Kim Paffenroth is a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. He grew up in New York, Virginia, and New Mexico, attending St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1988), Harvard Divinity School (MTS, 1990), and the University of Notre Dame (PhD, 1995).

In 2006, he had one of those strange midlife things, and turned his analysis towards horror films and literature. He has written Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth (Baylor, 2006), winning a Bram Stoker Award; Dying to Live: A Novel of Life Among the Undead (Permuted Press, 2007); Orpheus and the Pearl (Magus Press, 2008); Dying to Live: Life Sentence( Permuted Press, 2008) and valley of the Dead (Cargo Cult Press, 2009).

Kim lives in upstate New York with his wife and two wonderful kids.

You can visit Kim at his website: Gospel of the Living Dead