Gemma Files

Born in England, raised and educated in Toronto, Gemma Files is a Shirley Jackson, Sunburst and Bram Stoker Award-winner. Her previous jobs include stints as a sex shop vibrator room attendant and nocturnal security guard, as well as a film critic, screenwriter, editor and teacher. She is the author of three books of poetry, five novels, and over a hundred short stories. She also posts creepy artworks on Twitter.