Matt Cardin is the author of Dark Awakenings (2010), a collection of stories and academic essays exploring the intersections between religion and horror. His first book, Divinations of the Deep (2002), launched the New Century Macabre line of contemporary literary horror fiction for Ash-Tree Press. His stories, essays, reviews, and interviews have appeared in Icons of Horror and the Supernatural, The HWA Presents: Dark Arts, Alone on the Darkside, The Thomas Ligotti Reader, Cemetery Dance, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Lovecraft Annual, and elsewhere.

He is a regular contributor to the horror review journal Dead Reckonings, and will contribute several entries, including an examination of vampires and religion, to the forthcoming reference work Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture, edited by S.T. Joshi.

He is also a successful corporate blogger, consultant, and copywriter with a portfolio that encompasses media companies, nonprofit organizations, online retailers, and religious and educational institutions.

He was a guest of honor at MoCon III: The Intersection of Spirituality, Art, and Gender, and has read from his work and appeared as a panelist at The World Fantasy Convention, The World Horror Convention, and ArmadilloCon.

When he's not writing, he is either teaching other people to do it at a community college in Central Texas or else pursuing his long-time avocation as a pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Former careers include high school teacher, piano salesman, corporate communications specialist, media producer for a large state university, and video director for country music legend Glen Campbell.