Olivia F. Monteleone was born under a lucky star (thank God for nepotism). Having graduated from University of Maryland in 2013,with a degree in English, she became quickly certain she wanted no parts of teaching (shout out to teachers: thank you!). After attending law school for a semester and several weeks, she dropped out even though she acquired some valuable knowledge—for example, the Socratic method is useless if no one is thinking beyond what society has already constructed. Some would say she landed on her feet; but she often feels she’s probably balancing on one foot (but life is more thrilling that way). She is working on a graphic novel, a screenplay, typesets and designs books for Borderlands Press while living in Baltimore with her dog, Bean. She is a glamour troll.
Thomas F. Monteleone has published more than one hundred short stories, five collections, eight anthologies and thirty novels, including the bestseller, New York Times Notable Book of the Year, The Blood of the Lamb. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, he’s also written scripts for stage, screen, and TV, as well as the bestselling The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel (now in a second edition). His latest novel is a global thriller, Submerged. He lives in Maryland, near Baltimore, and loves the Ravens. With his daughter Olivia, he co-edits the award-winning anthology series of imaginative fiction—Borderlands. He is well-known as a great reader of his work and routinely draws SRO at conventions. Despite being dragged kicking and screaming into his late sixties and losing most of his hair, he still thinks he is dashingly handsome—humor him.