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Jeff Mariotte

Jeff Mariotte/writer and 'rancher'

About Me

Here's the official bio:
Jeff Mariotte has written more than thirty novels, including brand new supernatural thriller Missing White Girl, original horror epic The Slab, and Stoker Award nominated teen horror series Witch Season, as well as books set in the universes of CSI: Miami, Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Las Vegas, Conan, 30 Days of Night, Charmed, Star Trek and Andromeda and a novelization of the movie Boogeyman. Two of his tie-in novels have won the Scribe Award for Best Original Novel from the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers.
He is also the author of more comic books than he has time to count, including the original Western series Desperadoes, some of which have been nominated for Stoker and International Horror Guild awards. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Western Writers of America, and the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers.
With his wife, Maryelizabeth Hart, and partner Terry Gilman, he co-owns Mysterious Galaxy , a bookstore specializing in science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror. He lives on the Flying M Ranch in the American southwest with his family and pets in a home filled with books, music, toys, and other examples of American pop culture. More information than you would ever want to know about him is at http://www.jeffmariotte.com .
My official blog .
I've added some photos to "my pics"--mostly not of me, but photographs I've taken in the last couple of years, a semi-random sampling of some of my favorites. Check them out. If you want to see pictures of all my book and comic covers you can find those at the website linked above.
My most recent book is Supernatural: Witch's Canyon.
The fourth issue of weird Western comic Graveslinger is out now from Shadowline/Image Comics.
When a white girl is missing, all America watches. Missing White Girl is an original supernatural thriller in which a mixed-race family is brutally murdered, and their teenage daughter kidnapped, while local law enforcement is already consumed with the case of a local missing white girl. The case has tendrils reaching through time to the earliest white explorers of the American southwest, involves the controversy of border vigilantes, and races toward a heart-stopping showdown. It's on sale in late May from Jove.
Click on the book cover above to be taken to the Missing White Girl website, with an interactive map, photos, excerpts and more!

My Interests

Books, movies, TV, comics, pop culture, politics, the American West (historical and mythical), nature, photography. And I collect vintage Western wear.

I'd like to meet:

I've met most of the people who would be on my list. I haven't met William Goldman or Nikki Cox, though, so they'll do for now.Oh, you mean on MySpace? Anyone interested in books, writing, horror, history, the West, photography, film, comics, or any of my other interests, which are legion.

Music:

Varied musical tastes, ranging from the genius of Brian Wilson to the whole country rock-folk rock movement (Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, CSN&Y, Loggins & Messina, etc., right through to Venice and the Jayhawks and the Gin Blossoms), Joe Jackson, Steely Dan, U2, Springsteen, Paul Simon, Carly Simon, Van Morrison, the Indigo Girls, the Waterboys, Calexico, Shawn Colvin, John B. Sebastian (& the Spoonful), Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Marvin Gaye, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, John Mayall and associated British bluesers, Dave Stamey, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, traditional cowboy music...and that's just for starters, off the top of my head.
Just realized I neglected to mention one of my all-time favorite bands, The Guess Who--the greatest Canadian rock band ever.

Movies:

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. The Conversation. Apocalypse Now. Casablanca. A Night at the Opera. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. Marathon Man. Jaws. The Searchers. Manhattan. The Wicker Man. These are all movies, right? Good ones, too. Lots more also qualify. I also love B Westerns.

Television:

Right now? The Wire. My Name is Earl and The Office. When it returns, The Shield. Reno 911. Las Vegas. Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Other stuff.Older favorites include Arrested Development, The Dick Van Dyke Show, both Newharts, The Avengers, The Persuaders, It Takes a Thief, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., old B Western shows like Roy Rogers, Sky King, etc.The Daily Show, the Colbert Report, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann for news and newsiness.

Books:

That I've written, or that other people have written? If other people, I'll stick to authors who are dead or who I don't know well, so I don't slight any friends. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner. Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. Shogun by James Clavell. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Blue Desert by Charles Bowden. Rage by Clay Reynolds. Irwin Shaw, William Goldman, Ira Levin, Ross Macdonald, Stephen King, Thomas Gifford, Graham Greene, Raymond Chandler, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber.... We own thousands, if not tens of thousands, so you really don't want to get me started.

Heroes:

The people listed in the other categories will do for starters.

My Blog

Mysterious Galaxy at 15/signing news!

The independent specialty bookstore of which I'm a co-owner, Mysterious Galaxy, turns 15 years old this month--15 years of providing books of mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror and more to a lo...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Tue, 06 May 2008 09:13:00 PST

Who knows how the internets work?

The lovely Cindy has become too busy with real work to continue serving as the web guru for Jeffmariotte.com, and I need someone to take over those duties.  It’s primarily a matter of doing...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:38:00 PST

New interviews

I was interviewed at some length for a fine article on Western comics that begins in this week’s Scoop.  Click the link to check it out.And there’s yet another, more general interview...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:35:00 PST

New interview and review

NVH (New Voices in Horror) Magazine has posted a review of Missing White Girl, and a brief interview with me, in their April issue. Check it out here....
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:52:00 PST

Simon Pulse Blogfest

Simon Pulse, the teen imprint that published my Witch Season quartet, has something going on at their website called Blogfest.  Basically, they asked their readers to submit questions, which then...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:26:00 PST

Graveslinger 4 preview online

There's a preview of Graveslinger 4, with several pieces of art, online here.  Take a look.  I think it's on sale this week, or maybe next.Jeff...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:36:00 PST

Cowboys and Indians

The current issue (April, 2008) of Cowboys and Indians magazine (look for Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus on the cover, or hang around outside the store and offer a tween girl a buck to pick it up for you) ...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:06:00 PST

Graveslinger on the Elevator

There's something in the movie biz called the "elevator pitch."  The basic idea is that you're in an elevator with a film exec, and you have until he or she get off to pitch your project, so you ...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:29:00 PST

Signed books

While I usually encourage people who want signed copies of my books to visit Mysterious Galaxy, I'm also always happy to sign for other bookstores--especially independents--around the country.  I...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:58:00 PST

Tag, I’m it

Okay, I'm an old grouch, I hate, hate, hate "tag" blogs that require me to write little known facts about myself and then tag other people to do the same. But I love love love Pixie, who tagged me (u...
Posted by Jeff Mariotte on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:37:00 PST