is the collective term for novelists Deb LeBlanc, Sarah Langan, Alex Sokoloff and Sarah Pinborough. The four women met at WHC 07 and, despite coming from parts of the world as distant as the deep south and the UK, instantly recognised in each other a shared ambition, humour and drive along with of course a love of the, horror/suspense/thriller genres. An instant bond was formed, and after a flurry of emails, so was MUSE.
The women are working on a very unique collaborative book project (soon to be announced), and will all be tutors at the 2008 Pen to Press Retreat in New Orleans as well as attending WFC 07 and WHC 08. They hope to undertake signing tours together and have a series of other exciting projects in the pipeline.

is the author of four mass-market horror novels, The Hidden, The Reckoning, Breeding Ground (nominated for a BFS Award for Best Novel),and The Taken, all published by Leisure Books in New York. The fifth novel, Tower Hill is due out July ’08. She also has a novella ‘The Language of Dying’ due out from PS Publishing in the UK in Dec 08. Her short stories can be found most recently in ‘Summer Chills’ ed Stephen Jones. (Carrol & Graf), and the upcoming ‘British Invasion’ from Cemetery Dance. Publisher’s Weekly has compared Sarah’s writing to Dean Koontz and Bentley Little. When not writing, Sarah spends most of her time hinking about what to write next, talking to her cats, planning an escape to America and drinking wine…. Sarah Pinborough currently lives and works in Milton Keynes, England and is a member of MUSE .

Award-winning author, is a business owner, a licensed death scene investigator, and an active member of two national paranormal investigation teams. She's the President of the Horror Writers Association, President of the Writers' Guild of Acadiana and the creator of the LeBlanc Literacy Challenge, an annual, national campaign designed to encourage more people to read. Her latest book, MORBID CURIOSITY, is now available in bookstores, and her next release, WATER WITCH, is scheduled to be in stores in July 2008.

is the author of The Keeper, a New York Times' Editor's Choice, and best first novel Stoker Award nominee. Her second novel The Missing will be published in October, 2007, and has so far received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly, and sold out in the UK. Sarah's stories have been published or are forthcoming in The Best Horror, 2007, Cemetery Dance, Shivers, PS, Chiaroscuro, and Phantom. She has an MFA
in fiction writing from Columbia University, and is currently pursuing her MS in Environmental Toxicology. She's lives in Brooklyn, where she is at work on her third novel, Audrey's Door.

is a screenwriter who has sold original horror and thriller scripts and written novel adaptations for numerous Hollywood studios, for producers such as Laura Ziskin, Neal Moritz, David Heyman and Michael Bay. Her adaptation of Sabine Deitmer's psychological thriller COLD KISSES was filmed in Germany. She is the author of two new dark suspense novels from St. Martin’s Press: THE HARROWING (2006), nominated for both a Bram Stoker award and an Anthony award for Best First Novel, and THE PRICE (Jan. 2008), and a story in the illustrated noir superhero anthology THE DARKER MASK (Tor 2008). Alex is a former Board member of the Writers Guild of Aica, West, and the founder of WriterAction.com, an online community and resource center for over 2000 professional screenwriters. She sings as a Killerette in the all-author Killer Thriller Band, performs with Heather Graham's Vampire Theater, and is a member of MUSE, a new collective of female suspense authors, with Sarah Langan, Sarah Pinborough and Deborah LeBlanc.

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