Welcome to the Ladies of Horror Fiction Directory! We can’t promise it’s a comprehensive list (though we do promise we’re trying our hardest to make it so!), but if you are looking to read more female authors in horror fiction and don’t know where to start, this should give you a great jumping-off point.
Listed (last, first) alphabetically. Click on the word “Website” to be taken to their personal websites if they have one or their Goodreads author page if they do not.
As time goes, we will slowly be adding profiles on the site about each of the women. When that happens, their names will be clickable.
This list will continue to develop over time. If there is a name we are missing, please let us know in the comments below.
NOTE: A (D) beside a person’s name indicates deceased. A * indicates that this is a pseudonym (of a female writer).
Gentle reminder: We are not perfect. We may get your name wrong. If we do, feel free to let us know what we did. However, remember the golden rule and treat people how you, yourself, expect to be treated.
Due to a delightfully long list, we’ve broken the LOHF Directory up into several pages. Here you will find A-D, but click on any of the following links to be taken to the relevant sections. E-J, K-M, N-S, T-Z
*A*
Abuttu, Querus “Dr. Q” – Website
Adler, Dahlia – Website
Allison, Andrea – Website
Archer, Angela – Website
Asquith, Cynthia (D) – Website
Awad, Mona – Website
*B*
Baratz-Logsted, Lauren – Website
Barrett, Shirley – Website | Review
Baumgartner, Jessica – Website
Bene, Jennifer – Website
Bergstrom, Elaine – Website
Bettes, Kimberly – Website
Beukes, Lauren – Review | Website
Bird, Allyson – Website
Bissett, Carina Marie – Website
Black, Alice J. – Website
Black, Darlene – Website
Black, E.A. – Website
Black, Kerry E. B. – Website
Blackthorn, Rose – Website
Blalock, R.L. – Website
Blu, Imber – Website
Boek, Debbie – Website
Bond, Gwenda – Website | Review
Boskovitch, Desirina – Website
Bosworth, Jennifer – Website
Boudreau, Chantal – Website
Boughton, Toni L. H. – Website
Bourque, Crystal – Website
Bowen, Elizabeth (D) – Website
Bowen, Marjorie (D) – Website
Braun, Theresa – Website
Breukelaar, JS – Website
Brock, Sunni – Website
Brooke, Sara – Website
Brooks, Jane – Website
Brown, Dani – Website
Brown, Tiffany Michelle – Website
Brown, Tonia – Website
Bruce, Georgina – Website
Buckingham, Carson – Website
Budd, Sarah – Website
Bulkin, Nadia – Website
Burke, Chesya – Website
Burns, Catherine – Website
*C*
Cacek, P.D. – Website
Candia, Lauren – Website
Canon, Somer – Website
Cantoral, Leza – Website
Cantrell, Lisa W. – Website
Capria, Alana I. – Website
Carmen, Christa – Website
Carroll-Bradd, Shenoa – Website
Carroll, Emily – Website
Carroll, Louann – Website
Carter, Angela (D) – Website
Castro, V. – Website
Catt, Diana – Website
Caummisar, Sea – Website
Cavanagh, Wren – Website
Cavendish, Catherine – Review | Website
Chambers, Selena – Website
Chaney, D.A. – Website
Chase, Victorya – Website
Chelser, Chris – Spotlight | Website
Childs, Lily – Website
Christian, Autumn – Website
Christy, Ann – Website
Church, Suzanne – Website
Clark, Caroline – Website
Clevenger, Carrie – Website
Coates, Darcy – Website
Cole, Catherine J. – Website
Collins, Nancy A. – Website
Combs, Samantha – Website
Conner, Lesley – Website
Connor, Crystal – Website
Connor, Sarah – Website
Constant, Eli – Website
Constantine, Storm – Website
Cooper, S.H. – Website
Coppola, Teresa – Website
Cord, Katie – Website
Counselman, Mary Elizabeth (D) – Website
Cross, Amy – Website
Cross, Tracy – Website
Crowell, Arielle – Website
Curtin, Samantha – Website
Cushing, Nicole – Website
Cusick, Richie Tankersley – Website
*D*
D’Arcangela, Nina – Website
Dahman, Catt – Website
Dales, Karen – Website
Dalpe, Victoria – Website
Davis, Ashley – Website
De La Haye, Joan – Website
DeAngelis, Camille – Website
Dearborn, Kristin – Website
Decker, Sherry – Website
Dee, Bonnie – Website
Deering, Rachel Autumn – LOHF Review | Website
DeGeit, Mandy – Website
Deluca, Sandy – Website
Dembo, Arinn – Website
DeMeester, Kristi – Spotlight | Website
Derwin, Theresa – Website
Devlin, Tara A. – Website
DeVor, Danielle – Website
Dinisi, Kathy – Website
Dioses, Ashley – Website
Dixon, R.H. – Website
Dorman, Nerine – Website
Douglas, Ellie – Spotlight | Website
Drake, Isabella – Website
Du Maurier – Website
Due, Tananarive – Website
Dumars, Denise – Website
Duncan, Megan – Website
Click on any of the following links to be taken to the relevant sections. E-J, K-M, N-S, T-Z
140 Comments
Laurie
Thank you!
