Steve Niles

Steve Niles is an American comic book author, novelist and former musician, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, Batman: Gotham County Line, Kick-Ass – The New Girl, and Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl. Prior to his writing career, he played bass in the post-hardcore bands Gray Matter and Three. Niles is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence.