Brian McAuley: As a WGA screenwriter, Brian McAuley has written five films for the Lifetime Network in addition to writing and producing the award-winning thriller “Dismissed” for BoulderLight Pictures. He sold his TV series pitch “Affliction” to Syfy Network in a pilot development deal and penned an episode of “Fuller House” for Netflix.
Brian’s debut novel “Curse of the Reaper” was named one of the Best Horror Books of 2022 by Esquire and has been optioned for film development. His Christmas slasher novella “Candy Cain Kills” was praised by Library Journal, Booklist and Kirkus Reviews. “Candy Cain Kills Again: The Second Slaying” will release in Winter 2024. His short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Dark Matter Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, Shortwave Magazine, and Monstrous Magazine.
Brian is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Screenwriting at the Sidney Poitier New American Film School of Arizona State University.
