| Jesus F. Gonzalez | |
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| Born | May 8, 1964 Los Angeles, CA |
| Pen name | J. F. Gonzalez |
| Occupation | Novelist, Public speaker |
| Genres | Horror |
| Notable work(s) | Clickers, Primitive |
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www.jfgonzalez.com |
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Jesus F. Gonzalez is best known as an author, primarily of horror fiction (writing under the pseudonym J. F. Gonzalez). He has written many notable novels and has done collaborations with Bram Stoker Award winners Mike Oliveri and Brian Keene. His novel Survivor has been optioned to be filmed by Chesapeake Films, and Clickers has been optioned by Cooked Goose Productions.[1]
He is a writer who primarily works in the horror genre, with works published by such diverse companies as Leisure Books, Kensington Books, HarperCollins, Cemetery Dance Publications, Delirium Books, Bloodletting Press, and others. Ellen Datlow has listed his works in her "Recommended Reads" in her annual Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies.
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J. F. Gonzalez is the author of several acclaimed novels of terror and suspense including Clickers (with Mark Williams), Clickers II: The Next Wave (with Brian Keene), Survivor, Bully, Fetish, and many others, as well as over sixty short stories and numerous articles.
Born in Los Angeles, CA, Gonzalez was raised in the nearby suburb of Gardena. Following graduation from high school in 1982 he attended college, and then dropped in and out for the next several years before quitting for good in 1986. He has been a file clerk, a warehouse worker, a truck driver, a word processor, computer graphic artist, magazine editor, freelance writer, advertising copywriter, secretary/administrative assistant, database administrator, web master, IT Help Desk technician.
J. F. currently lives in Pennsylvania.