Laurie
Thank you for the addition! Please let us know if you spot any others.
Megan
Please add me: Megan Hart http://www.meganhart.com. Thank you!
Laurie | Bark
You’re on, thanks!
F.R. Smith
And Zin E. Rocklyn!!
Laurie
Thank you so much!
F.R. Smith
Also… Carrie Laben
Laurie
This is great. Thank you!
Lilyn G
Thanks for letting us know!
Laurie | Bark
All set!
Laurie | Bark
Thank you!
Laurie | Bark
Thank you
Laurie | Bark
As long as they write in the horror genre they count.
Laurie | Bark
Thank you for submitting your info!
Laurie | Bark
Thanks, Chuckles! How did we miss so many?!
Laurie | Bark
I cannot find any info on Laura Cantrell. Do you have a book title I could look up? I did find a Lisa W. Cantrell and will add her to the list 🙂
cemeteryflower
D.A. Chaney, Suzanne Robb, Chantal Boudreau, Rebecca Snow
Laurie | Bark
Thanks for the additions cemeteryflower 🙂 I cannot find a horror work by Rebecca Snow. Can you send me a direct link? Thanks so much.
Jacob
i made a list a few years back, if it helps at all.
http://jacobhaddon.com/2016/05/06/women-in-horror/
Laurie | Bark
Wow, that’s quite a list!! Thank you so much for sharing. It’s going to take us a bit to go through them all but we appreciate you sharing so many names 🙂
Laurie | Bark
Thanks David!
Laurie | Bark
Thanks for submitting your info 🙂
Morgan Sylvia
Thank you so much! I hate to be a pest, but my name is misspelled on the list … it’s Sylvia (not Syliva) … would you mind correcting?
Lilyn G
Will do so! Fast fingers get clumsy sometimes . Thanks for pointing it out!
Morgan Sylvia
Thanks!
Lilyn G
Fixed!
Laurie | Bark
Thanks so much for your info!
Laurie | Bark
Thank you 🙂
Laurie | Bark
Thanks for the addition!
Laurie | Bark
You’re all set.
Laurie | Bark
You’re now on the list!
Laurie | Bark
Thanks for sharing your info 🙂
Laurie | Bark
Just put you on the list. Thanks 🙂
Laurie | Bark
You’re on the list 🙂 Thank you for submitting your info.
Laurie | Bark
Thanks for your info!
Laurie | Bark
She’s now on the list. Thanks for submitting her info. We don’t want to miss anyone so keep adding them as you find them.
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Laurie | Bark
You’re very welcome 🙂
Laurie | Bark
Thanks for submitting your info!
Laurie | Bark
Published horror novellas, short stories and works of poetry all count. Thank you for adding your links! It helps us tremendously.
Eduardo Linares
I forgot to add the website 😁
Eduardo Linares
Alanaicapria.com
LH Moore
Oh! I am LH Moore and my website is https://lhmoorecreative.com/
Thanks again!
Laurie | Bark
Got it! Thanks for the update 🙂
Laurie | Bark
You’re on! Thank you for providing your info.
Laurie | Bark
Thank you Eduardo! She’s now on the list.
Laurie | Bark
Thank you for your information 🙂
Laurie | Bark
You’re on! Thanks for providing your website 🙂
Laurie | Bark
You’re very welcome.
Laurie | Bark
Thanks for your information and the websites! We will be sure to check them out. We want to list all the ladies of horror 🙂
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Alice Loweecey
Great list! May I join the cool kids too?
