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NOMINATIONS:
The Return (Berkley), First Novel, 2020
BIO: Rachel Harrison was born and raised in the weird state of New Jersey. She received her Bachelor’s in Writing for Film & Television from Emerson College. After graduating, she worked on TV game shows, in publishing, and for a big bank. She lives in New York with her husband and their cat/overlord. The Return is her first novel. Her second novel, Cackle, is coming this fall. https://www.rachel-harrison.com/
NOMINATIONS:
The Taxidermist’s Lover (CamCat Publishing, LLC), First Novel, 2020
AWARDS:
The Bone Weaver’s Orchard (Trepidatio Publishing), First Novel, 2019
NOMINATIONS:
Root Rot & Other Grim Tales (Bad Hand Books), Fiction Collection, 2023
Out of Water (Trepidatio Publishing), Fiction Collection, 2019
BIO: Sarah Read is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Bone Weaver’s Orchard, Out of Water, Root Rot and Other Grim Tales, and the forthcoming The Atropine Tree. You can find her online at authorsarahread.com.
NOMINATIONS:
Invisible Chains (Haverhill House Publishing), First Novel, 2019
BIO: Michelle Renee Lane writes dark speculative fiction about women of color battling their inner demons while falling in love with monsters. Her work includes elements of fantasy, horror, romance, and occasionally erotica. Her short fiction appears in the anthologies Dark Holidays, Terror Politico: A Screaming World in Chaos, and The Monstrous Feminine: Dark Tales of Dangerous Women. Her debut novel, Invisible Chains (2019), is available from Haverhill House Publishing. You can follow her blog, Girl Meets Monster, where she talks about some of her favorite subjects: reading, writing, and monsters: https://michellerlane.com/.
NOMINATIONS:
Dear Laura (Independently Published), First Novel, 2019
BIO: Gemma Amor is an author, podcaster and illustrator from Bristol, in the UK. Her debut collection of short stories, Cruel Works of Nature, was published in 2018. She is also the author of Dear Laura, Till the Score is Paid, and the soon to be released White Pines.
Gemma also writes for podcasts like the wildly popular, award-winning, multi-million download horror anthology show The NoSleep Podcast. Her scripts ‘The Train’ and ‘The Funeral’ were performed live on stage as part of the NoSleep Live European tour, which culminated in a sell-out show at the renowned Rival theatre in Stockholm.
Additionally, she is the co-creator, writer and voice actor for the horror-comedy audio drama podcast Calling Darkness, which stars TV and film actress Kate Siegel. She also writes and voice acts for Shadows at the Door, and has had stories featured on Creepy and The Grey Rooms podcasts.
Gemma’s influences range from Carter to King, Shakespeare to Shelley, and she has a particular love of misunderstood monsters and women with an axe to grind.
