Brian Evenson is the author of a dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection Song for the Unraveling of the World(Coffee House Press, 2019). He has also recently published A Collapse of Horses (Coffee House Press, 2016) and the novella The Warren (Tor.com, 2016). His novel Last Days won the American Library Association’s award for Best Horror Novel of 2009, and his novel The Open Curtain (Coffee House Press) was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild Award. Other books include Windeyeand Immobility(both finalists for the Shirley Jackson Award), and The Wavering Knife (which won the IHG Award for best story collection). He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Critical Studies Program at CalArts.