Horror All About the Books

Join us for NEIBA's first-ever Horror All About the Books on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA. We'll begin the day with horror-themed presentations by eleven authors/illustrators, followed by lunch, and end the day with education.

Schedule of Events

Subject to change

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Author Presentations

Mallory Arnold, author of Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die (Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks)

Amy Bruni, author of Cuisine to Kill For (Harper Celebrate/HarperCollins)

Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Devil Inside (MIRA/HarperCollins)

Gillian Daniels, author of Jenny Will Eat You Now (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster)

David Elliott, author of Bonebag (Astra Books for Young Readers/Astra Young Readers)

Rachel Harrison, author of Kiss Slay Replay (Berkley/Penguin Random House)

Scott Hawkins, author of Blacktail (Crown/Penguin Random House)

Deena Helm, author of Our Cut of Salt (Nightfire/Tor Publishing Group)

Freddie Kölsch, author of Spindlewood (Balzer + Bray/Macmillan Children's Publishing Group)

Isabela Livino, author of An Immaculate Deception (Dutton/Penguin Random House)

Aaron Mahnke, author of Exhumed (Running Press/Hachette Book Group)

View the AATB Edelweiss collection

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch with Authors

2 PM - 3:30 PM

Education: Demystifying Middle Grade & Young Adult Horror

Does the thought of selling horror to children frighten you? This panel discussion, featuring authors writing for tweens and teens, will cover the wide range of horror, its significance and popularity, and how authors (and bookstores) are marketing and promoting the genre, so you can handsell with confidence.