Lindy Ryan is the president and publisher of Black Spot Books, an imprint of Vesuvian Media Group. She is an award-winning and bestselling author, editor, and short-film director. Lindy previously served on the board of directors for the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and was recognized as one of Publishers Weekly's Star Watch Honorees in 2020. She is currently the co-chair of the Horror Writers Association Publishers Council. Lee Murray is an author, editor, screenwriter, and poet from Aotearoa, and a third-generation Chinese New Zealander. A USA Today Bestselling author, Shirley Jackson Award, and four-time Bram Stoker Award(R) winner, Lee is the editor of nineteen volumes of dark fiction. She is a former HWA Mentor of the Year, NZSA Honorary Literary Fellow, and a Grimshaw Sargeson Fellow.