Briana N Cox

Author & Screenwriter

Briana N Cox (she/they) is the oldest of seven children and a first-generation academic. She holds a BA in cognitive science from Swarthmore College and an MS in speech-language pathology from Purdue University. Briana has been a writing Fellow through The TN Playwright’s Studio, Stowe Story Labs, Bend Base Camp Feature Lab, Stage 32 Feature Competition, and the Moonshot Initiative Feature Accelerator. She has won Best Script at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival and Best Tennessee Writer at the Nashville Film Festival. They have additionally been featured in Variety magazine, the 2024 Next List of screenwriters to watch for, and FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction.Briana writes genre stories from the margins, illuminating the experiences of overlooked demographics with authenticity, dignity, and dark humor.Photo @Shelby Andal Photography

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INDIGENT: A Horror Novel

Leigh Pierce Estates is home to a diverse array of tenants: working mothers, immigrants, the forgotten elderly. All working poor—and all in danger.Because the tenants of Leigh Pierce are disappearing.Live-in handyman Xavier seems to be the only one who notices. Or cares. After a chance encounter with the culprit, he is left infected with something terrifying, thrust into a surreal nightmare of starvation and consumption that is all too familiar.Succumbing to his infection, Xavier is drawn into the cobbled-together family squatting in Leigh Pierce’s basement. People who, through a myriad of roads, fell into the same self-destructive cycle of indigency, harboring dark secrets and darker appetites.Now, Xavier is forced to confront the cost of survival in a world that has disregarded him, lost in a messy family dynamic of codependency and complicity—a dynamic he’s desperate to break.

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2026 EVENTS1.) April 25, 2026; 1:30pm - 3:30pm. Independent Bookstore Day, horror/thriller signing. Bound Booksellers. Franklin, TN.2.) July 10-12, 2026. WriteHive 2026 Conference. Check Your Bias: Reading and Editing Mindfully workshop. Online.3.) August 27-31, 2026. 84th WorldCon. Oh the Horror!: Horror from Diverse Perspectives panel. Anaheim, CA & online.4.) September 19. Plenty Downtown Bookshop, horror/thriller signing. Cookeville, TN.5.) October 1–4, 2026: Horror on the Mississippi. New Orleans, LA.6.) October 23-24, 2026: Licensed 2 Thrill Literary Event. Nashville, TN.7.) October 29. The Book Cellar - Book Club Discussion. Conyers, GA.--2026 PODCAST TOURListen to me yap about writing craft, horror, and publishing on...-Horror Joy - Black/Southern Gothic - Sinners and The Reformatory
-Must Love Books - Is reading political?
-Horror Humor Hunger - Exploring Marginalized Voices in Horror
-The Dark Mind - Voice, Violence & Visceral Fiction
-Left of the Projector - A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
-The Write Way of Life - What are harmful tropes?
-Left of the Projector - Marvel's Black Panther series
-Booked All Night - Big Gay Horror Books and Delicious Gummy Worms
-Horrifically Well Read, Bled, and Said
-One Good Scare - Talking BIPOC and Queer Horror Fiction
-We Bleed Orange and Black - Queer and BIPOC Horror Panel
-Horror Heaux Support Group
-The Scares That Shaped Us - I Saw the TV Glow
-Horror from the High Desert
-Retro Horror School Talks - Kairo
-Books of Horror - LiveUpcoming Podcast Appearances:
- Licensed 2 Thrill - Instagram Live
- Black Boys Read - Instagram Live
- Horror Joy, Meet Your Maker
- Chronically Booked
- Sley House Presents
- Anna Rose Reads - The Podcast
- Sistah ScifiPlease reach out about appearances, rates, scheduling, or press kits!

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