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Cover Reveal: Your First Look at Slayers & Vampires, an Unauthorized Oral History of BTVS and Angel

Slayers and Vampires FINAL

While we’re still waiting for that Slayer Handbook to come to fruition, a new book is here to fill you in on all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Slayers & Vampires: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel is the lovechild of Edward Gross and Mark. A. Altman, and includes compelling stories about the shows we’ve all grown to love so much.

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They enlisted the help of Whedonverse members David Boreanaz, Eliza Dushku, James Marsters and more, as well as the man who started it all—Joss Whedon. Readers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the cult classics straight from the horse’s mouth. In honor of its upcoming debut, we’re providing a first look at the cover, as seen above.

Here’s a full list of interviewees:

Joss Whedon
Sarah Lemelman
Anthony C. Ferrante
Charisma Carpenter
Gail Berman
Steve Biodrowski
Dan Vebber
Howard Gordon
Armin Shimmerman
Marti Noxon
Steven S. DeKnight
Thomas P. Vitale
Tim Minear
David Fury
Harry Groener
Jose Molina
Glen C. Oliver
David Greenwalt
Ben Edlund
George Snyder
Ian Woolf
Susanne Daniels
Kelly A. Manners
Anthony Stewart Head
Raymond Stella
Mark Hansson
James Marsters
Mercedes McNab
David Boreanaz
J. August Richards
Camden Toy
Juliet Landau
Elizabeth Craft
Jeff Pruitt
Sophia Crawford
Eliza Dushku
Christian Kane
Clare Kramer
Kevin Levy
Felicia Day
Leo Braudy
Stuart Fischoff
Guillermo del Toro
Steve Niles
John Badham
Jonathan Frid
Ron Sproat
Ben Cross
Melissa Rosenberg
Charlaine Harris
Chris Sarandon
Geraint Wyn Davies
Julie Benz
Stephenie Meyer
Keith Szarabajka
Stuart Blatt
Elisabeth Rohm
Randall Slavin
Carey Cannon
Mark Lutz
Amy Acker
Jeffrey Bell
Vincent Kartheiser
Andy Hallett
David Simkins
Sara Fein
Sean Astin
Stephanie Romanov
Jeph Loeb

The book will reveal the true story of how that unsuccessful movie became an acclaimed cult series, how the show was caught between two networks, and how Angel’s spin-off series got the green light. Look for it on sale September 26.

Will you be reading it?

(image via Lauren Jackson/Macmillan Publishers)

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