Grady Hendrix

Hendrix was born in South Carolina. His parents divorced when he was 13 years old, and he spent much of his time in public libraries.^[5] As an adult, he worked in the library of the American Society for Psychical Research before turning to professional writing.^[6] Alongside his novels, he has written for numerous media outlets, including Playboy magazine and the New York Post. Prior to its closure in 2008, he was a film critic for the New York Sun.^[7]

In 2009, Hendrix attended the Clarion Workshop at the University of California at San Diego.^[8]

He has also contributed to Katie Crouch's young adult series The Magnolia League, and his fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons and Pseudopod.^[7]

In 2012, Hendrix co-wrote Dirt Candy: A Cookbook, a graphic novel/cookbook/memoir with his wife Amanda Cohen and Ryan Dunlavey.^[9]

In 2014, Quirk Books published his novel, Horrorstör, which was subsequently optioned for a television series by FOX.^[10] Grady then wrote My Best Friend's Exorcism (2016) and the acclaimed non-fiction study Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction (2017).^[11] He also co-wrote the 2017 motion picture Mohawk with director Ted Geoghegan^[12] and the spec script for the horror comedy film Satanic Panic, which was acquired and produced by Fangoria during mid 2018.^[13] My Best Friend's Exorcism and Horrorstör have been optioned for film adaptations, while The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group are slated for television adaptations.^[13][14][15] Hendrix created a one-man show for The Final Girl Support Group to promote the novel, as he found traditional author events boring.^[5]

From May 2020 to October 2020, Hendrix hosted his own podcast, Super Scary Haunted Homeschool, which discussed the history of vampires, to promote his book The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires.^[16]