Gwenna McAllis is the author of The Compound Duology and the upcoming Southern Gothic novel The House on Sunflower Lane. She writes atmospheric horror set in the American South, blending folklore, haunted places, and emotionally driven stories about family, grief, and survival.

A lifelong lover of scary stories, Gwenna grew up reading the Jeffrey series by Kathryn Tucker Windham and checking out anything spooky she could find at her small-town Alabama library (often against her mother’s wishes). She studied creative writing at the University of South Alabama and now lives in the Tennessee Valley with her husband, two young children, and an elderly rescue dog who’s seen too much.

When she’s not writing, she’s usually drinking coffee, dodging laundry, or daydreaming about a cabin in the woods where no one needs snacks.