NZONDI

Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall) is an American horror author and is the first African-American to win a Bram Stoker in a novel category for his young adult book. The Bram Stoker Award is the most prestigious award given to horror writers in the world. Among his many short stories that were published in anthologies and print magazines, Nzondi’s short story, “Raising Mary: Frankenstein”, was nominated for the 2016 horror story of the year for the 19th Annual Editors and Preditors Readers Poll. Additionally, three of his short stories were on the Horror Writers Association Reading list for the 2017 Bram Stoker Awards. His non-fiction article “When Writing About Mental Illness, Handle With Care” (Books & Buzz Magazine, June 2022) is on the 2023 Reading List for the Bram Stoker Awards. Recently, Nzondi was inspired by one of the characters in his upcoming work ShapeDrifters. He wrote, sung and produced an alternative rock song called “Teenage RockStarr” based on a teenage vampire singer named Elle, who is a part of a band named Toxic in his story. The song was released in July and it features the legendary hip-hop artist Fredro Starr from the group Onyx and David Moreno on drums, who currently plays for Puddle of Mudd.



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