About the Author

Brandon R. Grafius is associate professor of biblical studies and academic dean at Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit. He holds a BA in English from Michigan State University, an MA in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing from the University of California at Davis, an MDiv from Ecumenical Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Bible, Culture, and Hermeneutics from Chicago Theological Seminary.

His writing on horror and religion has been widely published in academic and trade volumes, edited collections, and magazines and journals for general audiences. He believes he is the only member of both the Society of Biblical Literature and the Horror Writers Association.

In his academic work, Dr. Grafius is co-chair of the Bible and Film unit for the Society of Biblical Literature, and the film area editor for de Gruyter’s Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Dr. Grafius has been an invited lecturer at universities around the United States and in Europe.

He has written for publications such as Salon.com, The Christian Century, Sojourners, and The Los Angeles Review of Books.