Page One Creators & Guests

Christopher Golden is an author and editor of horror, fantasy, and suspense fiction. He also founded the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival.Golden has published dozens of books, including novels for adults, novels for and young adults, series, and franchise tie-in series for Hellboy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot.Golden's work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. His work has been nominated tor the Bram Stoker Awards ten times in eight different categories, and won twice.

Tim Lebbon is an author of horror and dark fantasy fiction.Lebbon's first novel, "Mesmer," was published in 1997. Since he has published over forty novels. His short story "Reconstructing Amy" won the 2001 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction. He has also won the British Fantasy Award and the Scribe Award.

Gareth Lyn Powell is a science fiction author.Powell's first book, "The Last Reef and Other Stories," was published in 2008, and his first novel, "Silversands," was published in 2010.Powell’s short stories have appeared in Interzone, Solaris Rising 3, and The Year’s Best Science Fiction. He has won the BSFA Award for Best Novel twice: for "Ack-Ack Macaque" in 2013 and for "Embers of War" in 2019.Powell studied humanities and creative writing at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales).

Ian Dunt is a journalist, editor of political news, writer, and author, he is known as a political commentator on British politics and Brexit.

Nina Allan is a writer of speculative fiction.