Tucson Festival of Books

Darkness Abounds


Three masters of dark fiction explore the terrors they unleash on the page. Join Christina Henry, Jonathan Maberry, and L. L. Madrid as they discuss crafting horror that resonates on multiple levels and why the best monsters are the ones that reflect something deeply human back at us.


Panelists
Christina Henry

Christina Henry is a horror and dark fantasy author who enjoys running long distances, reading anything she can get her hands on, and watching movies with samurai, zombies, and/or subtitles in her spare time....

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Jonathan Maberry

Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, with multiple wins for the Bram Stoker and Scribe Awards. His vampire apocalypse series, V Wars, was a Netflix original series. He writes in multiple genres including comic books, suspense, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and action, for adults, teens and middle grade....

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L. L. Madrid

L.L. Madrid lives in Tucson, where she writes dark, moody stories about misfits. She is a past recipient of the HWA’s Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Scholarship. She is a member of the Bi+ Book Gang, a Pitch Wars alum, and an Odyssey grad....

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Books:
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart
Christina Henry
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Penguin Group
November 2025
ISBN 9780593953952
320 pages
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Red Empire
A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel
Jonathan Maberry
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
St. Martin's Publishing Group
March 2026
ISBN 9781250892683
528 pages
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My Lips, Her Voice
L. L. Madrid
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Creature Publishing
October 2025
ISBN 9781951971342
350 pages
The author will make this book available for sale at the Indie Author Pavilion during the Festival.