Cassandra Peterson On Creating Elvira, And The Enduring Legacy Of The "Mistress Of The Dark"
October 1, 2025
BuzzFeed: You’ve written for Elvira for decades, and now you’ve written an autobiography, Yours Cruelly, Elvira. Was it a challenge writing about yourself versus writing for Elvira?
Cassandra: Yeah, it was a big challenge. I didn’t really get how to talk like myself — in my normal voice — at first. A big inspiration for me was reading a book by Stephen King called On Writing…
