Kiara is the youngest member of the Leistikow clan, a roving gang of crazy artists originally based in San Pedro, Ca. After realizing at young age, that her stature wasn’t ideal for her dream to grow up to be a T-rex like her hero, Godzilla, she chose to become an artist and writer. She illustrates and designs her own books (and anyone elses if they wish). Check out her blog if you are interested in some illustration work. She is currently involved in several projects, including some screen writing and creature design for  Chronophotograph.  Her beloved husband James can occasionally coax her to come out of their dwelling with the promise of a good horror movie, or a strip of bacon.  Kiara is often mistaken for a vampire due to very pale skin, but don’t ask her if she sparkles in the sun, or she might kick you with her ChuckTaylors.     “Get busy living or get busy dying.” ― Stephen King, Different Seasons         “Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.” ― Rod Serling         “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House         “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” ― Edgar Allan Poe         “I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing         “We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.” ― Rod Serling          "I have my fears, but they do not have me" Peter Gabriel- Darkness- Up     “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown” ― H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature   “The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.” ― Stephen King, Night Shift   “I delight in what I fear.” ― Shirley Jackson   "What's a dictonary, Craig?  It's like google but papery- Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show