Nathan Ballingrud, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, is the author of The Strange, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell, and North American Lake Monsters, which was adapted into the Hulu series Monsterland. His latest book is the novella Crypt of the Moon Spider, the first part of The Lunar Gothic Trilogy. The second installment, Cathedral of the Drowned, will appear in October 2025. His work has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Locus, and Bram Stoker awards. He lives in Asheville, NC.