TORI BOVALINO is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but now lives in London where she is a student in Royal Holloway's Creative writing and practice-based PhD program. Tori is the author of THE DEVIL MAKES THREE (Page Street, 2021) NOT GOOD FOR MAIDENS (Page Street, 2022) and the editor of THE GATHERING DARK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR, coming in Fall 2022. Tori was an associate editor for PROFANE JOURNAL and THE SHANGHAI LITERARY MAGAZINE and read for Typehouse Magazine.

ALEX BROWN (she/her) is a YA Horror writer who loves rooting for the final girl—especially if she’s a monster. Alex is a queer biracial Filipino American, and one of the co-creators of The Bridge, a haunted, folklore-filled audio drama podcast that has over 1,000,000 downloads to date! When she’s not writing, she works in the entertainment industry, most recently serving as the Showrunner's Assistant on SUPERNATURAL and the upcoming RESIDENT EVIL and GRENDEL adaptations for Netflix. Alex's YA Comedy-Horror debut, DAMNED IF YOU DO, will be published in Fall 2023 by Page Street Kids. As far as she knows, she hasn’t left anyone behind in a creepy tunnel. But that could always change.

GINA CHEN tells stories about fantastic worlds featuring heroines, antiheroines, and the kind of cleverness that brings trouble in its wake. A self-taught artist with a degree in computer science, she generates creative nonsense in all forms of media and always has a project stewing. VIOLET MADE OF THORNS is her debut fantasy novel. For more info, visit actualgina.com and follow @actualgina on Twitter and Instagram.

Tori Bovalino and Alex Brown discussing THE GATHERING DARK