Rebekah McKendry, PhD, is an award-winning director and writer with a specialty in the horror genre. She is also a professor of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She began her career working for Fangoria Entertainment and went on to write and work for media companies like Shudder, Simon & Schuster, Universal, Dark Horse, Penguin Random House, Blumhouse, Sony, and more. Rebekah holds a PhD in Media Arts with a focus on the horror genre, as well as master’s degrees in Film Studies and Education. She is also an award-winning podcaster and currently hosts Fangoria’s Colors of the Dark podcast.