Kate Sullivan

The story of Melissa Reed, daughter of Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. In the process, she must face a reckoning of her own identity.

As a lonely middle-schooler experiences the trauma of getting her period for the first time, she discovers her body isn’t the only thing betraying her. "The Girl" explores the feelings of shame, secrecy, longing, confusion, grief, betrayal and anger that are so central to adolescence.