Brooklyn native Steven Van Patten is the author of the critically acclaimed Brookwater’s Curse trilogy, about a 1860s Georgia plantation slave who becomes law enforcement within the vampire community. In contrast, the titular character in his Killer Genius series is a modern-day hyper-intelligent black woman who uses high-end technology as a socially conscious serial killer.
SVP’s short fiction includes contributions to horror anthologies like Hell’s Kitties, Shopping List 4 and the Stoker Award-nominated New York State of Fright. A collection of short horror and dark fiction stories entitled Hell At The Way Station, published by his Laughing Black Vampire Productions publishing company and co-authored by acclaimed storyteller, Marc Abbott hit shelves in 2019.
Along with a plethora of other honors and accolades, SVP won three African-African-American Literary Awards, two for Hell At The Way Station (Best Anthology and Best In Science Fiction) and one for Best Independent Publisher of 2019. He’s also been contracted to write a few episodes of the YouTube series, Extra Mythology, two of which have each garnered over 200k views.
He uses his full name on Facebook but goes by @svpthinks on Twitter and Instagram. When he’s not creating dark, macabre literature, he can be found stage managing television shows primarily in New York City and occasionally on the West Coast. Along with being a member of the New York Chapter of The Horror Writer’s Association, he’s also a member of The Director’s Guild of America and professional arts fraternity Gamma Xi Phi. His website is www.laughingblackvampire.com.
