McCormick Templeman: THE LITTLE WOODS

BIO: McCormick Templeman is descended from musicians, revolutionaries, and criminals. She holds a BA from Reed College and two master’s degrees, but she only owns one pair of shoes. She lives in California with some people and some stuff. She is represented by Kate Garrick of DeFiore and Company.

DEBUT: THE LITTLE WOODS (Schwartz and Wade/Random House, July 10, 2012)

The history of St. Bede’s Academy is one of excellence and rigor, tarnished only by a single tragic event: the night that Clare Wood disappeared from her bed, vanishing without a trace. Ten years later, Clare’s disappearance is still unsolved, and for many people it is nearly forgotten, but when her sister, Cally, arrives at St. Bede’s, everything begins to change. While Cally struggles to navigate social etiquette and burgeoning romance, her presence is awakening old ghosts, and soon Cally finds that St. Bede’s is not what she expected, and that the woods behind it whisper of another night, another girl gone missing, and of a horrifying secret that burrows deep into the heart of the school.

FIVE TELEVISION SHOWS FOR THE APOCALYPSE:

1. Twin Peaks
2. Flight of the Conchords
3. Arrested Development
4. The Mighty Boosh
5. The Sopranos