Kealan Patrick Burke, born and raised in Ireland, is the award-winning author of many horror novels, including Kin, Master of the Moors, and The Hides. He also wrote the Ravenous Ghosts and The Number 121 to Pennsylvania & Others collections of short stories, and has edited several anthologies. A movie based on his short story "Peekers" screened at a variety of international film festivals and won a number of awards.