Courtney Alameda

Courtney Alameda is a veteran bookseller and librarian, who now spends her days writing thriller and horror novels. Her debut novel, Shutter, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award and hailed as a "standout in the genre" by School Library Journal. Her other novels include World of Warcraft: War of the Scaleborn, the science fiction/horror mashup, Pitch Dark, a Junior Library Guild selection, and Seven Deadly Shadows, an urban fantasy set in Japan. (Co-authored with Valynne Maetani. HarperTeen 2019). Courtney holds a degree in English literature with an emphasis in creative writing. A northern California native, she now resides in Utah with her husband, a legion of books, and a five-pound cat with a giant personality.