WHO IS NICO BELL?

Nico is the author of Static Screams, Beyond the Creek, Open House, and Food Fright (currently out of publication, but it is available through direct sale while supplies last) as well as the Editor-In-Chief of Mad Axe Media.

Nico started her writing career as a romance fiction writer under a different name. She was a semi-finalist in the American Christian Fiction Writer Genesis Contest (ACFW), a finalist in the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Music City Melody of Love Contest, a finalist in the Splickety and My Book Therapy Flash Fiction contest, and a finalist in the RWA Great Beginnings Contest.

Her love of dark characters, sinister plots, and delicious mayhem led Nico towards her true passion: horror. Her debut horror book Food Fright was released in 2020 and was a semi-finalist in the 2020 Bookish Jazz Awards, Adult Fiction Category for Horror. She has gone on to publish several other books and short stories.

She is the editor and publisher of Shiver: A Chilling Horror Anthology and the co-editor of Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology (awarded the Publisher’s Weekly Book Life Best of 2024), and Mine: A Body Autonomy Horror Collection. In addition, she’s edited a number of books for Mad Axe Madia

She was nominated for the 2024 Indieverse Awards for Underrated Indie Author.

When she isn’t writing, she’s hanging put with her dog named Egg.

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