<strong>Michael Patrick Hicks</strong> is the author of several critically-acclaimed horror books, including the Salem Hawley series and <em>Friday Night Massacre</em>. More than a dozen of his stories have appeared in anthologies from Crystal Lake Publishing, Death’s Head Press, Off Limits Press, and Silver Shamrock Publishing, among others. His debut novel, <em>Convergence</em>, was an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Finalist in science fiction.<br><br>In addition to writing his own works of original fiction, Michael is also a prolific book reviewer with a focus on horror, crime, science fiction, and thrillers, and is a staff reviewer for FanFiAddict.com. His reviews have been published by Graphic Novel Reporter and Audio Book Reviewer, and a number of his horror-centric book reviews have been collected across three volumes of <em>The Horror Book Review Digest</em>. From 2019-2021, he co-hosted the popular horror podcast, <em>Staring Into The Abyss</em>, alongside horror authors Richard Gerlach, Matt Brandenburg, and Villimey Mist.<br><br>Michael lives in Michigan with his wife and two children. In between compulsively buying books and adding titles that he does not have time for to his Netflix queue, he is hard at work on his next story.<br><br>For more books and updates on Michael’s work, visit his website at http://www.michaelpatrickhicks.com.
