Mark Wheaton

Mark Wheaton got his start in writing as a screenwriter on horror films like Friday The 13th (2009), the Sam Raimi-produced, The Messengers, and the Emilia Clarke-starring, Voice From the Stone. He has also written a handful of novels, including the bestselling Father Chavez crime trilogy (Thomas & Mercer, 2016-2017), Emily Eternal (Grand Central, 2019, written as M.G. Wheaton – named one of the Five Best Science Fiction Novels of 2019 by the Financial Times and translated into five languages), and The Quake Cities (Severn House, 2021). In addition, Wheaton had several horror short stories published over the last two years including one in the 2021 Stoker Award-nominated anthology, Worst Laid Plans (Grindhouse Press) and another, Killer of Hogs, which was long-listed by Ellen Datlow as one of the Best Horror Short Stories of 2022. He has also worked as a comic book writer (Dark Horse’s The Cleaners), video game scripter, (Wet 2, F.E.A.R. franchise), and movie journalist for outlets such as E!, Syfy, Fangoria, Total Film, and many others. Wheaton lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two kids, the oldest of which has taught him more about autism than he could’ve ever learned on his own.