Michaelbrent Collings

Michaelbrent Collings
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter, educator, speaker
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Southern California Gould School of Law
GenresHorror, thriller, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, young adult literature, middle grade literature, humor, romance
Years active2010–present
RelativesMichael R. Collings
Website
writteninsomnia.com

Michaelbrent Collings is an American horror novelist. He wrote the screenplays for two horror films: Barricade (2012) and Darkroom (2013). He has self-published many novels, with three of his novels being finalists for the Bram Stoker Award in 2016 and 2025, three being finalists for the Whitney Awards in 2014 (Mystery/Suspense), 2017 (Young Adult Speculative), and 2024 (Middle Grade), and two being finalists for the Dragon Award, both for Best Horror, in 2020 and 2021.