Sonora Taylor (she/her) is the award-winning author of several books and short stories. Her books include
Someone to Share My Nightmares: Stories, Seeing Things,
Little Paranoias: Stories,
Without Condition,
The Crow’s Gift and Other Tales, and
Wither and Other Stories. She also co-edited
Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology with Nico Bell. Her short stories have been published by Rooster Republic Press, Kandisha Press, Camden Park Press, Cemetery Gates Media, Tales to Terrify, Sirens Call Publications, Ghost Orchid Press, and others.
Her short stories and books frequently appear on “Best of the Year” lists. In 2020, she won two Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards: one for Best Novel (
Without Condition) and one for Best Short Story Collection (
Little Paranoias: Stories). In 2022, her short story, “Eat Your Colors,” was selected by Tenebrous Press to appear in
Brave New Weird: The Best New Weird Horror Vol. 1. In 2024, her nonfiction essay, “Anything But Cooking, Please,” was a Top 15 finalist in
Roxane Gay’s Audacious Book Club essay contest.For two years, she co-managed Fright Girl Summer, an online book festival highlighting marginalized authors, with V. Castro. She is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and serves on the board of directors of Scares That Care.
Her latest short story collection,
Recreational Panic, is now available from Cemetery Gates Media. Her latest book,
Errant Roots, is out now from Raw Dog Screaming Press.
She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and a rescue dog.
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