Join us for a conversation with two acclaimed horror novelists

Erin E. Adams is the author of Jackal (2022), the story of a young Black woman who returns— reluctantly— to her very white hometown in central Pennsylvania to attend a friend’s wedding. Meanwhile, something evil waits for her in the woods— something that has been preying on Johnstown’s Black girls for a very long time.

​The novel was a finalist for every major prize in the Horror genre, including the Edgar, Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards. Cosmopolitan named it one of the “Best Horror Novels of All Time.”

Dennis Mahoney is the author of Our Winter Monster (Jan. 2025), set in a ski village in Upstate New York. Seeking a fun getaway, a couple in a troubled relationship loses their way driving in a snowstorm. Kendra Book, the village sheriff, sets out to find them— following a trail of crushed cars, wrecked buildings, and mangled bodies.
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A Troy-based horror writer, Mahoney is also the author of Fellow Mortals (2013), a Booklist Top Ten Debut; Bell Weather (2015), an Indie Next pick; and Ghostlove (2020).

Erin E. Adams and Dennis Mahoney
4:30 p.m. Thursday, January 30​​
​University at Albany
Assembly Hall - Campus Center (2nd floor)
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany NY 12222
Free and open to the public. Books will be for sale and a signing will follow the conversation.