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Amber Benson, who played Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, recently landed a three-book deal with Penguin. Her first book, Death’s Daughter, keeps in the Buffy tradition by putting a young woman in the position of power—as the Angel of Death. A hot chick who’s into vamps and reapers? Benson’s a Comic-Con triple threat.

2009 Heeb 100:  Adam Busch