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Mallory O'Meara
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Podcaster
GenreNon-Fiction
Notable awards

Mallory O'Meara is an American non-fiction writer and podcaster.

Career

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O'Meara is the author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon (2019), which serves as a biography of make-up artist Milicent Patrick as well as a chronicle of O'Meara's search for information about Patrick.[1]

The book includes evidence that Patrick designed the iconic[2] Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon, and that Bud Westmore, a member of the influential Westmore family of Hollywood make-up artists, worked to deny her credit for this achievement.[3] The book was nominated for Hugo and Locus awards, and won the 2019 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Book of the Year.[4]

O'Meara's second book, Girly Drinks, about the history of women making and drinking alcohol throughout the world, was published in 2021 by Hanover Square Press.[5][6] Girly Drinks won a 2022 James Beard Foundation Award.[7]

O'Meara's third book, Girls Make Movies: A Follow-Your-Own-Path Guide for Aspiring Young Filmmakers, was published by Running Press on May 23, 2023.[8] Girls Make Movies is illustrated by comic book creator Jen Vaughn.

Since 2017 O'Meara has co-hosted Reading Glasses, a weekly podcast about reading and books, with filmmaker Brea Grant.[9] Reading Glasses is part of the Maximum Fun network.[10]

Brea Grant and O'Meara published The No-Pressure Book Journal: A No-Guilt, No-Shame, No-Stress Journal to Help You Read Better and Enjoy Books Again through the Weldon Owen imprint of Simon & Schuster on February 4, 2025. Rebecca Santo illustrated The No-Pressure Book Journal.[11]

Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman was published by Hanover Square Press, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, on February 18, 2025. Daughter of Daring chronicles the life of Helen Gibson, who excelled "in the early days of the twentieth-century silent film scene as a rodeo rider, background actor, stunt double, and eventually one of the era’s biggest action stars." [12]

From 2013 to 2019, O'Meara also worked as a writer and producer for Dark Dunes Productions in Los Angeles.[13][14][15][16]

Works

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  • The Lady from the Black Lagoon (2019, Hanover Square Press; ISBN 9781335010131) [17]
  • Girly Drinks: A Women's History of Drinking (2021, Hanover Square Press; ISBN 9781335282408)
  • Girls Make Movies: A Follow-Your-Own-Path Guide for Aspiring Young Filmmakers (2023, Running Press; ISBN 9780762478989)
  • The No-Pressure Book Journal: A No-Guilt, No-Shame, No-Stress Journal to Help You Read Better and Enjoy Books Again (2025, Weldon Owen; ISBN 9798886741940) [11]
  • Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman (2025, Hanover Square Press; ISBN 9781335007933)[12]

References

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  1. ^ Booth, Philip (March 22, 2019). "A woman who created a monster, a legend and a path for women in Hollywood". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Meagan Navarro (5 March 2019). "The Enduring Terror of the Gill Man: 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' Turns 65". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ "The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick". Publishers Weekly. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ Carlson, Greg (July 19, 2020). "Collecting Movies with Mallory O'Meara". High Plains Reader. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Wieberg, Steve (August 17, 2019). "Hollywood horror story: For years woman got no credit for designing famous Creature". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  6. ^ O’Meara, Mallory (2022-08-21). "Women were the first brewers, yet the history of alcohol comes with a double shot of sexism". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  7. ^ "The 2022 James Beard Media Award Winners". James Beard Foundation. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ^ O'Meara, Mallory (6 June 2022). Girls Make Movies by Mallory O'Meara. Running Press. ISBN 9780762478989. Retrieved 22 January 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  9. ^ "Episode 1: Book Slumps with Sara Benincasa". Maximum Fun. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Page Advice with Mallory O'Meara and Brea Grant". Apex Magazine. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  11. ^ a b The No-Pressure Book Journal. 2025-02-04. ISBN 979-8-88674-194-0.
  12. ^ a b "Daughter of Daring". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  13. ^ Arreola, Cristina (October 18, 2018). "Milicent Patrick Designed One Of The Most Iconic Monsters Of All Time. Then She Was Forgotten". Bustle. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  14. ^ "About Dark Dunes Productions". Dark Dunes Productions. Retrieved 22 January 2023. Imbued with a lifelong love of the strange, horror and monsters are Mallory's passion. She has been with Dark Dunes Productions since the summer of 2013.
  15. ^ O'Meara, Mallory [@malloryomeara] (July 26, 2019). "✨Okay, folks. I am thrilled/terrified to announce that after Halloween, I'm going full time as a writer.✨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ O'Meara, Mallory [@malloryomeara] (July 26, 2019). "No more Dark Dunes! I'll be stepping away from producing and moving to writing full time. I'll be working on GIRLY DRINKS and an unannounced book!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "SPINE-Mallory O'Meara on the Process of Writing The Lady From The Black Lagoon". SPINE. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
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