Hurley received starred reviews from the literary publications Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, VOYA and School Library Journal for her debut novel, ghostgirl which is based on a character that she began developing via her Webby Award-nominated website ghostgirl.com. The book was released in August 2008 by Little, Brown and Company and was an instant New York Times best-seller, hitting the list in September 2008. The follow-up, ghostgirl: Homecoming will be released July 1, 2009.

In addition to writing books, she has been nominated for the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Award in film and has also made the semi-finals of the Sundance Institute's Writer's Lab for her feature film script, "Good Mourning." In addition, she has written and directed five critically acclaimed animated and live-action docu-shorts -- Kiss My Brain, The Biblical Real World, Solo-Me, Baptism of Solitude: A Tribute to Paul Bowles and best friEND. These award-winning films have been screened to enthusiastic audiences around the world at such festivals and venues as The TriBeCa Film Festival, The Edinburgh Film Festival, The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, Institute for Contemporary Arts in London, Poetry Festival DVD -- which is currently being distributed world-wide by the United Nations, ...