Top 40 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 597 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 | Horror Fiction Enthusiast *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mother.horror Instagram Followers 139.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. 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

4. Grady Hendrix

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

5. Linnea Quigley

Bio "America's Scream Queen"
Actress, Author, Producer, Musician, Animal Lover
Booking Info: *****@msn.com Instagram Handle @linneaquigley Instagram Followers 43.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Kayleigh Marie

Bio ↠ Horror reader. Feminist. Dog mom. Elder emo.
↠ Here for haunted houses, female rage, & weird girl lit
#horrorbookstagram #bookish *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @spooky_bookworm Instagram Followers 38.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. 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

8. Stephen Graham Jones

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

9. 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

10. 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 25.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +24% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Rachel Harrison

Bio Friendly Ghost 👻
NYTimes Bestselling author of The Return, Cackle, Such Sharp Teeth, Black Sheep, So Thirsty, Play Nice & KISS SLAY REPLAY 9/1 🖤 Instagram Handle @rachelharrisonsghost Instagram Followers 23.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. 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

13. 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

14. Marie McWilliams

Bio Northern Irish Horror Author, book nerd, content creator& basic goth girl. *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @bookishmarie Instagram Followers 21.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. 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

16. Eric LaRocca

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

17. 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

18. 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 9.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. 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

20. Saphra

Bio 📖 Lost in realms of dragons & destiny 🏰 ✨
Fantasy|Romantasy 🖤⚔️ + more
📍Michigan
24/50 📚✨ Instagram Handle @thespookybooknerd Instagram Followers 8.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. 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

22. 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 6.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. 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

24. 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 5.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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 Instagram Handle @jonathan.janz Instagram Followers 4.7K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

28. 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 4.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. 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 4.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. 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

31. Johnny Compton

Bio Author of THE SPITE HOUSE and DEVILS KILL DEVILS
#horror #author Instagram Handle @comptonwrites Instagram Followers 3.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. 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

33. 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) -3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

34. 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 631 Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. 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

36. Briana Morgan

Bio unapologetic horror fan + spooky author: HOW TO ESCAPE A TIGER CULT (out 10/6/26) 🐯
email: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @brianamorganbooks Instagram Followers 21.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Cassandra Celia

Bio author + big fan + your favorite bookseller
alternative books, pop culture and media 📓🍿📀 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @authorcassandracelia Instagram Followers 5.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. 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 2.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. 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