Bending to Earth: Strange Stories by Irish Women

Brian J. Showers is originally from Madison, Wisconsin. He has lived in Dublin since 2001. Brian's first book, Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin was published in 2006. He has written short stories, articles, interviews and reviews for many magazines including All Hallows, Supernatural Tales, Trailer Park of Terror, Dead Reckonings, Whispers & Shouts, Ghosts & Scholars, Le Fanu Studies, Machenalia and Rue Morgue.

Maria Giakaniki is an independent scholar and editor-in-chief of Ars Nocturna, a small publishing house in Athens that focuses on Gothic fiction. She has compiled and co-translated Gothic Tales by Victorian Women Writers and Gothic Tales by Modern Women Writers.