The Dark Word Podcast #02: Tim Waggoner

The Dark Word

Host Philip Fracassi gets prolix with prolific author of Bram Stoker-award winning Writing in the Dark

Tim Waggoner has published over fifty novels and seven collections of short stories. He’s written tie-in fiction based on titles such as Supernatural, Grimm, The X-Files, Alien, Doctor Who, and others. He’s also written novelizations for films such as Halloween Kills, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

His articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest, The Writer, and The Writer’s Chronicle. He’s the author of the acclaimed horror-writing guide Writing in the Dark, which won the Bram Stoker Award in 2021. The winner of multiple Stoker awards, Tim has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, the Scribe Award, and the Splatterpunk Award. In addition to writing, Tim is a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition professor at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.