I’m Alice Loweecey, and write horror as Kate Morgan. My newest book came out today (yay!) from Omnium Gatherum: Demons for Tea.
My website: http://www.aliceloweecey.net
Laurie | Bark
You’re on and congrats on your book birthday!! That cover is amazing.
Alice Loweecey
Thank you!
Dina Leacock
I am interested in being included in LOHF.
Laurie | Bark
You are all set!
Patricia Flaherty Pagan
Awesome list! 🙂 I write horror short stories & poetry, as well as writing crime and “literary” fiction (all good writing is literary of course!). Collections featuring my horror include “Hair Raising Tales of Horror,” “Villainous Confessions,” and “Enduring Spirit: Stories.” I’d love to join the list! Let me know if there’s anything else you need… http://patriciaflahertypagan.com
Laurie | Bark
You’re on, thanks for your info!
Kira McKinney
I would love to be added, please
Kira McKinney
http://www.kiramckinney.com
Laurie | Bark
All set! Thank you for your information 🙂
Patricia Gomes
I would love to be added to the list! My name is Patricia Gomes and I am currently the Poet Laureate of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Horror is my first love and my most recent horror publications are in Star*Line, Wicked Haunted, Rose Red Review, and Goreyesque. It’s wonderful to see all these names and KNOW we’re not doing this alone!
Laurie | Bark
Thank you for submitting your information and we’re glad you’re enjoying our directory!
Shannon Lawrence
This is such a great list! I’d like to suggest DeAnna Knippling. Website: http://wonderlandpress.com/
Laurie | Bark
Thank you for the addition!
Cecilia D
Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Nancy Holder, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Hand, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Laurie | Bark
Thank you for the additions!
K.B. Goddard
Oh, may I be added too please? My Goodreads link is https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8514985.K_B_Goddard
Laurie | Bark
You’re all set 🙂
K.B. Goddard
Thank you:)
Lisa Vasquez: Author, Publisher, Book Cover Designer
Please add me 🙂 love this!
http://www.unsaintly.com
redlacereviews
Hi Lisa, you’ve been added! Thank you for letting us know.
Gerri R. Gray
I would love to be added to your directory. Thank you.
Laurie | Bark
You’re on 🙂
Gerri R. Gray
Thank you, Laurie!
sonorawrites
Can I please be added? 🙂 Sonora Taylor. https://sonorawrites.com/
Laurie | Bark
You’re on the list 🙂
Lindsay Moore
I’m a horror writer who specializes in comics! Can I be added to the list please?
Laurie | Bark
All set!
Toni L.H. Boughton
Great directory -thanks for providing this service! I’ve written a post-apoc trilogy; does that get me included?
https://tonilhboughton.com/
If not, no problem, and feel free to delete this comment! 🙂
Laurie | Bark
You’re all set 🙂
Cheryl Low
Tiffany Michelle Brown and Cheryl Low. (That last one is me. Feels weird to name myself but I REALLY want to be on this list.)
Laurie | Bark
Thank you for the additions and I’m so glad you added yourself too!
Cameron Mount
R.A. Goli – https://ragoliauthor.wordpress.com/
Cynthia Ward – http://www.cynthiaward.com/
Karen Heslop – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15182920.Karen_Heslop
Karen Thrower – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13934674.Karen_Thrower
Alison McBain – http://www.alisonmcbain.com/
Dianne M. Williams – https://diannemwilliams.com/
Catherine J. Cole – https://www.catherinejcole.com/
Rie Sheridan Rose – https://riewriter.com/
Cara Fox – https://carajfox.wordpress.com/
Laurie | Bark
Thank you so much for all of the additions! They’ve all been added.
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Judith Baron
Could you add me please? Judith Baron website: https://judithbaron.wixsite.com/judithbaron
Laurie | Bark
All set. Thank you for the addition!
Judith Baron
Thank you Laurie! Very honored to be listed with such good company! 🙂
Cheryl Low
Is it too late to get on the list? Cheryl Low http://cheryllow.com/ and Tiffany Michelle Brown https://tiffanymichellebrown.wordpress.com/
Laurie | Bark
All set, thank you!
Imber Blu
Can I please be added?
http://www.imberblu.com
Laurie | Bark
You’re on, thank you!
Hailey Piper
Hi ladies! Could you add me to the directory?
Thank you!
Laurie | Bark
Of course 🙂
Elijah
I’d love to add Cindy O’Quinn. She writes horror fiction and dark poetry.
