Marie O'Regan – Editor

I write mainly in the horror/crime/dark fantasy genres, and have edited anthologies that fall in these genres for various publishers (Titan Books, Constable and Robinson, Simon and Schuster, PS Publishing), working with some of the biggest names in these genres and garnering several award nominations in the process (British Fantasy Award, Australian Shadow Award and Shirley Jackson Award). I'm also Managing Editor for PS Publishing's award-winning novella imprint, Absinthe Books - in 2022,The Bone Lantern by Angela Slatter won a Shirley Jackson Award, and Pomegranates by Priya Sharma received nominations for the British Fantasy Award and Shirley Jackson Award, and won the World Fantasy Award for best novella . This year, Absinthe Books titles have received nominations for Bram Stoker Awards®, British Fantasy Awards, Aurealis and Ditmar Awards. In my roles as managing editor for Absinthe Books and an anthology editor, most recently for Titan Books and Flame Tree Press, I routinely commission authors, work with authors on developing and editing their stories, and put anthologies together. Our anthologies have been very well received critically, and several have garnered their own award nominations. I've also written three short story collections and my first novel, Celeste, came out in 2022.

I also taught creative writing for one of the UK's writing periodical home study courses for fifteen years, working on short stories and novels, and enjoyed helping students develop their craft - many went on to become regularly published, and several went on to win awards and competitions, which was very rewarding.

I also copyedit and proofread - over the years I've done that for several independent publishers, and also a number of individual authors who've asked me to help them in that way. I enjoy helping writers develop their stories and novels to fully realise their potential.

I've also organised several genre conventions, and always enjoyed doing that - it's great to see people in the genre come together and enjoy an event you've worked on.