25 Female Horror Writers That Will Haunt Your Bookshelves Forevermore

April Fools

By Richie Tankersley Cusick

Little Eyes

By Samanta Schweblin

Spook Lights

By Eden Royce

Broken Monsters

By Lauren Beukes

1. Ann Arensberg

Incubus

By Ann Arensberg

2. Mo Hayder

Gone

By Mo Hayder

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3. Kathe Koja

The Cipher

By Kathe Koja

4. Ania Ahlborn

Brother

By Ania Ahlborn

5. Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu

By The Hunger

6. Mariko Koike

Mariko Koike

By The Graveyard Apartment

7. Jac Jemc

Jac Jemc

By The Grip of It

8. Daphne du Maurier (pictured above)

Rebecca

By Daphne du Maurier

9. Silvina Ocampo

Thus Were Their Faces: Selected Stories

By Silvina Ocampo

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10. Sylvia Townsend Warner

Lolly Willowes

By Sylvia Townsend Warner

11. Ann Radcliffe

The Mysteries of Udolpho

By Ann Radcliffe

12. Shirley Jackson

The Lottery and Other Stories

By Shirley Jackson

13. Marjorie Bowen

Black Magic: The Rise and Fall of the Antichrist and Other Works

By Marjorie Bowen

14. Tananarive Due

My Soul to Keep

By Tananarive Due

15. Elizabeth Hand

Wylding Hall

By Elizabeth Hand

16. Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties

By Carmen Maria Machado

17. Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley

18. Sarah Rayne

Property of a Lady

By Sarah Rayne

19. Diane Hoh

Captives

By Diane Hoh

20. Joyce Carol Oates

Dis Mem Ber

By Joyce Carol Oates