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03/20/2025: WOMEN IN HORROR: Tonia Ransom

Writer: Candace NolaCandace Nola

Welcome to Women in Horror Month for 2025.


For all of March, come back here to see a daily spotlight post for incredible women in the horror industry. While these posts will mostly be dedicated to indie horror authors, you will also find some mainstream authors, artists, actresses and other creatives in the horror industry! Also, be sure to check the Facebook Books of Horror group all month long for more events!


 

Picture shows the book cover for Risen by Tonia Ransom. Background is shades of orange and black, primarily made of flames behind a skeletal man dressed in an old-fashioned black suit with traditional African bead and bone necklaces around his neck, wearing a black top hat.
Picture shows the book cover for Risen by Tonia Ransom. Background is shades of orange and black, primarily made of flames behind a skeletal man dressed in an old-fashioned black suit with traditional African bead and bone necklaces around his neck, wearing a black top hat.

TONIA RANSOM

Meet this incredible woman of horror!

Tonia Ransom is the World Fantasy Award-winning horror writer and creator of “NIGHTLIGHT”, an IGNYTE Best Fiction Podcast featuring creepy tales written by Black writers, and “Afflicted”, a horror thriller best described as Lovecraft Country meets True Blood. Tonia has been scaring people since the second grade, when she wrote her first story based on Michael Myers. She successfully scared her teacher—not in the way she intended, but she got hooked on that feeling and the rest is history. She lives in Austin, Texas. You can follow Tonia @missdefying on all the socials.



 

Learn more at the links below:

Tonia's Amazon Page:


Tonia's Website:


Tonia's Podcast:


 


Picture is of a red lotus flower, with the words Spotlight on Women in Horror. March 2025.
Picture is of a red lotus flower, with the words Spotlight on Women in Horror. March 2025.

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