one of the most electrifying voices in

​the horror genre.

​-Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Awards® Winning Author

about lindy

Photo Credit: Pete Vilotti

Lindy Ryan is a USA TODAY ​bestselling and award-winning author, anthologist, and short-film director whose books and anthologies have earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. She also writes sweet, magical romance under the pseudonym Lindy Miller, and several of her projects have been adapted for the screen.

​A "champion for women's voices in horror" (Shelf Awareness) and a 2020 Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree, Ryan is widely recognized for her work in contemporary horror and was named one of horror's most masterful anthology curators. ​She serves as the current author-in-residence at Rue Morgue, is a columnist at BookTrib, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Brothers Grimm Society of North America. She previously served on the Board of Directors for the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).

Ryan is an award-winning professor at Rutgers University and guest faculty in the Creative Writing MFA program at Western Connecticut State University. Before entering academia, she co-founded Radiant Advisors, a business intelligence research firm, where she led data strategy initiatives for clients including 21st Century Fox Films, Warner Bros., and Disney. In 2017, she founded Black Spot Books, a specialty press dedicated to amplifying women voices in horror.
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Born and raised in Southeast Texas, Ryan currently resides on the East Coast.​​​ ​

reading [RYAN's] writing is like

watching someone braid rope: the

strands look simple on their own, but

the finished product holds weight you

​don't expect.

​-Ginger Nuts of Horror

awards & recognitions

2026

• 2026 Astra Book Award, Horror (Dollface)

2025

• 2025 Bram Stoker Award® Finalist (Howl)
• 2025 Silver Falchion Awards Finalist (Cold Snap)

2024

• 2024 Bram Stoker Award® Finalist (Bless Your Heart)
• 2024 Bram Stoker Award® Finalist (Mother Knows Best)

2023

• 2023 Bram Stoker Award® Finalist (Into the Forest)
• 2023 Silver Falchion Awards Winner (Into the Forest)​
• 2023, Brothers Grimm Society of North America Best Chapter ("The Unapology of Baba Yaga")
• 2023 BookFest Award, Winner (Under Her Eye)

2022

• 2022 BookFest Award, Winner (Under Her Skin)​

2020

• ​​​2020 Publishers Weekly  Star Watch Honoree

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