Christopher Golden

Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Ararat, Red Hands, Snowblind, Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, The Ferryman, Strangewood, and Of Saints and Shadows. Golden co-created (with Mike Mignola) the comic book universe known as The Outerverse, featuring such characters as Baltimore, Joe Golem, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Hex Life, Seize the Night, and The New Dead, among others, and has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, a BBC radio play, and the online animated series Ghosts of Albion (with Amber Benson). A frequent speaker at conferences, schools, and libraries, Golden is also co-host of the podcast Defenders Dialogue, and the founder of the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. The winner of the Bram Stoker Award for best novel in 2017 for Ararat, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories, winning twice. He has also been nominated multiple times for the Shirley Jackson Award, sharing a win in 2020 with James A. Moore for the anthology The Twisted Book of Shadows.

Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His original novels have been published in more than fourteen languages in countries around the world. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com

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Books

  • The Night Birds

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    16 Sep 2025

    Charlie Book and Ruby Cahill have history. After their love ended in heartbreak years ago, they never expected to see …

  • Christmas and Other Horrors

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    22 Oct 2024

    The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long winter nights also summon a …

  • The House of Last Resort

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    17 Sep 2024

    Across Italy there are many half-empty towns, nearly abandoned by those who migrate to the coast or to cities. The …

  • Christmas and Other Horrors

    Format:
    Hardback
    Released:
    24 Oct 2023

    The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker …

  • All Hallows

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    19 Sep 2023

    It’s Halloween night, 1984, in Coventry, Massachusetts, and two families are unravelling. The Barbosas have opened their annual Haunted Woods …