Gwendolyn Kiste is a horror and speculative fiction writer based in Pennsylvania. She writes both short stories and novels across the genre. Kiste's debut novel, The Rust Maidens, earned her the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2018. She went on to win the 2024 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel for The Haunting of Velkwood. Her novel Reluctant Immortals received the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction.