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Author Description Marty Young <a href="http://www.martyyoung.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">(www.martyyoung.com)</a> is a Bram Stoker-nominated and Australian Shadows Award-winning writer and editor, and sometimes ghost hunter. He was the founding President of the <a href="http://www.australianhorror.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Australian Horror Writers Association</a> from 2005-2010, and one of the creative minds behind the internationally acclaimed <a href="http://www.midnightechomagazine.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Midnight Echo magazine</a>, for which he also served as Executive Editor until mid-2013.<br /><br />Marty’s first novel, <em>809 Jacob Street</em>, was published in 2013 by <a href="http://blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/809-jacob-street-blurb-and-praise.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Black Beacon Books</a>, and won the Australian Shadows Award for Best Horror Novel. His novel was also given an Honorable Mention in Shelf Unbound's Page Turner competition.<br /><br />His short horror fiction has been nominated for both the Australian Shadows and Ditmar awards, reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror (‘the best of 2008’), and repeatedly included in year’s best recommended reading lists. Marty’s essays on horror literature have been published in journals and university textbooks in Australia and India, and he was also co-editor of the award winning <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005NWMJ8Q/ref=as_li_tf_til?tag=horro02-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B005NWMJ8Q&adid=1WCK978RH1XWTQBE04PF&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fbrimstonepress.com.au%2F%3Fpage_id%3D6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Macabre; A Journey through Australia’s Darkest Fears</a>, a landmark anthology showcasing the best Australian horror stories from 1836 to the present.<br /><br />When not writing, he spends his time in the deep dark jungles of Papua New Guinea as a palynologist, whatever the heck that is.

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