Shane Hawk

Shane Hawk is a critically acclaimed horror writer and editor, and the driving force behind the internationally bestselling anthology series Never Whistle at Night. The series has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide, spent 100 weeks on the Indie Bestsellers List, and features celebrated voices like Cherie Dimaline, Stephen Graham Jones, and Erica Tremblay. As a contributing editor at Counterpoint Press, Hawk exclusively acquires and champions Indigenous North American voices — a rare and vital role in contemporary publishing. He is also the creator of the Native Horror Index, a first-of-its-kind directory connecting the industry with Indigenous horror creatives.

His recent transition to the stage with the sold-out horror play The Land Has Spoken is currently expanding into a highly anticipated Hawaiian Islands tour. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, Hawk blends deep cultural roots with high-concept, serialized storytelling. He is represented by Rachel Letofsky for literature at the Transatlantic Agency and Joe Veltre for film/tv at the Gersh Agency.

You can catch up with him on Instagram, Threads, TikTok, BlueSky, and his website https://shanehawk.com.

Interview recorded on 2026-08-02.