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Brian Keene

Brian Keene

About Me

BEFORE YOU SEND A MESSAGE, PLEASE NOTE: Due to time constraints and deadlines, I can't guarantee a personal response to MySpace messages and comments. YOUR BEST BET FOR CONTACTING ME IS VIA THE MESSAGE BOARD AT WWW.BRIANKEENE.COM
My books include Dark Hollow , Dead Sea , Ghoul , The Rising , City of the Dead , The Conqueror Worms , Terminal , Fear of Gravity , and many more. They have been reprinted in Germany, Austria, Spain, and other countries. Several of my novels and stories are slated for film, video game, and graphic novel adaptations. I have won two Bram Stoker Awards, and several other awards.
Despite all this, my wife still won't let me own a motorcycle or a monkey. She also makes me do the dishes.
Please Note: Due to legalities, I cannot read your unpublished manuscript and offer advice or blurbs. I'd like to, but I can't. So please don't send story, novel, or comic manuscripts. Nothing personal, and don't blame me. Instead, blame the lawyers. They never let us have any fun.

My Interests

LINKS:

OFFICIAL Website

Daily Writing Updates via Twitter

UNOFFICIAL MySpace Group

IN DEVELOPMENT:

The Rising (film and video game)

City of the Dead (film and video game)

Terminal (film and stage play)

Ghoul (film)

WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:

"A virtuoso writer. A true master of the genre." FANGORIA

"One of horror's most impressive new literary talents." RUE MORGUE

"A thrill-a-minute...keep the lights on!" CNN.com

"The enormity of Keene's imagination is both rare and wonderful." PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

"Post-apocalyptic... blunt and visceral." THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Brian Keene has the gift!" F. Paul Wilson, best-selling author of the Repairman Jack series

"A prodigious talent." Ken Foree, star of The Devil's Rejects and Dawn of the Dead

"If Brian Keene's books were music, they would occupy a working class, hard-earned space bewteen Springsteen, Eminem, and Johnny Cash." John Skipp, best-selling author.

"A major new horror novelist." CEMETERY DANCE

"Brian Keene is the next Stephen King!" THE HORROR REVIEW

"Keene takes horror to a new level." THE CELEBRITY CAFE

"Keene turns the genre on its head." MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL

"Exactly the voice the horror genre needs." INSIDIOUS REFLECTIONS

"Not for the squeamish!" LIBRARY JOURNAL

"Keene is... dynamite and dynamic!" THE AVON GROVE SUN

I'd like to meet:

My readers.

Books:



My Blog

Hellboy: Oddest Jobs up for pre-order

Hellboy: Oddest Jobs, which contains my story "Salamander Blues" is up for pre-order. You should get one for someone you love....
Posted by Brian Keene on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:44:00 PST

DEAD OF NIGHT: DEVIL SLAYER now up for pre-order!

DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING DEVIL SLAYER (4-issue series, $3.99 per issue, Marvel Comics) Abandoned by his fiancee, his family, his church, and his government, Sergeant Dan Sylva returns to Iraq for a thi...
Posted by Brian Keene on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:13:00 PST

CLICKERS II: Now available in trade paperback

Now available in an inexpensive trade paperback!The first wave was only the beginning& Since it's publication in 1999, Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams has become a geunine cult-classic, ga...
Posted by Brian Keene on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:55:00 PST

Making American Theatrical History

Regarding Terminal: The Play:My co-writer, the renowned playwright Roy C. Booth, pointed something out to me tonight. He said, "Should the play sell out, it will be the first such hard cover offering ...
Posted by Brian Keene on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:31:00 PST

THE RISING: SELECTED SCENES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

Now in trade paperback! The Rising: Selected Scenes From The End Of The World is an all-new short story collection set in the world of The Rising and City of the Dead. Now, readers can witness how the...
Posted by Brian Keene on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:06:00 PST

Darkness On The Edge Of Town Illustrations

Darkness On The Edge Of Town is in the final stages of production. Here are some thumbnails of Alex McVey's interior illustrations. The thing with the teeth is Nodens. You don't want to meet him in a ...
Posted by Brian Keene on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:47:00 PST

Tomorrows Appearance (plus turtles, snakes and Meteornotes)

If you live in or near Central Pennsylvania, consider popping by the Kaltreider-Benfer Library, located at 147 South Charles St. in Red Lion (17356). I'll be signing and speaking there from 6:30pm to ...
Posted by Brian Keene on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:33:00 PST

Writing Updates

Finished the final draft of Scratch tonight, and sent it off to my pre-readers, and to Russ Dickerson, who's doing the art. I'll turn it in to Cemetery Dance early next week, once I've incorporated th...
Posted by Brian Keene on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:33:00 PST

TERMINAL: THE PLAY

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER (Note: As of 6pm this title is halfway sold out). William Shakespeare once wrote that all the world is a stage, and all the men and women in the world are merely players upon t...
Posted by Brian Keene on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:41:00 PST

GRAVE TALES

After a long delay, during which we tried to resolve some distribution issues, Grave Tales is back! Grave Tales 5, which includes work by Joe Vigil, Richard Laymon, Kealan Patrick Burke, and more, is ...
Posted by Brian Keene on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:25:00 PST