LUKE DUMAS is the USA Today bestselling author of four horror and thriller novels, including Nothing Tastes as Good: A Novel (Atria Books) and A History of Fear: A Novel. His bestselling book The Paleontologist: A Novel won an International Thriller Writers Thriller Award, and his short fiction has appeared in The Big Bad Book of Kaiju and Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales. A nonprofit professional, he worked for five years in the zoological field for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and Brevard Zoo. He lives in San Diego with his dogs.
