Bill Hughes is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University, an immediate Past President of the International Gothic Association, founder editor of the internationally refereed journal "Gothic Studies", a prominent member of the editorial board of MUP's International Gothic Series and one of the two editors of the Edinburgh University Press Companions series.
The author, editor or co-editor of 17 books, he teaches and writes on the topic of supernatural fiction from the eighteenth century to the present. His next book, That Devil’s Trick: Hypnotism and the Victorian Popular Imagination, will be published in January 2015.