Danel OlsonDanel Olson is a professor of Gothic fiction and survivor memoirs at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas. He is the creator of Exotic Gothic, a World Fantasy Finalist anthology series premiering stories from emerging and established wriers in over thirty nations from Australia to Zimbabwe. First published by Canada's Ash-Tree Press and now continued by England's P.S. Publishing, Exotic Gothic 5 in 2013 debuted new stories from Joyce Carol Oates and many others. He has taught in Israel, Canada, China, and America on film and literature. Three-time finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and winner of a Shirley Jackson Award and two World Fantasy Awards, his published work has been called “a major contribution to film history and scholarship” by the Washington Post. His most recent volume is Lexington Books’ 9/11/ Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City’s Terrorism Fiction, which was nominated for the 2021 Bram Stoker Award in Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction. Dr. Danel Olson’s other edited works in print include 21st Century Gothic: Great Gothic Fiction Since 2000, The Exorcist: Studies in the Horror Film, Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining: Studies in the Horror Film, Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone: Studies in the Horror Film and Pan's Labyrinth: Studies in the Horror Film, the latter two being nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction. Read More Read Less