Following the 1999 release of Artisan Pictures' The Blair Witch Project, the world became aware of an urban legend birthed in the dark forests of Burkittsville, Maryland. The Blair Witch Project was a chilling and innovative example of horror cinema, but it was only a part of the story. These unique comic book tales expand on the legend of the Blair Witch, delving deeper into the origins of the mysterious woman Elly Kedward and the influence her presence has had on the small East Coast town over the years. From the murders at Coffin Rock and the tragic story of Rustin Parr, through the '50s and schoolboy pranks gone wrong to the '90s and a Wiccan coven's attempts to cleanse the woods, the true mystery of the Blair Witch has only begun to be unraveled.
Jen Van Meter was born in 1968 in Fresno, California. She began writing comics professionally in 1997, while in the University of Oregon's graduate program in English. She has worked with Oni Press, for whom she wrote several successful tie-ins to the 2000 film The Blair Witch Project, and who have published her Hopeless Savages stories, one of which has been nominated for an Eisner Award and all of which have been selected for recommended reading lists by Young Adult librarians' groups. She has also written short runs and limited series for DC Comics, many of which have been collected in trade format.
She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, fellow writer Greg Rucka, and their family.
