Grady Hendrix is a writer, journalist, and one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival. A former film critic for the New York Sun, Grady has written for Slate, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Playboy Magazine and Variety.
.. .Hendrix is an engaging writer... -- Santa Fe New Mexican Horrorstor delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror. -- Washington Post .. .the book's packaging as a catalog--complete with illustrations of increasingly sinister-looking furniture with faux Scandinavian names--gives it a charmingly oddball allure. -- Publishers Weekly .. .Hendrix conjures up some wonderfully gruesome imagery... -- Nerdist If you've ever been frustrated trying to put together furniture from IKEA, you'll get a laugh out of Hendrix's spoof mystery. -- New York Post .. .disarming... --Wall Street Journal . .. wildly fun and outrageously inventive... --Shelf Awareness for Readers, starred review A fun horror novel....Enjoyable....There is a fair amount of workplace humor, but the book...will deliver enough scares for horror fans as well. -- Library Journal A very clever ghost story....the story is entertaining and the book itself is laid out like an Orsk catalog -- Booklist .. .a clever little horror story...the book starts as a Palahniuk-tinged satire about the things we own...turning the psychological manipulations and scripted experiences that are inherent to the retail experience into a sinister fight for survival. A treat for fans of The Evil Dead or Zombieland, complete with affordable solutions for better living. -- Kirkus Reviews