Joshua Viola is an author, artist, and video game developer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Smurfs). In addition to creating a transmedia creative franchise around The Bane of Yoto, honored with more than a dozen literary awards, he is the author of Blackstar, a novel based on the work of Celldweller. Viola is the editor of the number one bestselling horror anthology, Nightmares Unhinged, and has published Bram Stoker, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writers. He lives in Denver, Colorado where he is chief editor of Hex Publishers.
