Christopher Buehlmanย is the winner of the 2007 Bridport prize for poetry and the author of five horror novels includingย Those Across the Riverย (best novel nominee, 2012 World Fantasy Awards), medieval apocalypse fableย Between Two Fires, chilling vampire taleย The Lesser Deadย (Named best horror novel of 2015 by the American Library Association), and goblin war fantasyย The Blacktongue Thief. A native Floridian, the author currently lives in Ohio with a wife he doesnโt deserve and a snow-shoveling regimen he probably does.