Josh Winning, author of Heads Will Roll

“A wonderfully campy and self-aware feminist slasher… This meta-horror treat has a wicked aftertaste.” —Publishers Weekly

“Both a love letter to and biting satire of the final-girl trope, filled with all the parts fans will demand but including a ‘pink horror’ lens, the emerging subgenre of woman-centered stories that are deadly terrifying, fun reads that tackle the sexism of the genre and the world at large head on without missing a horror beat. For fans of meta horror like Grady Hendrix's The Final Girl Support Group and the scary, feminist horror of authors like Rachel Harrison and CJ Leede.” —Booklist

"This B Just Won't Die! is a wildly entertaining slasher that truly understands what horror fans love while delivering something fresh and meaningful. Pell wonderfully balances frights, dark humor, and thoughtful social commentary on aging, fame, and identity to create a story that feels thrilling and somehow relatable." —Capes and Tights

“Pell’s narrative merges metacommentary on the seedy underbelly of horror fandom, women aging out of Hollywood, and the cost of pleasing others… A slasher-about-slashers deconstruction that resonates, with themes of girl power gone sour. For fans of My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones and Scream.” —Library Journal