Richard Laymon grew up in California and took a BA in English Literature from Willamette University, Oregon, and an MA from Loyola University, Los Angeles. He worked as a schoolteacher, a librarian and a mystery magazine editor before working full-time as a writer. He is the author of more than 30 novels and 65 short stories, which have been published in Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier. A Bram Stoker and Science Fiction Chronicle Award-winning author, his novels have been translated into fifteen languages. He died in February 2001.
"White-hot pacing (with) rivers of blood...Memorable evocation of the fathomless mystery of the moonlit hours." --Publishers Weekly on The Lake"If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat!" --Stephen King"No one writes like Laymon." --Dean Koontz"The master of stomach-churning violence." --Kirkus Reviews"Laymon is, was, and always will be king of the hill." --Horror World
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