'My new favorite slasher novel' - STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES

Nightmare on Elm Street meets Barbie in this ICONIC serial killer thriller - perfect for horror fans and scream queens alike, and anyone who loves their murder bloody and pink . . .



A SERIAL KILLER? SHE'S SO OVER IT.



Barbra Jacobs is done. She's spent twenty years playing the 'final girl' - the prettiest one who gets to survive till the end of the movie - and she's had enough. She's especially done with these creepy guys at backwater horror conventions asking her to sign photos of her twenty-year-old self in underwear.

She already knows this will be her last convention. And then she finds a woman with her throat slit in the bathroom.

SHE'S NOT ABOUT TO GET CHOPPED INTO TINY LITTLE PIECES.

It's a message for her, she's sure of it. And now the bodies are dropping as a deranged killer stalks Barb, picking off her former horror movie castmates one by one . . .

She's through playing the victim. If she's going survive, Barb must give the final-girl performance of her life.

BECAUSE THIS TIME, THERE'S NO ONE COMING TO SAVE HER.

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Readers are OBSESSED with Tanya Pell's fun, feminist slasher that's perfect for HALLOWEEN!

'Barb! She just doesn't know when to die!' Reader review, 5 stars

'Well, that was a total banger ! The best final girl ever ! . . . one of my top 3 horror slasher favorites.' Reader review, 5 stars

'I am genuinely obsessed with Barb . . . You will adore her, or your money back.' Reader review, 5 stars

'I came for the horror. I stayed because Barb Jacobs just wouldn't die... and apparently neither would my thoughts about this book.' Reader review, 5 stars

'Campy, twisty, funny and a shockingly relatable main character.' Reader review, 5 stars

'I had an absolute ball with this book start to finish . . . I've been along for the ride walking next to Barb in killer heels.' Reader review, 5 stars

'Funny and scary in equal measure with horror references galore . . . highly entertaining from the start.' Reader review, 5 stars

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ALL YOUR FAVOURITE HORROR AUTHORS + REVIEWERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF BARB JACOBS:

'Barb Jacobs is a Final Girl for the ages . . . this is one book you absolutely don't want to miss' Gwendolyn Kiste

'GO BARB! An ode to feminine-and final girl-rage that is exactly what I needed' S.A. Barnes

'Barbie Just Won't Die! is the authentic final girl anthem that slasher fans have been screaming for' Brian McAuley

'Say hello to your new slasher obsession . . . Feminist, frightening and fantastically funny. Fans of Stephen Graham Jones will eat this up' Josh Winning

'Tanya Pell delivers a razor-sharp, unapologetic deconstruction of fame and female survival' Christa Carmen

'A glittery, campy meta-slasher, Pell delivers gnarly kills, terrible puns, a reluctant final girl and a theatrically menacing masked killer' @georgesreads

'A wildly entertaining slasher that truly understands what horror fans love while delivering something fresh and meaningful' Capes and Tights



Tanya's traditional debut Her Wicked Roots captured the attention of some of horror's biggest names, as well as the trades. An active member of the Horror Writers Association, Pell has been published in anthologies alongside bestselling authors like Adam Cesare, Christopher Golden, CJ Leede, Clay McLeod Chapman, Gabino Iglesias, Hailey Piper, and many more, including Fever Dreams, Obsolescence and Mother Knows Best. Her first novel, Cicada (Shortwave Publishing, 09/2024), was named #2 on Vulture's "The Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far)" list. She regularly moderates panels at cons, with her bestselling contemporaries. Barbie Just Won't Die! will showcase her dynamic storytelling skills across subgenres. Pell is a narcoleptic horror author who drinks bougie coffee and lives in the American South.