Bio

J.H. Markert, the author of THE NIGHTMARE MAN, MISTER LULLABY and the forthcoming SLEEP TIGHT, is the pen name for writer James Markert, an award-winning novelist of historical fiction. James is a produced screenwriter, husband, and father of two from Louisville, Kentucky, where he was also a tennis pro for 25 years, before hanging up the racquets for good in 2020. He graduated with a degree in History from the University of Louisville in 1997 and has been writing ever since. With a total of 10 published novels under his belt, James writes historical fiction under his name and horror/thriller under J.H. Markert. He has recently completed his next historical novel, RANSOM BURNING, a civil rights era family/crime drama that James calls “my best book yet!” James recently finished another horror novel called DIG, and is currently hard at work on his next novel, SPIDER TO THE FLY, which will be his next release with Crooked Lane in the fall of 2025!