| Wayne Kyle Spitzer | |
| Birth Name: | Wayne Kyle Spitzer |
| Birth Date: | 1966 7, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Spokane, Washington, United States |
| Occupation: | Author, artist, film director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years Active: | 1987–present |
| Spouse: | Trinh Ngoc Ho |
Wayne Kyle Spitzer (born July 15, 1966) is an American author and low-budget horror filmmaker[1] from Spokane, Washington. He is the writer/director of the short horror film Shadows in the Garden, and the author of Flashback,[2] a horror novel published in 1993. Spitzer's non-genre writing has appeared in subTerrain Magazine: "Strong Words for a Polite Nation"[3] and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History.[4]
Spitzer was involved in Spokane's underground filmmaking scene from 1994 to 2005.[5] His notable projects include Dead of Night,[6] a Spokane-area (cable TV) broadcast venture, Don't Look Up, and a feature-length compilation, Monstersdotcom,[7] including Shadows in the Garden and Last Stop Station.[8] Spitzer has taught creative writing at Corbin Art Center[9] and Airway Heights Corrections Center.[10] He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing from Eastern Washington University, a Bachelor of English from Gonzaga University, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Television Production from Spokane Falls Community College.
Spitzer's recent work includes The Ferryman Pentalogy, comprising Comes a Ferryman, The Tempter and the Taker, The Pierced Veil, Black Hole, White Fountain, To the End of Ursathrax, and The X-Ray Rider Trilogy,[11] along with Algernon Blackwood's The Willows: A Scriptment.[12]
