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About JG Faherty

A life-long resident of New York's haunted Hudson Valley JG Faherty grew up and still lives in a small town filled with Revolutionary War graveyards and battle sites haunted roads and houses and UFO sightings all of which definitely influenced his writing. He is the author of nine novels eleven novellas and more than seventy-five short stories and has been a finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award (The Cure Ghosts of Coronado Bay) and ITW Thriller Award (The Burning Time).  A lifelong fan of horror and science fiction as a young boy he cut his teeth on everything from The Hardy Boys Dracula and Star Trek to textbooks on herpetology and paleontology. His varied professional career includes working as a resume writer laboratory manager accident scene photographer zoo keeper research scientist and salesman. He writes adult and YA dark fiction/sci-fi/fantasy and his works range from quiet suspense to over-the-top comic gruesomeness. He grew up enthralled with the horror movies and books of the 1950s 60s 70s and 80s and as a child his favorite playground was an abandoned cemetery which many people feel explains all you need to know about him.  He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) International Thriller Writers (ITW) and Mystery Writers of America (MWA). He currently oversees the HWAs Library & Literacy Program sits on the Board of Trustees and was recognized as the 2018 Mentor of the Year. His influences range from Mary Shelley Jules Verne and Tales from the Crypt comics to Stephen King Karl Edward Wagner and Robert McCammon. HorrorNews.net has said JG Fahertys stories continue to astound compel and challenge the parameter of imagination. You can follow him on Twitter @jgfaherty find him on Facebook (facebook.com/jgfaherty) and visit his website at jgfaherty.com.