Gail Petersen is a founding member of the all-female rock band the Catholic Girls, and has been described as "Bruce Springsteen, but with a touch of menace" by the Village Voice. In addition to writing and performing her own songs, Gail Petersen has also written one of the foundational vampire novels of the modern era, The Making of a Monster. She continues to perform with the band and is also busily writing a new horror novel.