Nicholas Kaufmann's fiction has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, a Shirley Jackson Award, a Thriller Award, and a Dragon Award. His previous novel, 100 Fathoms Below, co-written with Steven L. Kent, was an Amazon bestseller and the subject of a viral tweet that was retweeted over 7,000 times. His new novel, The Hungry Earth, comes out on October 5th. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.