About the Author: Lawrence Santoro

I started writing when I was five. I won a playground storytelling contest when I was 8. More recently I got two nominations for the Bram Stoker Award by the Horror Writers Association: In 2001, my novella "God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him" was the first. In 2002, I adapted, produced and directed an audio version of Gene Wolfe's "The Tree Is My Hat." The show had Neil Gaiman in the cast and the script for "Tree..." was my second Stoker nod. Fun, but not as much as the playground contest. As story supervisor and associate producer of the TV series, "Hyde & Seeke," I wrote, directed and supervised production throughout the half-hour series' first season. That was fun! In 2003 "Catching," was Stoker 'Recommended' - means I didn't get it - but the story was Honorable Mentioned in the 17th Annual Year's Best Fantasy and Horror antho and "So Many Tiny Mouths" was so-Mentioned the next year. My first novel, "Just North of Nowhere," based on the Bluffton stories, will be published in January, 2007. I live in Chicago and am finally married to Tycelia, the love of my life. That’s the ultimate fun!

If you're an author or publisher looking to have your work professionally read and recorded, stop by my website, http://www.SantoroReads.com/

My story, "Then, Just a Dream" won the StarShipSofa's "Sofie" award for best short story of 2009. I also received the Sofie for best Narration of that year.

Currently: I'm working on two novels, GRIFON AND THE SKY WARRIORS, and A MISSISSIPPI TRAVELER, OR SAM CLEMENS TRIES THE WATER.

I've recently become the host of the weekly horror/dark fantasy podcast, "Tales to Terrify." (http://talestoterrify.com)