Ronald Malfi (born April 28, 1977) is an American novelist whose genres include horror, thrillers, mainstream, and literary fiction.

[3] Malfi went on to study at Anne Arundel Community College and ultimately received a degree in English from Towson University in 1999.

[8] In 2009, his novel Shamrock Alley, based on the true exploits of his own father, a retired Secret Service agent who went undercover and infiltrated the violent Irish gang in Manhattan known as The Westies,[2] was released and optioned for television.

"[13] The plot of the novel follows a group of strangers in to a town in Iowa which has been overrun by snow phantoms that can turn people into flesh-hungry zombies.

[17] Malfi is also a musician, who has composed music for independent films,[18] and was the lead singer/songwriter and rhythm guitarist for the Baltimore-based alternative rock band Nellie Blide[19] (from 2000 to 2002) and his current project, Veer.