Shawn M. Riddle is from the Northern Virginia area, just outside Washington D.C. He currently works as a construction Quality Control Engineer. He grew up on a steady diet of George A. Romero and slasher movies. He embarked on his writing career in January 2011 and has several short stories in current publications with several more due out in 2011/2012. He is currently working on his first novel in the Zombie genre, as well as editing several anthologies and a Novel for KnightWatch press. He runs a fan group for author David Moody on Facebook and can be found there as Shawn 'Walking Corpse' Riddle.