James Tynion IV is an Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling writer and publisher of comic books. He is best known for co-creating hit horror comics series like Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake, and The Department of Truth. He is also the writer of Young Adult adventure series, like multiple GLAAD Media Award-nominated Wynd, and the 2017 GLAAD Media Award winner The Woods. He spent ten years writing various Batman titles at DC Comics, where he co-created exciting new characters like Punchline and Ghost-Maker. He lives and works in Brooklyn, and is represented by United Talent Agency.Letizia Cadonici is an italian comic artist born in Rome in 1991. She works for several publishers in the italian comic scene (Star Comics, Bugs Comics, Becco Giallo, Shockdom, TacoToon), mainly as horror/gothic artist. House of Slaughter is her debut in the USA.