Alistair B. Hayward is the author of gleefully graphic, gripping, and disturbing serial killer horror books that will leave you unsettled and shaken. In real life, however, he’s very nice indeed. When not exploring the beautiful outdoors and plotting the terrible things that will befall his characters, he’s a big fan of music, 70s paperbacks, 80s slasher films, and the stories of Chris Carter, Stephen King, Bret Easton Ellis, Karin Slaughter, Bryce Courtney, and James Patterson.

He lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with his family. He’d love you to tell him how disturbed you were by his books.