Jamie Lee Curtis is an American big screen and television actress and writer. Her debut film Halloween where she played the role of Laurie Strode was a hit and established her as a notable actress in the horror genre. Eventually, her remarkable performance in the film landed her other films in the genre including Terror Train, The Fog, Roadgames and Halloween II. She earned the title of ’scream queen’ for her characterisations in horror films. Later she excelled in the comedy genre with equal success and received favourable reviews which established her as a versatile actress. Some of her finest comedy films are Trading Places, A Fish Called Wanda and True Lies. Her noted work on television includes series such as Operation Petticoat, Anything But Love, NCIS and New Girl. Recently, she played Dean Cathy Munsch, the lead role in the series Scream Queens aired on FOX. She has authored many children’s books including When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth and Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day that received critical acclaim. Jamie Lee Curtis has bagged several awards including the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Saturn Award and American Comedy Award.
Karl Stevens is a graphic novelist and painter. His first book,
Guilty, was published in 2004 with a grant from the Xeric Foundation. He is also the author of
Whatever (2008),
The Lodger (A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, 2010), and
Failure (2013). His comic strips appeared in The Boston Phoenix between 2005 and 2012 until an incident with an advertiser resulted in the strip’s cancellation. The realist comic artist has also co-produced the Phoenix comic
Succe$$ with Gustavo Turner. Stevens’s work appears in select art galleries. He is also the Xeric Award Winner, 2004 and received the AAN- Best Cartoon Award, 2010.