Nancy Holder has published over eighty books and more than 200 short stories. She has received five Bram Stoker awards from the Horror Writers Association, a Scribe Award from the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, and a Pioneer Award from RT Booksellers. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages, and include the New York Times bestselling series Wicked and The Rules. She is on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program offered through the University of Southern Maine and lives in San Diego with the writer Mark Mandell.