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The Monster Librarian Presents:
The Mission of MonsterLibrarian.com
MonsterLibrarian.com was created with the following goals
1) To support Public, Academic, and School Librarians in developing their library horror fiction collection and assist in readers advisory.
2) To help current readers of horror fiction find another good book to read
3) To encourage fans of horror to expand their interests beyond movies and television, and introduce excellent horror fiction.
4) To help teachers and librarians use horror to reach reluctant readers.
5) To help promote small and independent press horror genre publishers in libraries.
About the Site
The Monster Librarian welcomes you! This site is dedicated to all the books that are creepy, scary, and give us the willies. It is meant to be a resource for readers and librarians. For readers of horror, this is designed to be a site where you can find other books that fall into the horror category that you might be interested in reading. For librarians, this site provides tools to help in collection development, readers advisory, and program planning. While the site will have information on current mainstream horror it will also include in the various lists older books that may be of interest. This site has no other agenda than encouraging people to read, and supporting readers of the horror genre.
Disclaimer: Please presume that any book reviewed on this site was sent for free by the author, publisher, or associated publicist to MonsterLibrarian.com or its reviewers, as a review copy. MonsterLibrarian.com does not accept compensation for reviews.
The Monster Librarian Staff
Dylan Kowalewski aka The Monster Librarian
Webmaster/ Editor /Reviewer
I obtained a Master’s in Library Science after catching the library bug working as reference assistant at an academic library. I am currently working part-time at the reference desk of a small branch library. I have been reading horror fiction and watching horror movies for as long as I can remember. My current interest in the field of library science is using horror fiction as a tool to attract reluctant readers to the joy of reading. E-mail the Monster Librarian.
Kirsten Kowalewski
Editor/Reviewer
Kirsten Kowalewski has a Master's degree in library science and is certified to teach school library media. She has worked as a children's librarian in a large public library and as a school library media specialist at the elementary level. She's had kids of all ages ask her "Where are the scary books?"
Bret Jordan
Reviewer
Bret Jordan is a 39 year old Texas resident. He is married and has four
children, all girls. By day he programs computers for a local business, and
by night he works as a freelance artist specializing in horror and fantasy
artwork. When not working, drawing, or spending time with his family he
reads and writes horror stories.
Bret currently has an online serial at Graveside Tales that can be found
here.
Michele Lee
Reviewer
Michele Lee has been a
friend and supporter of libraries and librarians since middle school when
she discovered the first in a wonderful line of book lovers who would pull
her from classes and indulge her love of roaming the stacks. Now she's a
writer and a reviewer trying to share her love of books and stories with
anyone who will listen. She keeps a web site (www.michelelee.net)
and a personal book review blog (micheleleebooklove.blogspot.com)
where she reviews everything from romantic erotica to unflinching horror.
David Agranoff
Reviewer
David Agranoff is a Science Fiction and Horror author who spent time in prison for the first amendment and eats massive amounts of vegan food at his home in the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of the collection Screams from a Dying World and co-author of The Gutter Limits both available from Punk Horror press. 2008 will see the release of his first novel Hunting the Moon Tribe and he is currently working on a dystopian cyberpunk novel and blogs book reviews and points of view on a regular basis at www.davidagranoff.blogspot.com
Bob Freeman
Havoc
Reviewer
Havoc is a bibliophile with a BA in literary studies and a masters degree in teaching. She has been teaching middle school English for Minneapolis Public Schools for the last 9 years with no interest in stopping. When not discussing books with her students, or taking care of her family, she can be found reading.
Angry Princess
Reviewer
The Angry Princess has been obsessed with reading ever since sitting in
grade school listening to the teacher read Judy Blume books. After receiving
her first library card she would come home with stacks of books to read
instead of watching television, most of her friends would roll their eyes
but they didn't know how it was to get lost in the wonderful tales that were
told. The majority of her work covers movie and music reviews, but reading
is her favorite passionate past time.
KDP
Reviewer
KDP is a 30 year old stepmother of 2 ADHD little boys and reads obsessively to retain her sanity. Having been a Major in Theater with a Minor in Screenwriting, she reads just about anything she can get her hands on. Her favorite two genres are Satirical Comedy and Horror. "I love horror because it reminds you of how good you really have it - so what if my son is failing in math? at least he hasn't been eaten by Zombies"
Rhonda Wilson
Reviewer
Rhonda Wilson is a bibliophile who has around
10,000 books in her own personal library. She has been an avid reader all
her life and though she reads pretty much all genres, she always ends up
finding her way back to horror more often than not as she grew up reading
R.L. Stine's Fear Street series. Her favorite genres are erotic horror and
comedic horror, with her favorite authors being John Everson and Jeff
Strand. She keeps a personal book blog (http://sandsreads.blogspot.com/)
that contains reviews of various genres of books and is also very active in
keeping in contact with numerous authors via social networks online to keep
"in the loop" of what is going on in the "horror book industry".
Erik Smith
Reviewer
Erik Smith has been a college student, a security specialist in the Air Force, a mason tender, a telemarketer (sorry), a picture framer, and, currently, a factory worker. It seems like the one constant in his life is a love of horror. From the first time he read "The Monkey's Paw" as a child, to the splatterpunk days of the '80s, to what he feels is a new resurgence in the genre today, Erik has been a rabid fan. And sharing his love of horror is an honor. He hopes old fans find new authors and new fans find something that thrills and frightens them. Long Live Horror!
Colleen Wanglund
Reviewer
Colleen Wanglund is a mother of two twenty-somethings, a metalhead, a gorehound, but most importantly, a reader. She has been a horror fan since her first horror movie (THE OMEN) when she was 10 and her first horror novel (THE SENTINEL) when she was 12. When not reading or writing reviews, she's either knitting or working in her garden....and ALWAYS listening to music.