Author — Kent Priore

The Author

Winner of the Firebird Book Award and Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite.

Graduated from Bard College with a BA in the Written Arts, Kent Priore is an author of dark literature, genre-blending epics and vignettes, where dark romanticism meets modern psychology for a macabre but hopeful depiction of inner struggle and the human ability to endure, and perhaps even prevail. He has a fascination with humanity and is one of the few to believe that despite our many weaknesses, we are far stronger than we often think. He wishes to show that strength to those darker individuals, burdened by lonesomeness, poor mental health, and other forces perceived to be out of their control, as well as show them that all is not lost.

He is a fierce advocate for mental health awareness and for greater acceptance of neurodivergence. For this reason, themes of mental health are pronounced and ever present in his work, both the devastating and the hopeful aspects of it.

Come meet him at these upcoming events:

Saved by the Book at the Locus Grove Estate in Poughkeepsie, NY

March 27th, 2026

Barnes & Noble in Kingston, NY

May 10th, 2026 @ 1:00pm

StokerCon 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA

June 4th-7th, 2026

Dreaming Dirty in Maryland in Baltimore, MD

June 13th, 2026

Getting Witchy With It in Salem 2026 in Peabody, MA

October 10th, 2026

Books and Chocolate in Hershey, PA

November 21st, 2026

Head of Marketing

Meet Poe, the most adorable marketing professional in existence. He helps make the author’s life easier by being cuter and more alluring on social media than the author could ever hope to be. He also helps maintain the author’s sanity. He’s a good boy, and here’s a bit more about him:

Likes:

Books.

Marketing.

Being spooky and cute.

Burying his victims beneath the floorboards and retrieving them later to gnaw on their bones.

Dislikes:

Black Cats.

Ravens.

When people come tapping and rapping, rapping at his chamber door.

And don’t ever, ever speak to him the name Lenore.