Walt Morton is a writer, photographer, and artist. AMERICAN GHOUL, his debut novel, has been called “The Tom Sawyer of horror fiction.” With this book he is continuing a decade-long exploration into the macabre via photography, film, painting and writing. Walt has lectured at the British Film Institute and studied intensively in five martial arts. AMERICAN GHOUL is his first of a planned sextet of books that reinvent the supernatural horror genre. Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, he now lives in Venice, California with his dog, Juniper.