Horror and speculative fiction wouldn't exist without the women who created it. From forgotten visionaries like Margaret "Mad Madge" Cavendish, to literary icons such as Mary Shelley and Shirley Jackson, to modern-era marvels such as Anne Rice and Helen Oyeyemi, women authors have always been at the vanguard of frightening fiction. And their life stories are as intriguing as the novels, short stories, and novellas they crafted. Part biography, part...

Profiles authors, filmmakers, and actors famous for their ability to scare, including Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Stephen King, R. L. Stine, Alfred Hitchcock, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and six others.

Traces the life of a popular novelist, from his childhood as an avid reader to his current success as a creator of horror fiction.