JACK KETCHUM,
U.S.A.
Stephen King's
favourite author
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Ketchum has
become a kind of hero to those of
us who write tales of terror and
suspense. He is, quite simply,
one of the best in the business.
Stephen King.
Jack
Ketchum is
the pseudonym for a former actor,
singer, teacher, literary agent,
lumber salesman, and soda jerk --
a former flower child and baby
boomer who figures that in 1956
Elvis, dinosaurs and horror
probably saved his life. His
first novel, Off Season, prompted
the Village Voice to publicly
scold its publisher in print for
publishing violent pornography.
He personally disagrees but is
perfectly happy to let you decide
for yourself. His short story The
Box won a 1994 Bram Stoker Award
from the HWA, his story Gone won
again in 2000 - and in 2003 he
won Stokers for both best
collection for Peaceable Kingdom
and best long fiction for Closing
Time. He has written eleven
novels, the latest of which are
Red, Ladies' Night, and The Lost.
His stories are collected in The
Exit At Toledo Blade Boulevard,
Broken on the Wheel of Sex, and
Peaceable Kingdom. His novella
The Crossings was cited by
Stephen King in his speech at the
2003 National Book Awards.
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