Andy Davidson

is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of In the Valley of the Sun, The Boatman's Daughter, and The Hollow Kind. His novels have been listed among NPR's Best Books, the New York Public Library's Best Adult Books of the Year, and Esquire’s Best Horror of the Year. His short stories have appeared online and in print journals, as well as numerous anthologies, most recently the Shirley Jackson Award-winning Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors from Bad Hand Books and Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Volume 15. Born and raised in Arkansas, Andy makes his home in Georgia, where he teaches creative writing at Middle Georgia State University. He lives with his wife, Crystal, and a bunch of cats.