Alma Katsu: We’ve been seeing a steady rise in interest in horror fiction since my first horror novel [The Hunger] came out in 2018. It is also no coincidence that some of the best horror authors during that time like Tananarive Due and Stephen Graham Jones are teaching those courses. Alma Katsu. S&S/Saga PressSome of my favorite Middle Grade authors right now are Kenneth Oppel, Ally Malineko, Lorna Snef, and Justina Ireland. Fiend by Alma Katsu and Why I Love Horror by Becky Siegel Spratford are available now, wherever books are sold.