Tim Waggoner

Tim Waggoner's first novel came out in 2001, and since then he's published close to fifty novels andseven collections of short stories. He writes original dark fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins.His novels include Like Death, considered a modern classic in the genre, and the popular Nekropolisseries of urban fantasy novels. He's written tie-in fiction for Supernatural, Grimm, the X-Files, Alien,Doctor Who, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Transformers, among others, and he's written novelizationsfor films such as Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. His articles onwriting have appeared in Writer's Digest, Writer's Journal, Writer's Workshop of Horror, Horror 101, andWhere Nightmares Come From. In 2017, he received the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement inLong Fiction, and he's been a multiple finalist for both the Shirley Jackson Award and the Scribe Award.Several of his stories have appeared in volumes of Year's Best Hardcore Horror, and his fiction has receivednumerous Honorable Mentions in volumes of Best Horror of the Year. In 2016, the Horror WritersAssociation honored him with the Mentor of the Year Award. In addition to writing, he's also a full-timetenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.