John Skipp is a New York Times bestselling author and editor, whose 18 books have sold millions of copies in a dozen languages worldwide. His first anthology, Book of the Dead, laid the foundation in 1989 for modern zombie literature. He later edited two anthologies for Black Dog & Leventhal, Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead and Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beast Within. From splatter-punk founding father to hilarious elder statesman, Skipp's legendary horror works include The Light At The End, The Scream, Jake's Wake, and The Long Last Call.