About

I’m a writer of fiction and nonfiction with a long-time focus on the intersections and mutual implications of religion, spirituality, horror, creativity, and culture. I also write about nonduality, the paranormal, and dystopian and apocalyptic cultural trends.

Here’s a more formal and “official” bio for use by interviewers, journalists, and others:

Matt Cardin is an author known for delving into the realms of horror and the metaphysical. His widely acclaimed books, including To Rouse Leviathan and What the Daemon Said, focus on the convergence of horror with religion and creativity.

His work has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, long-listed for the Bram Stoker Award, recommended for the British Fantasy Award, translated into Spanish and German, and praised by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Library Journal, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Rue Morgue, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Thomas Ligotti, John Shirley, Brian Keene, Laird Barron, John Langan, Nathan Ballingrud, and others.

He has been a panelist and reader at the World Fantasy Convention, the World Horror Convention, Baylor University’s Faith and Film symposium, and other literary and genre conferences. He has also been a guest on Weird Studies, Expanding Mind, This Is Horror, and other radio shows and podcasts.

He has a Ph.D. in leadership and an M.A. in religious studies. He is also a lifelong pianist, a college vice president, and a former English professor, high school teacher, piano salesman, university media producer, and videographer for country and pop music legend Glen Campbell.

A native of the Missouri Ozarks who lived for a dozen years in Texas, he now resides in North Arkansas with his wife.

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