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Richard Laymon
Richard Carl Laymon was born in Chicago, Illinois, on the 14th January 1947. He has written more than 60 short stories and more than 30 novels. He also edited the anthology Bad News, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker award in 2000. This anthology was also released by Cemetery Dance Publications. His first novel was The Cellar, which was published in 1980. Laymon wrote two more sequels to this book, namely The Beast House and The Midnight Tour. Although based in America, Laymon has enjoyed the most success with his books in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom. Some of his work was published after his tragic death from a heart attack, on the 14th February 2001. Before becoming a full-time writer, Laymon had a variety of jobs, working as a schoolteacher, a librarian and as a report writer for a law firm. His novel Flesh was named as the Best Horror Novel of 1988 by the Science Fiction Chronicle. That same novel, along with Funland, were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. He did win this award posthumously in 2001 for his novel The Travelling Vampire Show. Laymon also published a number of books under the pseudonym Richard Kelly. His work has even earned the praise of such top novelists as Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz. His auto-biography, A Writer's Tale, was released by Deadline Press in the United States in 1998, with a print run of 500 signed and numbered copies, and 26 signed and lettered copies. Deadline also published his first short story collection, A Good, Secret Place, in 1993, which was limited to a print run of 574 signed, numbered copies and 26 signed, lettered copies. In late 2007, Cemetery Dance Publications released a tribute anthology entitled In Laymon's Terms (edited by Kelly Laymon, Steve Gerlach and Richard Chizmar). The book featured over three dozen contributors, and was released in three different editions. Richard Laymon Kills! - The Official Richard Laymon website.
You can purchase all of the Richard Laymon books below by clicking on the text link underneath each title.
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