Join Half Price Books for an event with bestselling horror authors!

Join Half Price Books for a star-studded panel discussion moderated by Abby Dunn, creator of Crime by the Book, and featuring bestselling horror authors Mallory Arnold, Brian McAuley, Carter Wilson, Chelsea Iversen, and Chelsea Conradt. Booksigning to follow panel discussion.

PLEASE NOTE: Tickets, which include a copy of ONE author's book, are required to attend this event. You will select your chosen book at checkout. Additional books will be available for purchase at the event.

Mallory Arnold is the USA Today bestselling author of How to Survive a Horror Story. She writes creepy, mysterious fiction and lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and three cats.

Brian McAuley is the USA Today bestselling author of Breathe In, Bleed Out, a 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee. Esquire dubbed his debut novel Curse of the Reaper one of the Best Horror Books of 2022. Brian’s holiday horror novella Candy Cain Kills earned praise from Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus, leading to a sequel: Candy Cain Kills Again. His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. As a WGA screenwriter, Brian has written film and television projects for Netflix, Syfy and Lifetime Networks. He teaches as a screenwriting professor at ASU’s Poitier Film School.

Carter Wilson is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of eleven standalone psychological thrillers. His work has been optioned for film and television. Carter is the host of the podcast Making It Up, where he has candid, unscripted conversations with fellow authors about what it actually takes to build a writing life. He lives in Erie, Colorado and travels frequently to teach, interview, and speak.

Chelsea Iversen is a content writer who runs a creative business with her sister. Chelsea lives with her husband and dog in Colorado, where she reads her runes at every full moon and aspires to have a signature tea mug for every season. The Whisper is her third novel.

Chelsea Conradt (she/her) is the USA Today bestselling author of The Farmhouse.She writes twisty speculative thrillers. Her books are packed with both murder and kindness, because we can be more than one thing. When not writing stories that make you question what’s real, she is likely watching a baking show or a true-crime documentary. She is nothing if not on brand. Chelsea lives in Texas with her husband, son, and two big dogs. Find Chelsea online at ChelseaConradt.com.
Abby Dunn is the creator of Crime by the Book, a crime fiction-focused Instagram account and online community of over 225,000 readers. By day, she is the Associate Director of Publicity and Marketing for Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks.