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Taylor Swift to feature in Nancy Drew spin-off novel

Taylor Swift will soon be the star of a new graphic novel, Taylor Swift: Girl Detective, in a spin-off from the classic Nancy Drew detective series.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Fri, June 24, 2016

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Taylor Swift to feature in Nancy Drew spin-off novel Taylor Swift arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, California, the US, in April. (Invision/AP/Richard Shotwell)

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aylor Swift will soon be the star of a new graphic novel, Taylor Swift: Girl Detective, in a spin-off from the classic Nancy Drew detective series. Written by Larissa Zageris and illustrated by Kitty Curran, the book is about an out-of-work actress in New York City who discovers threatening messages on her skinny mocha Starbucks drinks.

The book’s full title, Taylor Swift: Girl DetectiveThe Secrets of The Starbucks Lovers, is a play on a frequently misheard lyric from the singer’s popular song “Blank Space”: “all the lonely Starbucks lovers” (which is actually “got a long list of ex-lovers”).

So, why Tay? 

“Her publicity is focused more on her own derring-do-ishness and accomplishments than her sex appeal, much like a modern day Nancy Drew,” Kitty Curran told time.com. “She also used to dress exactly like Nancy Drew, though now she looks maybe more like the updated 1980s version.”

(Read also: Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston caught kissing)

Additionally, the story features New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde as Tay’s “muscle”. The creators said that, although Lorde was a badass, she was so ethereal and poetic that making her the tough one in the book appealed to them as they needed a foil for the more poised, level-headed detective Tay.

Although the graphic novel is not affiliated with or authorized by the multi-Grammy award winning singer, she does follow the Tumblr for the book, according to Zageris and Curran.

Currently, the pair is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of the book. In July, supporters of the project will get a printed or PDF version of the novel. The creators are considering making the books available both online and in print, depending on demand. (sab/kes)

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