John Llewellyn Probert is the author of more than a hundred published short stories, several novellas, and the novels The House That Death Built and Unnatural Acts. His first short story collection, The Faculty of Terror, won the Children of the Night award for Best Work of Gothic Fiction, and he won the British Fantasy Award for his novella The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine. Everything he is up to writing-wise can be found at www.johnlprobert.com.