After recording their only album Twist Her, Levine and Temple left the group, and Jessica Moss and Eric Craven took their places.

She later moved to Los Angeles after Nerdy Girl broke up for good, and she recorded solo under her performing name, Cecil Seaskull.

[8][9] Castellucci's 2006 novel The Queen of Cool centers on Libby Brin, one of the most popular girls in her school, whose life revolves around parties and boys.

Deciding one day that she is bored with her glamorous lifestyle, she signs up for an internship at the local zoo, where she meets up with Tina, a dwarf with a huge personality, and a boy named Sheldon, which give her cause to question her priorities.

The 2007 novel Beige focuses on Katy, a French-Canadian girl forced to spend a summer with her estranged father, Beau "The Rat" Ratner, member of Los Angeles's most infamous punk band-that-never-made-it, Suck.

Suck is about to come off its hiatus, and the Rat hopes he can use the band as an opportunity to bond with his daughter, a decision made difficult by her dislike of music.

The 2010 novel Rose Sees Red, set in New York in the 1980s, and centers on two ballet dancers (American and Russian, respectively), whose friendship transcends cultural and political differences.

The young adult novel Tin Star, about a girl abandoned on an alien space station, was published in February 2014.

Castellucci wrote the inaugural graphic novel for DC Comics's Minx imprint, which targets the YA audience.

A longtime comic book fan (who had invited Batman to her fourth birthday party), Cecil accepted the offer when contacted by Group Editor Shelly Bond.

[14][15] The graphic novel Soupy Leaves Home, about a train-hopping runaway in 1932, was published by Dark Horse Comics in April 2017.

In 2010 Castellucci was commissioned by ECM+ in Montreal along with composer André Ristic to write a libretto for an opera called Les Aventures de Madame Merveille.

The live comic book opera featured art by Michael Cho, Pascal Girard, Scott K Hepburn and Cameron Stewart.