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Nicholas Kaufmann is the critically acclaimed author of numerous works of horror and suspense, including the Bram Stoker Award-nominated General Slocum’s Gold, the Thriller Award-nominated and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated Chasing the Dragon, the bestselling, Dragon Award-nominated 100 Fathoms Below, co-written with Steven L. Kent, and the bestselling The Hungry Earth.
In addition to his own original work, he has written for such properties as Zombies vs. Robots, The Rocketeer, and Warhammer. His short fiction has appeared in Cemetery Dance, Black Static, Nightmare Magazine, Interzone, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and others. His non-fiction has appeared in On Writing Horror (Writers Digest Books), Dark Scribe Magazine, Annabelle Magazine, Fantastic Metropolis, Hellnotes, Rue Morgue, and others.
He is also the co-host with David Wellington of the popular podcast Spooky Science Lab.
You can connect with him on social media at Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and BookBub.
Professionally immersed in books his whole life, he’s been the Publicity Manager for a small literary press, a pitchman for a widely respected PR firm specializing in TV and radio author appearances, a bookstore clerk, an independent bookstore owner (the late, lamented Tell-Tale Books), a manager for Barnes & Noble, as well as the manager for a small indie video store. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
