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Lindy Ryan

Lindy Ryan

Lindy Miller Ryan is a Bram Stoker Awards®-nominated and Silver Falchion Award-winning editor, author, short-film director, and professor whose books have received starred reviews from Booklist and Library Journal. She is the current author-in-residence at Rue Morgue, the world’s leading horror culture and entertainment brand, and a columnist at​ BookTrib. Her guest articles and features include NPR, BBC Culture, Irish Times, Daily Mail, and more. Ryan is the founder and president of Black Spot Books, an independent press focused on amplifying underrepresented voices in horror. She served from 2020 to 2022 on the Board of Directors for the Independent Book Publishers Association and was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree in 2020. In 2022, Ryan was named one of horror's most masterful anthology curators, alongside Ellen Datlow and Christopher Golden, and has been declared a "champion for women's voices in horror" by Shelf Awareness (2023). Her animated short film, TRICK OR TREAT, ALISTAIR GRAY, based on her children's book of the same name, won the Grand Prix Award at the 2022 ANMTN Awards. Ryan grew up cutting her teeth on Goosebumps and universal monsters. She has published numerous academic texts and also writes clean, seasonal romance under the name​ Lindy Miller, where her books have been adapted for screen.

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The Chill Quill: August Brings the Heat … and the Horror

Summer may be winding down, but horror is heating up — and this month’s offerings are proof that nothing pairs better with late-season dread than a dash of madness, obsession, and the occasional missing husband. From cursed cookbooks to cosmic king, apocalyptic odds to haunted retreats, these terrifying new releases…
Lindy Ryan
August 12, 2025
July 2025 Chill QuillListicles

The Chill Quill: Summer Reads That Will Chill You to the Bone

Summer’s thermostat may be soaring, but July’s new releases are here to bring the spine-tingling chill back to your beach chair. Whether you’re sneaking away for late-night reads or treating yourself to a poolside gasp, from dark academia to folk horror and multigenerational sagas, first-time collector’s editions to murderous and…
Lindy Ryan
July 14, 2025
Listicles

The Chill Quill: Beach Reads with a Body Count

Summer book season is officially here! Whether you’re basking on the beach, romping under the sun outdoors with friends, or hiding inside with the air conditioning, from murderous train rides to tragic retellings and summertime shenanigans, this month’s new releases are guaranteed to keep your pulse racing and skin burning.
Lindy Ryan
June 17, 2025
Miscellany

Scare Up Your Summer with BookTrib Lit Picks

Whether you’re looking for refuge from broiling summer temps or (like me) celebrating the Summer Solstice by starting the countdown to Spooky Season, summertime is the perfect time to cut your teeth on new reads. Whether you’re finally cracking open your TBR or on the hunt for a new book…
Lindy Ryan
July 8, 2024
MiscellanyThrillers

Horror Bites: The Appeal of the Short Story

It’s long been said that the short story is the purest form of horror. Whether you agree with the sentiment or not, many horror readers meet the genre in the form of short stories: oral tales told around campfires or at bedtime; spooky, visual anthology programs; or perhaps a short…
Lindy Ryan
May 29, 2024
Miscellany

Celebrate Mother’s Day with Women in Horror

From Rosemary’s Baby to Psycho, mothers — and terrifying depictions of everything motherhood — have long been a staple of the horror genre. And for good reason: mothers wield tremendous power. A mother can calm or cut, harm or heal, nurture or needle. Sometimes, she is the savior tucking us…
Lindy Ryan
May 10, 2024
Miscellany

Poetry Isn’t Just for National Poetry Month

Along with April’s showers comes National Poetry Month, a month-long celebration that “celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters.” Since its inception in April 1996, National Poetry Month has grown to become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of poetry aficionados…
Lindy Ryan
April 30, 2024