Adam Cesare is a New Yorker who lives in Philadelphia, author of author of horror novels and short stories. His books include Clown in a Cornfield, Video Night, The Summer Job, and Zero Lives Remaining. He’s an avid fan of horror cinema and runs Project: Black T-Shirt, a YouTube review show where he takes horror films and pairs them with reading suggestions. He attended Boston University, where he studied English and film. In 2020 Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield won the 2020 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in the Young Adult Novel genre.