Championess

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Based on a true story, in eighteenth century London, Elizabeth Wilkinson struggles to make ends meet for her and her sister Tess while facing the fiercest female bare-knuckle boxers of her day.

Elizabeth Wilkinsons passion is bare-knuckle boxing. While working odd jobs to help her sister Tess pay off substantial debt, she earns extra coin fighting in back alleys and pubs. But when Tesss debts suddenly come due, Elizabeth bets everything on boxing to save Tess from debtors prison.

As she trains to become the best female fighter in London, she must face her familys painful past, confront the boxing rival from her childhood, and defy the discrimination she encounters as a half-Indian woman in a white, male-dominated prize-fighting world. With the help of her trainer and fellow boxer, James Stokes, Elizabeth fights to free her sister and prove herself to be Englands CHAMPIONESS.

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Kelly Zekas lives in NYC with her dog and fianc, splitting her time between working as an office manager by day and writer by night, weekend, and lunch break. When not working, she can be found at her boxing gym or devouring a romance novel. She is the co-author of theThese Vicious Maskstrilogy with Tarun Shanker.

TarunShankeris a mild-mannered assistant by day and a milder-mannered writer by night,currently living in Boston. His idea of paradise is a place where kung-fumovies are projected on clouds, soul music fills theair and chai flows freely from the fountains. He is the co-author of theThese Vicious Maskstrilogy with KellyZekas.

Amanda Perez Puentes is a Venezuelan illustrator and comic artist. She received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University in Montreal. She now lives in Toronto with her partner and two very spoiled rats.