Lisa Morton has been writing professionally for over 20 years and is a novelist, screenwriter, Halloween expert, and author of more than 50 published short stories, mostly in the horror genre. Her stories have appeared in Blood Lite III: Aftertaste (Pocket Books, 2012), Danse Macabre (Edge Publishing, 2012), and The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse II: Fightback (Running Press, 2012). Morton is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, and she is listed in the American Library Association's Readers' Advisory Guide to Horror (2nd edition, 2012) as one of horror's top "Ladies of the Night". Her most recent books include Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion, 2012) and the graphic novel Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times (McFarland, 2012). She currently serves as Vice President of the Horror Writers Association and lives in North Hollywood, California.