Carmen, Christa

Awards:

The Daughters of Block Island (Thomas & Mercer), First Novel, 2023

Nominations:

“Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell” (Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror)(Wicked Run Press), Long Fiction, 2022

BIO: Christa Carmen is the two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Daughters of Block Island, Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked, and the forthcoming Beneath the Poet’s House. Additional work can be found in Vastarien, Nightmare, Orphans of Bliss, Year’s Best Hardcore Horror, and the Stoker-nominated anthologies, Not All Monsters and The Streaming of Hill House. She has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from Boston College, and an MFA from the University of Southern Maine. Christa lives in Rhode Island with her husband, daughter, and bloodhound-golden retriever mix.