Lindy Ryan is a Bram Stoker Awards(R) Nominee and a Silver Falchion Award-winning editor, author, professor, short-film director, and anthologist whose books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. A Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree, Ryan is the author of BLESS YOUR HEART, COLD SNAP, and more. She is the current author-in-residence at Rue Morgue, the world's leading horror culture and entertainment brand, and the "Chill Quill" columnist at BookTrib. Her guest articles and features include NPR, BBC Culture, Irish Times, Daily Mail, and more. In 2022, Ryan was named one of horror's most masterful anthology curators, and she has been declared a "champion for women's voices in horror" by Shelf Awareness (2023). Her animated short film, TRICK OR TREAT, ALISTAIR GRAY, based on her children's book of the same name, won the Grand Prix Award at the 2022 ANMTN Awards. Lindy also writes contemporary romance that has been adapted for film. On social @LindyRyanWrites and at LindyRyanWrites.com.
