Joseph Nassise is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than forty-five novels, including the Templar Chronicles series, the Jeremiah Hunt trilogy, and the Great Undead War series. He also writes a modern retelling of the King Arthur myths under the pen name Rowan Casey. He is a former president of the Horror Writers Association, the world's largest organization of professional horror writers, and a multiple Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee.