Top 49 Horror Book Influencers in 2026

1. Sonja Ska

Bio 👻A place for horror lovers and the horror hesitant
💀*****@gmail.com
👽NYC • Links ⬇️ Instagram Handle @spookycurious Instagram Followers 192.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 640 Horror Book Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Sadie Hartmann

Bio Bram Stoker Awards® winning author | co-owner of @night_worms
📖Reader-centered account *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mother.horror Instagram Followers 144.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Joseph Hillstrom King

Bio Author of KING SORROW, NOS4A2, THE BLACK PHONE, and co-creator of LOCKE & KEY. Instagram Handle @joe_hill Instagram Followers 110.3K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Chuck Tingle

Bio Author of erotica and horror. Inventor of the Tingler. Horror: Straight, Camp Damascus, Bury Your Gays, Lucky Day and Fabulous Bodies *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chucktingle Instagram Followers 102.7K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. J C Hemstreet

Bio ☽ horror lover, indie author + lawyer in sf
☾ haunting your reading list
☽ writing: witchy appalachian folk horror
⤋ read what feeds the lake *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bookswithjc Instagram Followers 74.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Grady Hendrix

Bio Writes too many books, owns too many paperbacks. *****@gradyhendrix.com Instagram Handle @gradyhendrix Instagram Followers 64.1K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Rachel Redd

Bio Reading is my therapy. Horror and Thriller obsessed. Host of Talking Horror Podcast - new episodes Tuesdays.
*****@talkinghorrorpodcast.com Instagram Handle @rachelreddreads Instagram Followers 52.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Bio THE INTRIGUE is out now. **I don't read or answer DMs** For interviews or other inquiries see my website for agent contact info. Instagram Handle @silviamg.author Instagram Followers 40.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Kayleigh Marie

Bio ↠ Horror reader. Feminist. Dog mom. Elder emo.
↠ NO AI🚫
↠ Use KAYLEIGH on @aardvarkbookclub for $4 on your first box! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @spooky_bookworm Instagram Followers 38.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Nina James

Bio On a mission to help you find your next scary read!
Spooky All Year Long🏖️👻🦀💀 Instagram Handle @the_wandering_reader Instagram Followers 35.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Adam Cesare

Bio Horror fan and Bram Stoker Award Winning, USA Today Bestselling author. CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, VIDEO NIGHT and other #books. Signed copies in 🔗 ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @adamcesare Instagram Followers 30K Follower Growth (3mo) +19% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Paul Gaetan Tremblay

Bio Author of A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS, HORROR MOVIE, THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD, DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP. No blurb asks in DMs, plz. *****@verizon.net Instagram Handle @paulgtremblay Instagram Followers 29.7K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

13. Stephen Graham Jones

Bio Author account run by Saga Press with SGJ’s approval!
Follow @sagapressbooks ! Profile pic curtesy of Billy J. Stratton *****@colorado.edu Instagram Handle @stephengrahamjones Instagram Followers 27.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Tananarive Due

Bio Writer. The Reformatory. EP Horror Noire. Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. American Book Award. LA Times Book Prize. Stoker. Lifewriting Podcast Instagram Handle @tananarivedue Instagram Followers 27.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Rachel Harrison

Bio Friendly Ghost 👻
NYTimes Bestselling author of The Return, Cackle, Such Sharp Teeth, Black Sheep, So Thirsty, Play Nice & KISS SLAY REPLAY 🖤 Instagram Handle @rachelharrisonsghost Instagram Followers 27.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +15% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Briana Morgan

Bio writing horror for weird girls
🐯 HOW TO ESCAPE A TIGER CULT (out NOW)
💌 *****@gmail.com
📖 buy my books ⬇️ Instagram Handle @brianamorganbooks Instagram Followers 22.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Marie McWilliams

Bio Northern Irish Horror Author, book nerd, content creator& basic goth girl. *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @bookishmarie Instagram Followers 21.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Amanda

Bio Librarian. I talk about horror movies, books, and anything spooky 👻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mandymorgue87 Instagram Followers 21.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Anna Crossland

Bio your weird horror gal 👻🔞
use code: ANNAREADSHORROR for 5% off at @booksplea.se *****@live.com Instagram Handle @anna.reads.horror Instagram Followers 21.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Josh Malerman

Bio BIRD BOX, INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE
🎨 PICTURES OF YOU 🎨 🖼️ coming Sept 8!
OTHER MOMMY movie coming Oct 9!
songs w @OwenMarkb @thehighstrung *****@nelsonagency.com Instagram Handle @joshmalerman Instagram Followers 19.3K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Nathaniel Cassidy

Bio USA Today Bestselling horror writer (MARY; NESTLINGS; REST STOP; WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME). TV Actor. Musician. Sucker for a saxophone solo. Instagram Handle @catnassidy Instagram Followers 18.7K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Catriona Ward

Bio 'Disarmingly upbeat'- the Guardian
New novel 🌊THE SOLITUDE 🌊arrives June’27 @tornightfire🇺🇸 @torbooksuk 🇬🇧 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @catward66 Instagram Followers 13.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Clay McLeod Chapman

Bio Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade. Film & podcasts. Upcoming: MR. LONELYHEARTS (Tor Nightfire 3/23/27). *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @claymcleod Instagram Followers 12.6K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. Eric LaRocca

Bio Bram Stoker Award® finalist, Shirley Jackson Award nominee and Splatterpunk Award-winning Author *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @eric_larocca Instagram Followers 12.4K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Adam Nevill

Bio Adam L.G. Nevill is an author of horror fiction, a fan of films and heavy music. He lives beside the sea in Devon, England. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @adamlgnevill Instagram Followers 11.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Cameron Chaney

Bio 🎃 Author of spooky books
📚 Host of LIBRARY MACABRE on YouTube
📖 #Bookstagrammer
AUTUMNCROW IS AVAILABLE NOW ON AUDIBLE: https://amzn.to/3Vw1F1Y *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @library_macabre Instagram Followers 10.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Ashley

Bio 📚 Horror Book Reviewer & BookTuber
👻 Horror • Gothic • Weird Fiction
📖 Reviews, Reading Vlogs & TBRs
✨ Reading the strange so you don’t have to *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @spookylittlebooknerd Instagram Followers 9.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Gabino Iglesias

Bio Writer/Escritor. Journalist. Avid reader. Reviewer. Photographer. Columnist. Editor. Traveler. Music junkie. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gabino_iglesias Instagram Followers 8.8K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. Christina Henry

Bio Horror and dark fantasy author. I don’t respond to DMs.
Rep: Lucienne Diver at the Knight Agency.
Film/TV: Joe Veltre at Gersh. *****@titanemail.com Instagram Handle @authorchristinahenry Instagram Followers 7.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Nick Roberts

Bio Author of The Exorcist's House, Anathema, Mean Spirited, and others.
Repped by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency. Film/TV - Magnet Managenent *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @spookywv Instagram Followers 7.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Hailey Piper

Bio Make horror gay AF 🌈 Bram Stoker Award winner
OUT NOW: This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want (Titan)
Oct 27: She Isn't Herself Tonight (Saga) *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @haileypiperfights Instagram Followers 7.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Kelsee Thomas

Bio 🌈 where are the Black girls reading horror
🖍️ creative dir. @nightterrormag
✨ vibes like “your auntie’s antique shop”
🧶 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kelssweetie Instagram Followers 6.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Natalia

Bio ➖𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 † 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 ➖
🕯️𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐫†𝐬 & 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟†𝐬 | 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚†𝐨𝐫 ✍🏻
🚩𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 †𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬
💌 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐫@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @theghoulishreader Instagram Followers 5.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. E. Reyes

Bio 🎃 Indie Retro Horror Author
🔪 Slashers | 👻 Paranormal
🕯 Halloween all year
💾 90s Nostalgic Vibes
✉️ *****@gmail.com
⬇️ Read my books Instagram Handle @ereyesauthor Instagram Followers 5.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Jonathan Janz

Bio Author of MARLA, VEIL, "Lenora" (END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND). Film & TV: Adam Kolbrenner. Lit: Lane Heymont *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jonathan.janz Instagram Followers 4.7K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

36. Nico Bell

Bio Editor-in-Chief at @madaxemedia
Award winning HORROR AUTHOR 💕👻
Freelance Editor ✍️
Comma Queen 👑
Check out my books! 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @nicobellfiction Instagram Followers 4.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Dave Musson

Bio 📖 Horror author, booktuber, Constant Reader, music with @chapter19band, husband, dad
📺 Check out my YouTube channel👇
📚 Read my books! 👇 *****@davemussonauthor.com Instagram Handle @davemusson Instagram Followers 4K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

38. Johnny Compton

Bio Horror writer Instagram Handle @comptonwrites Instagram Followers 3.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

39. Steph

Bio I read and review horror, true crime, sci-fi and fantasy! Support Indie!
Review Requests Send To: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @stephhorrormama03 Instagram Followers 3.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Emily Saunders

Bio The River Serpent
Are You Really There
WIP: The Circle and The Pit (Book 2)
WIP: UNKNOWN (horror novella) *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @emilysaunders_author Instagram Followers 2.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. John Watson

Bio Bestselling horror author of Karaoke Night, Off The Grid, Cradle Robber, and more. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☠️🪓🩸
👇🏻👇🏻Follow my work *****@authorjohnwatson.com Instagram Handle @authorjohnw Instagram Followers 2.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

42. Iain Rob Wright

Bio 🏆 Amazon Bestselling Horror Author
✍️ Horror, Apocalypse & Thrillers
☕ A TASTE OF MURDER — OUT NOW 👇 *****@iainrobwright.com Instagram Handle @iain_rob_wright Instagram Followers 1.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

43. Nikesh Murali

Bio Bestselling horror author | Commonwealth Story & DWL Prize Winner | 2 x Katha Prize runner-up | Pushcart Prize Nominee | Creator INDIAN NOIR podcast. *****@nikeshmurali.net Instagram Handle @indiannoir Instagram Followers 1K Type Nano Gender Male indiannoir.transistor.fm + Follow Get Email Contact

44. Rick Wood

Bio Horror Author 👻
Academic Researcher in Film & Literature ✍️
PhD in ‘Demonic Horror & its Reflection of Society’ 👨‍🎓 *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @rickwoodwriter Instagram Followers 635 Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

45. Simon Paul Woodward

Bio Horror, fantasy & Sci-Fi author | Horror Writers Association & British Fantasy Society.
Travel Writing on @postcardswithperspective *****@icloud.com Instagram Handle @simonpaulwoodward Instagram Followers 545 Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

46. Stephen Edwin King

Bio The international best-selling author's official Instagram. Instagram Handle @stephenking Instagram Followers 1.7M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Ajinkya Bhasme

Bio Bestselling horror novelist
Storyteller for Bollywood
IIT B Grad | Founder @zealopia Mental Health *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bhasmewords Instagram Followers 22.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

48. Alicia

Bio 📍 Ont. Canada🇨🇦
🌹 37| Mom| Wife| Bookworm| Spoonie| Survivor
🔪Thrillers, Horror & Romance
📚 CR: Her Last Breath Instagram Handle @neverboredwithabook Instagram Followers 5.9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

49. River Gardner

Bio River - dark romance & horror - author ( @rivergardnerauthor ) - nonbinary
📚- 11/80 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @horror.books.and.chill Instagram Followers 4.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact