Christopher Buehlman

Christopher Buehlman is a literary horror novelist who, in his spare time, travels around the country insulting people for money. An accomplished poet and playwright, Buehlman won the coveted Bridport Prize for poetry in 2007 and his first full-length play, Hot Nights For the War Wives of Ithaka, premiered in Tampa, Florida in March 2012. His first novel, Those Across the River (2011) was a finalist for best novel in the 2012 World Fantasy Awards. His latest novel, The Lesser Dead, was nominated for a Shirley Jackson award in 2015 and was voted "Best Horror Novel of 2014" by the American Library Association. Between Two Fires (2012) and The Necromancer's House (2013) also received high critical praise.