The most famous nobody in the world started life as a dirt broke published writer with his short story sale to Biker Magazine (he sent his story, Rattlesnake Tie, to Easyrider but they said it was too harsh for their audience, so it went to their sister publication). At that time, Feo decided that sharing a single hotel room with two other guys wasn't for him. So he quit stand-up comedy, moved to Houston, found a remarkable fellowship with other Texans, and created feoamante.com, search engine listed as the #1 Horror Thriller website in the world.

Now, ten years and many published titles to his credit (and a move to L.A.), Feo continues to nurture writers and contributors to his website (alumni include Kelly Parks, Mike Bracken, Harry Shannon, Brian Keene, Monica J. O'Rourke, and Christos Gage to name a few).

"I'm going to keep at this until I'm so rich I can buy a house like that one in QUAKE 4! Except with more furniture and fewer crates."

Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed.

Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the NYT-bestselling "Women of the Otherworld" paranormal suspense series and "Darkest Powers" young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series.

Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets. Her website is www.KelleyArmstrong.com.

Karen Dales is the author of The Chosen Chronicles which include Changeling: Prelude to the Chosen and Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen.

Writing fiction from the age of 9 she went on to complete York University's Creative Writing program. She has been published in numerous periodicals such as Eye For The Future, and has been featured in The Toronto Star and The National Post. She has been a Notable Guest at Polaris23 and a Special Guest at FanExpo2009.

Karen is married, has one son and two cats. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Currently she is at work writing the next novel in the series Shadow of Death: Book Two of the Chosen.

Visit her website at www.thechosenchronicles.com.

Monica S. Kuebler first fell in love with monsters at age five. A few years later when most young girls were hooked on Judy Blume novels and the Sweet Valley High series, she was reading Stephen King, Clive Barker and Dean Koontz. Horror, it seems, had made itself a home in her heart.

In 1996, she began a ten-year stint as a performance poet, which took her to stages as far abroad as New York, Chicago, San Francisco and London, England. During that time she authored four chapbooks and the co-wrote the 2002 poetry collection Some Words Spoken (with Cynthia Gould).

Since then, Monica has returned home to her horror roots. Currently, she spends her days as Associate Editor at Rue Morgue Magazine (www.rue-morgue.com) and her nights curating the genre line for Burning Effigy Press (www.burningeffigy.com). In what's left of her free time, she can usually be found furiously pounding away at her first Young Adult horror novel (The Cold Ones) and second poetry collection (The Sick and the Beautiful).

For more information about Monica and her upcoming releases/performances/projects, please visit her at www.deathofcool.org.

Heidi Martinuzzi is a film journalist out of Los Angeles. She created http://pretty-scary.net, an online community focusing on women in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy, and has written for various horror magazines like Fangoria, Dark Side, and www.bloody-disgusting.com.

Heidi has appeared as an authority on the subject of women's roles in horror for various documentaries and TV shows like E! true Hollywood Stories and Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror for Spaced.

Heidi tries to wear stretchpants and jelly shoes everyday if possible.

Kfir Luzzatto was born and raised in Italy, and in 1971 moved to Israel where he completed his PhD studies in chemical engineering. He works as a patent attorney and lives in Omer, Israel, with his full-time partner, Esther, their four children and their dog, Elvis.

Kfir [pronounced "K-Fear"] is the author of several short stories published in the US, Canada and the UK. His first novel, CROSSING THE MEADOW was published in 2003 and was voted "Best Horror Novel" in the 2003 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll. It also earned an honorable mention in the 2006 Hollywood Book Festival. His second novel, THE ODYSSEY GENE, was published in 2006 and was a finalist in the Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. His non-fiction book, THE WORLD OF PATENTS, was published in 2002.

Kfir is an HWA and ITW member. In his capacity of Anthology Editor at The Harrow he co-edited the "Fear of the Unknown" and the "Midnight Lullabies" anthologies. He is currently working on a number of new projects.

Visit his official website at www.kfir-l.com.

Peter Mark May was born in Walton on Thames Surrey England way back in 1968. His first novel Demon was released in January 2008 by Vanguard Press and his next one, Kumiho, is due out in early 2010.

His short story Blood & Guts appeared on the Horror Bound Magazine (Volume I, Issue I) website in Canada in 2008. His story Into the Endless Sea of Night appeared in Issue #6 of the US pulp magazine Astonishing Adventure in May 2009.

He is currently working on several projects including Khristoff, a follow up to Demon, a collection of Society Short stories and another novel called Inheritance. His novella Cavern is to be published by Ghostwriter Publications in 2009. His story Wookey Hole also appeared in the Creature Feature Anthology also from Ghostwriter. He has also co-founded the Novelblog.com last year with his American friend Dan Boucher.

Visit his official website at http://darkside6869.webs.com. Please also visit http://thenovelblog.com.

I am a hockey, rugby, football and once upon a time soccer mom to four boys. Yes to answer your question I am nuts!! I love to watch them play their sports and enjoy watching my Buffalo Sabres on TV.(Ryan I <3 U) My other love is reading. OK more like an obsession. I read ALL the time. What better to do while waiting for practices to get done or late at night when the insomnia kicks into high gear. Walking to work as long as it is not raining or snowing I am reading a book as I walk. My librarian Liz thinks this is more than a bit strange. My choice of material is 90% paranormal/urban fantasy with the remainder being romance/crime fiction. I have always wanted to write and am now finally attempting my first novel…..and yes, of course it is vamp fiction.

You can visit her at http://bittenbybooks.com.

Since earning his BFA in English and Journalism Steven has worked as a freelance writer, theatre and movie critic for numerous online and print publications.

He has also written and co-written a number of film scripts and plays. some of which he produced and directed.

Visit his official website at www.morebrainsmedia.com.

Please also visit www.stamgo.com.

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