Dale Bailey has published three novels, The Fallen, a nominee for the International Horror Guild Award, House of Bones (both from Signet, 2002), and a collaborative crime novel, Sleeping Policemen (Golden Gryphon Press, 2006), written in collaboration with Jack Slay, Jr. A second crime novel, The Clearing, also written with Jack, is forthcoming. Dale is also the author of a study of contemporary horror fiction, American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1999), and a regular column on death and grieving for The Dodge Magazine, published by the world's leading manufacturer of embalming equipment and chemicals. A frequent contributor to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Dale has published short fiction in SciFiction, Amazing Stories, Alchemy, Pulphouse, and the Charlotte Observer. His stories have been reprinted in Rosebud, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling), Year's Best Fantasy 5 (eds. David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer), Nebula Awards 31 (ed. Pamela Sargent), Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (ed. Mike Resnick), the two most recent collections of The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction (eds. Edward L. Ferman, Gordon Van Gelder, Kristine Kathryn Rusch), and Best New Horror 15 and 16 (ed. Stephen Jones). They have been collected in The Resurrection Man's Legacy and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon Press, 2003). In addition to the Nebula-nominated title story and nine other stories, the collection includes 'Death and Suffrage," winner of the International Horror Guild Award, and basis of the "Homecoming" episode of Masters of Horror on the Showtime television network. His short story "The End of the World as We Know It" was nominated for a Nebula in 2006. A graduate of Bethany College, Dale holds a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Hickory, North Carolina, with his wife Jean and daughter Carson.