Knost, Michael

Awards:

Writers Workshop of Horror 2 (Hydra Publications), Non-fiction, 2021

Mentor of the Year Award, 2021

Silver Hammer Award, 2015

Writers Workshop of Horror, Non-fiction, 2009

Nominations:

Author’s Guide to Marketing with Teeth (Seventh Star Press), Non-fiction, 2015

Return of the Mothman (Woodland Press), First Novel, 2014

Barbers & Beauties (Hummingbird House Press), Anthology, 2013

BIO: Michael Knost is a Bram Stoker Award®-winning editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and supernatural thrillers. He has written in various genres and helmed multiple anthologies. He received the Horror Writers Association’s Silver Hammer Award in 2015 for his work as the organization’s mentorship chair. He also received the prestigious J.U.G. (Just Uncommonly Good) Award from West Virginia Writer’s Inc. His Return of the Mothman is currently being filmed as a movie adaption. He has taught writing classes and workshops at several colleges, conventions, online, and currently resides in Chapmanville, West Virginia with his wife, daughter, and a zombie goldfish.