Kim Paffenroth  Kim Paffenroth (born 1966) is a religious scholar, professor, and contemporary American horror author, best known for his Bram Stoker Award-winning book "Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth". Kim Paffenroth was born in 1966 in Syosset, New York. He attended Broad Run High School and Los Alamos High School. He received a BA from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, a STM from Harvard Divinity School, and a PhD The University of Notre Dame. After teaching at Villanova University and University of Notre Dame, Paffenroth began teaching at Iona College, where he is a Professor of Religious Studies. He is the author of numerous books on the Bible, theology, and pop culture, as well as a series of zombie-themed genre fiction. His book "Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth" won the Bram Stoker Award in the non-fiction category. Paffenroth is married and has two children.