CJ Leede

CJ Leede is an American horror author whose debut novel, Maeve Fly, was published in 2023 and named a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, one of horror fiction's most prominent honors. The nomination placed Leede alongside a wave of new voices reshaping literary horror in the early 2020s, publishing transgressive, character-driven fiction that pushes past traditional genre boundaries. Maeve Fly marked a striking arrival for Leede within the contemporary horror field, and her subsequent work has continued to explore dark, boundary-pushing territory within the genre.