Alan Lastufka is a Hoffer Award-winning author and the owner of Shortwave, a multi-award-winning independent small press. He writes horror and sci-fi/fantasy stories.

His debut novel Face the Night received a starred Kirkus review, was a semi-finalist for the Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize, and won the 2022 Hoffer Award for Best Commercial Fiction. It was also listed as one of the 100 Best Indie Books of the Year by Kirkus.

His short story “The Fort” was adapted for the screen in 2024, starring Callie Haverda (Netflix’s That ’90s Show) and Armani Jackson (Netflix’s Terminator Zero). The film won numerous awards at various festivals, including Best First-Time Screenwriters at the Los Angeles Film Awards for his and Catherine Clark’s script.