Roots of My Fears

Hailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, The Worm and His Kings, No Gods for Drowning, and other books of horror. She is an active member of the Horror Writers Association, with over 100 short stories appearing in various publications. She lives with her wife in Maryland, where their occult rituals are secret.

Ramsey Campbell has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nuzo Onoh is an award-winning Nigerian-British writer of Igbo descent. She is a pioneer of the African horror literary genre. Hailed as the "Queen of African Horror", Nuzo's writing showcases both the beautiful and horrific in the African culture within fictitious narratives. Nuzo's works have featured in numerous magazines and anthologies. She has given talks and lectures about African horror, including at the prestigious Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, London. She has also appeared on many radio shows and podcasts, including BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Her works have appeared in academic studies and been longlisted and shortlisted. She is a Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Nuzo holds a law degree and master's degree in writing, both from Warwick University, England. She is a certified Civil Funeral Celebrant, licensed to conduct nonreligious burial services. An avid musician with an addiction to Jungyup and K-indie, Nuzo plays both the guitar and piano, and holds an NVQ in digital music production. She resides in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.

Violet Castro is Mexican-American writer of narratives in horror, speculative fiction, and science fiction. Connect with Violet via Instagram and Twitter @vlatinalondon or VVCastro.com.

Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist born in Changle, Fujian, currently residing in Markham, Ontario. Her work can be found in F&SF, The Dark, Clarkesworld, The Masters Review, among others. She is the author of An Empire in the Clouds, the Natural Engines duology, Linghun and I AM AI. Find her at www.aijiang.ca

Erika T. Wurth is the author of White Horse and The Haunting of Room 904 (Flatiron/Macmillan). She’s a New York Times editors' pick, a Good Morning America buzz pick, and an Indie Next, Target Book of the Month, and BOTM pick. She’s both a Kenyon and Sewanee fellow, has published in The Kenyon Review, Buzzfeed, and The Writer’s Chronicle, and is a narrative artist for the Meow Wolf Denver Installation. She’s an urban Native of Apache/Chickasaw/Cherokee descent. She’s a professor at Western Illinois University. Representation: Mark Gottlieb at Trident.