One of the founders of the Horror Writers Association, Robert McCammon (b. 1952) is one of the country's most accomplished authors of modern horror and historical fiction. Raised by his grandparents in Birmingham, Alabama, McCammon published his first novel, the Revelations-inspired
Baal, when he was only twenty-six. His writings continued in a supernatural vein throughout the 1980s, producing such bestselling titles as
Swan Song,
The Wolf's Hour, and
Stinger.
In 1991
Boy's Life won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. After his next novel,
Gone South, McCammon took a break from writing to spend more time with his family. He did not publish another novel until 2002's
Speaks the Nightbird. Since then he has followed "fixer" Matthew Corbett in two sequels,
The Queen of Bedlam and
Mister Slaughter. His newest novel is
The Five. McCammon and his family continue to live in Birmingham.