Here’s the link to her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CindyOQuinnWriter/
Laurie | Bark
thanks for the addition!
R. H. Dixon
Hi Ladies of Horror, could you add me to the directory please? My website is https://www.rhdixon.com 🙂
Laurie | Bark
All set 🙂
Dalena Storm
I’d love to be part of the directory! http://dalenastorm.com And on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Upkwyb
Laurie | Bark
You’re on the list. Thanks for your info!
Isabelle Drake
Isabelle Drake
Isabelledrake.com.
Laurie | Bark
All set!
S.C. Parris
Hi, I’m S.C. Parris and I write dark horror fantasy. http://www.scparris.net/
Laurie | Bark
You’re on, thanks!
W.D. Becker
Willow Becker http://www.weirdlittleworlds.com
Toni_The_Reader
Thanks Willow I have sent the directory team your information.
Laurie | Bark
Can you provide a link to your works of fiction? Either goodreads, Amazon or a link on your website? I am unable to see anything under your fiction page on the site you provided. Thank you so much!
Kerry E.B. Black
Hello! Would you please add me to the LoH directory? My Goodreads address is https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7874880.Kerry_E_B_Black
and my wordpress is https://kerrylizblack.wordpress.com/
It would be an honor to be included with so many authors I admire!
Laurie | Bark
All set!
Kerry E.B. Black
Thank you!
Pippinacious
Hello! S.H. Cooper, horror writer with two anthologies on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/S.H.-Cooper/e/B01MY17287/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1, and a website: authorshcooper.com.
Toni_The_Reader
All Set!! Thank you!! For some reason I thought you were on there already!!
Pippinacious
No worries! 🙂
Magda McQueen
Please could you add me too?
Publisher (hardback and ebook) – http://tartaruspress.com/mcqueen-mirror-dead.html
Amazon (kindle) – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mirror-Dead-Magda-McQueen-ebook/dp/B0759N81TK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mirror+dead&qid=1555261468&s=books&sr=1-1
Toni_The_Reader
Hi Magda!! You are all set.
Lisa Kröger
This is such a great idea! Would you add my name to the list? My website is http://www.lisakroger.com. Here is a link to my Amazon books: https://www.amazon.com/Lisa-Kr%25C3%25B6ger/e/B00W2SLU0M?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1555364571&sr=8-1
Toni_The_Reader
Hi Lisa I have sent your details to the directory team!! Thank you so much and I can’t wait to read the new book!!
Toni_The_Reader
Hi Lisa!! You are all set!!
Eleanor Hickey
Hi,
I’d also love to be added.
https://beagytales.wordpress.com/
Thanks
Laurie | Bark
Is this your goodreads page? https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19119414.Eleanor_Hickey
Eleanor Hickey
It is. 🙂
Laurie | Bark
Thanks Eleanor! I’ll get you added asap.
J.A.W. McCarthy
Hello! Could I be added to the directory? J.A.W. McCarthy, http://www.jawmccarthy.com. Thanks!
Laurie | Bark
Of course! Thank you for adding your website link.
Jessica Guess
Guess, Jessica
Website: blackgirlsguidetohorror.com
Bark At The Ghouls (@BarksBooks)
Thanks, Jessica! I just added you.
Maura Yzmore
Maura Yzmore
https://maurayzmore.com
Thanks!
Laurie | Bark
You’re on, thank you for providing your website link!
kpl
May I list myself? I write horror poetry among other genres. Kendra Preston Leonard, https://kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org/
Laurie | Bark
You’re all set 🙂
Kirsty Logan
Add me, please! My newest book, Things We Say in the Dark, is a collection of horror stories.
Kirsty Logan, http://www.kirstylogan.com
Thanks!
Laurie | Bark
Perfect, thank you!
Marianne Halbert
Please add me. Thank you! https://www.halbertfiction.com/
Laurie | Bark
You’re all set, thank you!
Andrea
Can you please add me? Thank you!
Andrea Allison
http://www.andreallison.com
Laurie | Bark
All set, thank you!
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Sea Caummisar
Can any female that writes horror be included here? If so, would it be possible to add me? I write mostly extreme horror, but I have a few books that are not overly violent. I write under a pen name, Sea Caummisar.
My Goodreads link is https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18941984.Sea_Caummisar
Lee Franklin
So how do we get on this list of awesomeness?