Stoddard, Christine

Native Virginian Christine Stoddard is an award-winning writer and artist. She is the director of the documentary films The Persistence of Poe and Richmond's Dead and Buried and the editor of Quail Bell Magazine. Misty Thomas is a writer who specializes in fantasy and the supernatural. She has made Richmond her home since spring 2013. Dr. Ryan K. Smith is a professor of American religious history and material culture at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he teaches a regular course on Richmond's cemeteries.