Christopher Buehlman┬аis the winner of the 2007 Bridport prize for poetry and the author of five horror novels including┬аThose Across the River┬а(best novel nominee, 2012 World Fantasy Awards), medieval apocalypse fable┬аBetween Two Fires, chilling vampire tale┬аThe Lesser Dead┬а(Named best horror novel of 2015 by the American Library Association), and goblin war fantasy┬аThe Blacktongue Thief. A native Floridian, the author currently lives in Ohio with a wife he doesnтАЩt deserve and a snow-shoveling regimen he probably does.