Family Don’t End with Blood – Signed Copy

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Signed by Editor Lynn S. Zubernis — NOTE: This offer is available ONLY to attendees of a convention who were unable to purchase the book on site due to a sell out. Please do not share this link with anyone not at the convention. Thank you!

May 2017 marks the end of the twelfth season of the CW hit Supernatural, a television show about two demon-hunting brothers (and an angel) that is at the center of a fan community as tight-knit as family—a virtual support system that spans the globe. The four-time People’s Choice Award winner for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show and Tumblr’s 2015 Most Reblogged “Live Action TV” show has made a name for itself by supporting and inspiring its fans to “always keep fighting,” a main theme echoed in the show, and demonstrating the inspiring truth to a memorable line from early in the show’s run: “Family don’t end with blood.”

In 25 powerful chapters written by Supernatural’s actors and fans, including series lead Jared Padalecki, Family Don’t End with Blood: How Supernatural Has Changed Lives examines the far reach of the show’s impact over the last 12 years. Supernatural has inspired fans to change their lives, from getting “sober for Sam” to escaping a cult to pursuing lifelong dreams. But fans aren’t the only ones who have been changed. The actors who bring the show to life have also found, in the show and its community, inspiration, courage, and the strength to keep going when life seemed too hard.

In keeping with the show’s message to “always keep fighting,” and to support the important work of combatting stigma and encouraging those who are struggling to speak out, a portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to charities Attitudes in Reverse, whose mission is to educate young people about mental health and suicide prevention, and Random Acts, a nonprofit dedicated to acts of kindness worldwide.

Contributors from Supernatural’s cast include:

• Jared Padalecki (“Sam Winchester”)
• Jim Beaver (“Bobby Singer”)
• Ruth Connell (“Rowena MacLeod”)
• Osric Chau (“Kevin Tran”)
• Rob Benedict (“Chuck Shurley aka God”)
• Kim Rhodes (“Sheriff Jody Mills”)
• Briana Buckmaster (“Sheriff Donna Hanscum”)
• Matt Cohen (“Young John Winchester”)
• Gil McKinney (“Henry Winchester”)
• Rachel Miner (“Meg Masters”)
• with special messages from Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, and Mark Sheppard

Edited by Lynn S. Zubernis, a clinical psychologist, professor, and passionate Supernatural fangirl, Family Don’t End with Blood provides an insightful and often uplifting look into the way international fan communities become powerful, positive forces in the lives of so many.

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About the Editor

Lynn  Zubernis

Lynn Zubernis, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a professor at West Chester University. She
is passionate about fandom both as a researcher and a fan herself, especially of the Eric Kripke
classic Supernatural and (obviously) The Boys. She is the editor of Family Don’t End with
Blood: Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Has Changed Lives and There’ll Be Peace When
You Are Done: Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural, both collections of
personal essays from the Supernatural cast and fans, including Jensen Ackles’s and Jared
Padalecki’s moving stories of how fans inspired and helped them through some of life’s
inevitable challenges. She is also the co-editor of Supernatural Psychology, Fan Culture:
Theory/Practice, and Fan Phenomena: Supernatural. Together with Katherine Larsen, she has
co-written Fandom at the Crossroads and Fangasm: Supernatural Fangirls, and with Matt

Snyder, Case Conceptualization and Effective Interventions. Dr. Zubernis is the Area Chair for
Stardom and Fandom of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association and on the
Editorial Board of the Journal of Fandom Studies. She writes a regular column on ‘The Science
of Fandom’ for Psychology Today, reviews her television favorites for Movie TV Tech Geeks,
and is a frequent guest on podcasts, radio shows, and YouTube channels talking about the
positive aspects of fandom. Lynn also blogs on her own website at fangasmthebook.com. You
can find her on social media @FangasmSPN.

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