Gina Cascone facts for kids
Gina Cascone is an American author and screenwriter. She writes exciting books and scripts for movies and TV shows. She is known for her popular "Deadtime Stories" series, which are spooky tales for middle-grade readers. Gina often works with her sister, Annette Cascone, and has even written books with her daughter.
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What Gina Cascone Writes
Gina Cascone is a talented writer who creates stories for both books and television. She has written many different types of books, including memoirs about her own life. A memoir is like a true story about someone's memories. Her memoirs include Pagan Babies and Other Catholic Memories, which shares her experiences growing up in Catholic school, and Life al Dente: Laughter and Love in an Italian American Family, about her Italian-American family.
Working with Her Sister
Gina often works with her sister, Annette Cascone. Together, they have written many books, including thrillers for teens. They also created the popular Deadtime Stories series. These are spooky books for middle-grade readers, originally published under the name A.C. Cascone. The sisters didn't just write the books; they also wrote several episodes for the Nickelodeon TV show based on the Deadtime Stories books.
Movies and Picture Books
Besides books, Gina Cascone is also a screenwriter. This means she writes scripts for movies. She co-wrote the 1990 feature film, Mirror, Mirror, with her sister Annette. More recently, Gina has written picture books for younger children with her daughter, Bryony Williams Sheppard. These fun books include Around the World Right Now and Unicorn Yoga.
Books by Gina Cascone
Gina Cascone has written many books over the years. Here are some of her well-known titles:
The Deadtime Stories Series
This series of spooky books was originally published under the name A.C. Cascone.
- Deadtime Stories: Terror in Tiny Town (1996, re-released 2013)
- Deadtime Stories: Invasion of the Appleheads (1996, re-released 2013)
- Deadtime Stories: Along Came a Spider (1996, re-released 2013)
- Deadtime Stories: Ghost Knight (1996, re-released 2013)
- Deadtime Stories: Revenge of the Goblins (1996, re-released 2013)
- Deadtime Stories: Little Magic Shop of Horrors (1996, re-released 2013)
- Deadtime Stories: It Came from the Deep (1997, re-released 2014)
- Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets (1997, re-released 2012)
- Deadtime Stories: Grandpa's Monster Movies (1997, re-released 2012)
- Deadtime Stories: Nightmare on Planet X (1997, re-released 2014)
- Deadtime Stories: Welcome to the Terror-Go-Round (1997)
- Deadtime Stories: The Beast of Baskerville (1997, re-released 2012)
- Deadtime Stories: Cyber Scare (1997)
- Deadtime Stories: Night of the Pet Zombies (1997)
- Deadtime Stories: Faerie Tale (1997, re-released 2014)
Other Books
- Unicorn Yoga, Sleeping Bear Press, 2020
- Around the World Right Now, Sleeping Bear Press, 2017
- Life Al Dente: Laughter and Love in an Italian-American Family, Simon & Schuster, 2003
- There's No Place Like Home, Troll Communications, 1997
- If He Hollers, Avon Books, 1995
- In a Crooked Little House, Troll Communications, 1994
- Pagan Babies: and Other Catholic Memories, St. Martin’s Press, 1982
- Jump off the Cliff Notes, Bart Books, 1988
- Mother's Little Helper, St. Martin’s Press, 1986
