Thomas Tryon - Thomas Tryon turned his hand to writing fiction in 1969. His 1971 novel, 'The Other', is now regarded as one of the finest works of psychological horror | ReutersGraham Masterton - In 1975, Scottish writer Graham Masterton published 'The Manitou,' a gripping horror novel about a Native American spirit who returns from the dead | ReutersLisa Mannetti - Her first novel, 'The Gentling Box', won a Bram Stoker Award, and since then, she’s been nominated four times| ReutersNicole Cushing - The winner of the Bram Stoker award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, Nicole Cushing’s 'Mr. Suicide' is not for the faint of heart |ReutersHelen Oyeyemi - The 2009 Shirley Jackson Award finalist, 'White is for Witching,' tells the story of a young woman named Miranda who suffers from a strange disorder called pica | ReutersLauren Beukes - South African novelist Lauren Beukes burst onto the literary scene with 2013’s bestselling novel 'The Shining Girls', about a time-traveling serial killer | Reuters