Jeff Clulow is an award-winning author of romantic dark fiction and horror. Born in Cornwall in the UK, Jeff now lives and writes in Sydney, Australia. Jeff’s writing leans towards the lighter end of dark fiction, exploring themes of family, childhood, love and loss. He’s inspired by folktale, mythology and the notion that the old gods still walk among us. His second collection of short stories 'The Leper's Garden and Other Contagions' won the Aurealis Award for Best Collected Work of 2025. He is a two time American BookFest Awards finalist, a Shadows Awards, Imadjinn and Ditmar Awards finalist and is winner of the 2023 Asylumfest Mayday Hills Ghost Story Competition.