Sheldon Higdon
- Writer
Sheldon Higdon's work (short stories, poems, nonfiction) has appeared in nearly 50 publications. He is also an award-winning screenwriter, having won the best Short Screenplay category at the 2009 Eerie Horror Film Festival, and has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
His debut novel, the middle grade contemporary fantasy/horror novel, The Eerie Brothers and The Witches of Autumn (Scary Dairy Press: Sept. 2023) garnered three awards in 2024.
* WON an Imadjinn Award for Best Children's Book.
* WON first place at BookFest in the fiction category for Children's - Chapter Books.
* A Children's Book International Winner at the American Writing Awards in the Fantasy category.
* Sheldon's new novel Dark Roots will be published on November 14, 2025 from Journalstone Publishing.
His debut novel, the middle grade contemporary fantasy/horror novel, The Eerie Brothers and The Witches of Autumn (Scary Dairy Press: Sept. 2023) garnered three awards in 2024.
* WON an Imadjinn Award for Best Children's Book.
* WON first place at BookFest in the fiction category for Children's - Chapter Books.
* A Children's Book International Winner at the American Writing Awards in the Fantasy category.
* Sheldon's new novel Dark Roots will be published on November 14, 2025 from Journalstone Publishing.
