Michael Knost

Michael Knost (born March 19, 1967) is the pen name of Michael Earl Collins, an American suspense author, anthology editor, magazine feature writer, and writing teacher/lecturer who lives in Chapmanville, West Virginia.

[1] He is a former Horror Writers Association's mentorship program chairperson, Knost also teaches writing workshops and online classes.

Themes included in this work are Mothman, the Ethel coalmine specter, the Chapmanville school haunting, the Ghost of #22, and many others.

Michael Knost received a Bram Stoker Award[6] nomination in the category, "Superior Achievement in First Novel" in 2014 for this anthology.

Michael Knost's most critically acclaimed book thus far is Writer's Workshop of Horror (2009, Woodland Press), a non-fiction anthology that includes writing advice from the experts in the field.