Sara Tantlinger is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil's Dreamland: Poetry Inspired by H.H. Holmes. Her other books include Cradleland of Parasites, Love for Slaughter, The Devil's City (co-written with Matt Corley), and the Stoker-nominated novella To Be Devoured. She also edited the Stoker-nominated anthologies Chromophobia and Not All Monsters. She graduated from Seton Hill University with a BA in English literature and creative writing, and later with an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. She is an active member of the HWA (Horror Writers Association) and the Pittsburgh HWA Chapter, which she co-founded.