Dark Tome Creators & Guests

Olga Yakovleva Karpman is a co-host of the podcasts "Dark Tome" and "Dream Big Podcast."

Ned Donovan is an actor, singer, producer, and many other hyphens across his career. He is also the head of New Jersey Web Festival, the first film festival experience for audio fiction projects.His podcast, Encounter Party, has been adapted into an official D&D TV Show available on the Dungeons & Dragons Adventures channel. Ned holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College and has spent the majority of his career performing on stages all over the USA and on screens in nationally and internationally syndicated Films and TV Programming.

Christopher Golden is an author and editor of horror, fantasy, and suspense fiction. He also founded the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival.Golden has published dozens of books, including novels for adults, novels for and young adults, series, and franchise tie-in series for Hellboy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot.Golden's work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. His work has been nominated tor the Bram Stoker Awards ten times in eight different categories, and won twice.

Joe Richard Lansdale is a writer and martial arts instructor. He is the writer in residence at Stephen F. Austin State University. He also teaches at his studio, Lansdale's Self Defense Systems.Lansdale's first novel, "Act of Love," was published in 1981. Since then, he has published over 40 novels and over 30 collections, plus comic books and screenplays. He works in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense. Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television. In addition to his real name, he has published under the names Ray Slater, Brad Simmons, and Jack Buchanan.Lansdale has received the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and eleven Bram Stoker Awards.

Alyssa Wong is a writer of speculative fiction, comics, and poetry, and games.Wong’s has written for many comics, including "Star Wars: Doctor Aphra," "Shang-Chi," "Iron Fist," "Alligator Loki," "Extreme Carnage," "Batwoman," "Wonder Woman," and "Adventure Time." They have written for Overwatch and for Blizzard Entertainment. Their stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Fireside, Tor.com, Uncanny, Tales to Terrify, and Strange Horizons. They have received the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award.Wong received their B.A. in English and Theater Studies with a minor in Creative Writing from Duke University, and their M.A. in Creative Writing from North Carolina State University.

Martin Cahill is a science fiction and fantasy fiction author. He is also the Marketing and Publicity Manager for Erewhon Books.Cahill's work has appeared in in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, Shimmer Magazine, Fireside Magazine, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

Marguerite Croft is a writer of short stories. Professionally, she is a technical writer.Croft received her B.A. in Anthropology and American Indian Studies from Idaho State University. She is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop.

Kat Howard is an author who writes fantasy, science fiction, and horror.Howard has written books, novellas, and short fiction collections. She wrote the first 18 issues of the DC comic book The Books of Magic.

Roshani Chokshi is an author.Chokshi's first book, the young adult novel "The Star-Touched Queen," was in 2016.Before becoming a full-time writer, Chokshi was attending law school at University of Georgia. Her first novel was so successful that she dropped out to pursue writing.

Matthew is a professional writer and sound designer. He has had his hands in writing, performing, and producing podcasts, audio dramas, and audiobooks since 2008. He has written articles on podcasting and voice acting techniques for The Podcast Host. He was the dialogue editor for the Audible productions, Locke and Key and X-Files: Cold Cases.

Alex Jennings is a writer, editor, teacher, and poet. Currently, he is the Program Director of DreamFoundry’s Con or Bust. He is also a fiction writing instructor at The University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program. He writes a speculative poetry review column in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction called “Chapter and Verse.”Jennings's writing has appeared in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Electric Velocipede, Uncanny Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, New Suns, and Current Affairs. His first book, the collection "Here I Come and Other Stories," was published in 2012. His first novel, "The Ballad of Perilous Graves," was published in 2022.

Elizabeth Hand is a fiction author. She also contributed to the "Books" column for F&SF Magazine.Hand's stories and essays have appeared in Interzone, Pulphouse, Lightspeed, and the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. She has published eighteen novels and five collections of short fiction and essays. Her first novel, "Waking the Moon," was published in 1994.