About the Author:DiLeo is the author of numerous books. He is a high school English teacher in New York’s Hudson Valley, and a member of the Horror Writers Association.His work is visceral, emotional, and entertaining. He loves exploring the inner-realms of characters and then bringing on the horror.DiLeo’s fondness for the unquiet coffin was fostered by an academic father whose love of the macabre brought local notoriety every Halloween when he transformed the DiLeo lawn into a haunted graveyard. In death, DiLeo's father left behind a coffin-shaped bookcase containing his favorite horror novels.Ever since DiLeo inherited that coffin, he has been enthralled by (and afraid of) the chaos lurking beneath the commonplace, the horrors of men and the supernatural.Praise for DiLeo's work:"Chris DiLeo is a remarkable writer, with a clear ability to evoke character, conjure dread — and to do whatever it is that drives the reader to keep turning the pages, one by one, and faster and faster."Michael Marshall, NY Times bestselling author of The Intruders, and The Straw Men"THE DEVIL VIRUS does what the best supernatural fiction must—ground the terror in the human heart. Chris DiLeo delivers a story of faith and fear with a skilled, steady hand. Follow him into the dark!"Michael Koryta, NY Times bestselling author of If She Wakes and The Prophet"THE DEVIL VIRUS is out now and deeply creepy! Check it out if you like your horror thoughtful and, um, horrific."--Kelly Braffet, author of Save Yourself“[W]orthwhile, imaginative, [and] creepy. [...] DiLeo has powerful writing chops and original ideas. I'd definitely read more from this author.”Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann"A welcome new entry into the world of supernatural fiction. DiLeo enters the dark without flinching and delivers the goods."Scott Nicholson, bestselling author of The Red ChurchAmazon reviewers are saying, “DiLeo’s horror skills are undeniable. He’s a master of suspense and understands the parameters and power of the monsters he’s created . . . [DiLeo’s] prose is first-rate and engaging . . . [It’s] like reading a horror movie . . . [With] deftly blend[ed] suspense, action . . . Dark, dramatic, and thoroughly chilling . . . [You’ll be] grabbed by the first page until the very last word . . . Disturbing and perturbing, and rampantly unsettling . . . [There will be] nightmares for a lot of us . . . DiLeo is definitely on the very dark and disturbing side of the scale.”Read more about this authorRead less about this author