Noël Carroll is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. He is the author of over fifteen books including The Philosophy of Horror, Humour: A Very Short Introduction, The Philosophy of Mass Art and On Criticism. He has edited or co-edited seven anthologies including Theories of Art Today and Post-Theory. He is a former president of the American Society for Aesthetics, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a former journalist and the author of five documentary moving pictures.