Robert R. McCammon
Robert Rick McCammon (born July 17, 1952) is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. After his parents' divorce, McCammon lived with his grandparents in Birmingham. He received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974. McCammon currently resides in Birmingham, and is married to Sally Sanders. The two have a daughter, Skye.
One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s American horror literature boom, by 1991 McCamon had three New York Times bestsellers (The Wolf's Hour, Stinger, and Swan Song) and 5 million books in print.[1] [2]
After the release of Gone South, McCammon was dropped by his publisher. After a long hiatus which resulted from the reorganization of the publishing industry and McCammon’s personal depression and soul searching,[3] he returned to the publishing world with Speaks the Nightbird, the first book in the Matthew Corbett series. As of 2008[update], his plans are to continue with the series.
In 1985, McCammon's story "Nightcrawlers" was adapted into an episode of The New Twilight Zone.
Like Dean Koontz McCammon also now refuses to let his first (up to, including They Thirst) novels be republished because, while not disliking the books, he does not feel that they are up to the standards of his later works. He wrote that he feels he was allowed to learn how to write in public, and therefore has decided to officially retire his earlier works.[4] However, Baal was recently re-released by Subterranean Press as a limited edition novel.
Bibliography
- Baal (1978)
- Bethany's Sin (1980) - second published novel, but actually third written
- The Night Boat (1980) - third published novel, but actually second written
- They Thirst (1981)
- Mystery Walk (1983) – first novel published in hardcover
- Usher's Passing (1984) - Winner of the 1985 Alabama Library Association Alabama Author Award
- Swan Song (1987) - Co-winner of the 1987 Bram Stoker Award [5] and nominated for the 1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel[6]
- this was his first novel to appear on the New York Times Bestseller List
- Mine (1990) - Winner of the 1990 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel [5]
- Boy's Life (1991) - Winner of the 1991 Bram Stoker Award and the 1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel [5]
- Gone South (1992) - Later published in an omnibus edition with Boy's Life.
- The Five (May 2011)
- The Hunter from the Woods (Dec 2011)
Matthew Corbett series
- Speaks the Nightbird (2002)
- The Queen of Bedlam (2007)
- Mister Slaughter (January 2010)
- The Providence Rider (2012)
References
- ^ As seen in foreword to Mine, ISBN 0-671-73944-1 Pocket Books paperback
- ^ Stefan Dziemianowicz, "McCammon, Robert R(ick)" in St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, edited by David Pringle. London : St. James Press,1998, ISBN 1558622063 (pp. 398-99)
- ^ [1]
- ^ Why are some of McCammon's novels out-of-print?
- ^ a b c D'Ammassa, Don (2006). Encyclopedia of fantasy and horror fiction. Infobase Publishing. p. 403. ISBN 0816061920. http://books.google.com/books?id=jUv5gVgSNvYC&pg=PA403&dq=Mine+%22Robert+R.+McCammon%22+%22Bram+Stoker+%22+1990#v=onepage&q=Mine%20%22Robert%20R.%20McCammon%22%20%22Bram%20Stoker%20%22%201990&f=false.
- ^ a b World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html/. Retrieved 04 Feb 2011.
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