Brian Evenson has written several works of fiction, including "The Wavering Knife", for which he was awarded IHG Award for best story collection, and "The Open Curtain", an Edgar Award finalist. His novel "Last Days" won the ALA award for Best Horror Novel of 2009 and was on "Time Out New York" s list of top books of 2009. Evenson is the director of Brown University s Literary Arts Program and is the recipient of an O. Henry Prize and an NEA fellowship. He has also written "Dead Space "novels under the name B. K. Evenson.