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Michael Laimo (born February 18, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York) is a popular horror author whose novels include Atmosphere, Dead Souls, Deep in the Darkness, The Demonologist, Fires Rising, and Sleepwalker. He wrote a sequel to his best-selling novel Deep In The Darkness, entitled Return To Darkness. This book was published in 2010. His books have been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award (Atmosphere, for first novel; and Deep in the Darkness, for best novel).
He has published many short stories, over 100, some of which have been collected in the books Demons, Freaks, and Other Abnormalities, Dregs of Society and Dark Ride. Recently (2009) a short film was made from his short story "1-800-Suicide" by director Jeven Dovey.
In 2012, it was announced that Dead Souls was picked up by NBC/CHILLER and would be filmed in the spring of the same year. The movie will air on the Chiller Network in the fall of 2012. The film will be produced by Synthetic Cinema international.