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Richard
Laymon was born in Chicago in 1947. He grew up in California and has a BA in English
Literature from Willamette University, Oregon, and an MA from Loyola University,
Los Angeles. He published more than sixty short stories in magazines such as Ellery
Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier and in anthologies, including
Modern Masters of Horror, The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime,
and Night Visions 7.
His novel Flesh was named Best Horror Novel
of 1988 by Science Fiction Chronicle and also shortlisted for the prestigious
Bram Stoker Award, as was Funland.
Richard Laymon is the author of more
than thirty acclaimed novels, including The Cellar, The Stake, Savage, Quake,
Island, and Body Rides. He won the Bram Stoker Award for his Cemetery
Dance novel, The Traveling Vampire Show.
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