Melanie R. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Mississippi. She is an associate professor of English at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS, where she teaches courses in American literature. She researches and writes about the American Gothic and supernatural literature. Her co-authored nonfiction on women and horror has won the Bram Stoker and Locus awards. When she is not writing or teaching, she is one of the hosts of The Know Fear Cast, a podcast about horror and all the things that scare us. She also co-hosts The Monster, She Wrote Podcast, a podcast about women creating in the darker genres.