Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfeet Native American author known for his work in experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. Born on January 22, 1972, he has authored notable horror novels such as The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, and Night of the Mannequins.

Jones is the Ineva Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado, where he has been a faculty member since 2008. He is also a New York Times bestselling author of around thirty to thirty-five books, with a particular interest in werewolves and slashers. Some of his favorite novels include Valis, Love Medicine, Lonesome Dove, It, and The Things They Carried.

Stephen lives in Boulder, Colorado, a significant change from the West Texas where he grew up.