Grady Hendrix is a best-selling author whose novels combine elements of horror, fantasy, and supernatural fiction. An avid reader himself, Hendrix credits his many hours in public libraries as the source of his lifelong interest in literature. Hendrix spent a portion of his career working in libraries, at the American Society for Psychical Research. The work he did there catalyzed his decision to try his hand at writing, and he began his literary career in journalism. Hendrix has written for The New York Post, Playboy, The New York Sun, and various other publications. After attending the Clarion workshop at UC San Diego in 2009, Hendrix turned his eye toward fiction. 

His breakout, best-selling hit, Horrorstör (2014), focuses on a group of people who are investigating a series of eerie occurrences at an Ikea-like store. Like Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, the novel features supernatural activity in a real-life setting and focuses on group dynamics amongst a small cast of characters. His next hit, the YA novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism (2016), is set in South Carolina and explores the nuances of friendship between adolescent girls, using elements of horror to interrogate the choices and experiences that shape identity during adolescence.