Becky Spratford

LJ’s Horror Review columnist Becky Spratford chats with Sadie Hartmann and Ashley Saywers about their rise from influencers to business owners to anthology editors and more, with the release of Human Monsters.

Stephen Graham Jones is the best-selling author of nearly 30 novels and collections, as well as novellas and comic books. The most recent is My Heart is a Chainsaw. Up next are Earthdivers and Don’t Fear the Reaper. Jones lives and teaches in Boulder, CO. He talks with LJ about his newest book, the genre as a whole, and his influences.

New key authors are taking possession of the genre by claiming old tropes and making them new; small presses are making huge waves; and the voices of marginalized authors are creating change and energy.

LJ talks with Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You Home, about publishing, reading, and book classification.

Alma Katsu is an internationally award-winning novelist. The Hunger is one of NPR’s 100 favorite horror stories, and The Deep was nominated for the Stoker and Locus awards for best horror novel. Red Widow draws on her career as an intelligence officer, and her latest novel, The Fervor, is a horror novel set in a Japanese internment camp. LJ caught up with her to talk about writing, the power of horror fiction, and authors who inspire.

The term girl power gets new meaning, fairy tales are retold, and dark magic rules in the best horror novels of 2021.

Upcoming releases in the hottest genre of the moment feature exciting debuts, new work from established authors, and more women authors, editors, and publishers than ever.

V. Castro talks with LJ about her path to publication and explains how her own history is at the root of the success of her horror novels. 

Amanda Desiree has had a lifelong fascination with the supernatural, particularly real-life ghost stories. LJ recently caught up with the debut novelist to talk about her path to publication, her horror roots, and how a visit to her local library provided the spark that became Smithy.