"Television writer **Jane Espenson** (_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, _Battlestar Galactica_) returns to _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ in Season 8. Espenson is the first of five acclaimed writers who will tackle a groundbreaking story arc in which _Buffy_ fans are introduced to a new world where vampires are _in_ and Slayers are _out_. Cue Harmony, the bubblegum cheerleader from Sunnydale High whose ambitions include bloodsucking and stardom. Espenson teams with series artist Georges Jeanty and executive producer Joss Whedon in ""Harmonic Divergence."" **2008 Eisner Award winnerBest New Series.** "
"Television writer **Jane Espenson** (_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, _Battlestar Galactica_) returns to _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ in Season 8. Espenson is the first of five acclaimed writers who will tackle a groundbreaking story arc in which _Buffy_ fans are introduced to a new world where vampires are _in_ and Slayers are _out_. Cue Harmony, the bubblegum cheerleader from Sunnydale High whose ambitions include bloodsucking and stardom. Espenson teams with series artist Georges Jeanty and executive producer Joss Whedon in ""Harmonic Divergence."" **2008 Eisner Award winnerBest New Series.** "