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Kelley Armstrong
Ameilia Atwater-Rhodes
Douglas Clegg
Tananarive Due
Christopher Schildt
David Searcy
Darren Shan
R.L. Stine
Whitley Strieber
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Horror Author Roundtable
 Ever read a horror book and thought, "What kind of mind comes up with that?." Join eight acclaimed horror authors --- Kelley Armstrong, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Doug Clegg, David Searcy, Tananarive Due, Christopher Schlidt, Darren Shan, Whitley Striper and R.L. Stine as they discuss their influences and their phobias. Find out if there's truth behind the assumption that horror writers are just a little bit, well, odd.
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| Kelley Armstrong |
 Kelley Armstrong lives in rural southwestern Ontario with her husband and three children. She is a computer programmer by day, a writer by night. BITTEN is her first novel. Viking will publish the sequel in 2002, and she is currently at work on the third novel in the series.
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| Ameilia Atwater-Rhodes |
 Amelia Atwater-Rhodes lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her
family. Born in 1984, she wrote her first novel, In the Forests of the Night, at
the age of thirteen and her second novel, Demon in My View, an ALA Quick Pick for
Young Adults, just two years later. Named on of the 20 Teens Who Will Change the World by Teen
People, Atwater-Rhodes has been featured in Seventeen, USA Today, Entertainment
Weekly, and The New Yorker and has appeared on The Rosie O'Donnell Show
and CBS This Morning. In the Forests of the Night has been praised as
"remarkable" (Voice of Youth Advocates) and "mature and polished"
(Booklist), while Publishers Weekly has praised Demon in My View as a book
"reader will drain... in one big gulp."
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| Douglas Clegg |
 Douglas Clegg was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and graduated from
Washington & Lee University with a BA in English Literature. He is the author of Goat
Dance, Bad Karma, The Halloween Man, The Nightmare Chronicles, You
Come When I Call You, Naomi, Mischief, and several other novels. He now
lives in an alternate Manhattan, although this may change at any moment.
Douglas Clegg's Website
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| Tananarive Due |
 Tananarive Due is the author of The Black Rose, My Soul
to Keep and The Between, and was a collaborator on the bestselling novel Naked
Came the Manatee. Her short fiction was included in the groundbreaking Dark Matter
anthology of African-American science fiction and fantasy. A two-time finalist for the
Bram Stoker Award, the former Miami Herald columnist lives in Washington state with her
husband, novelist Steven Barnes.
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| Christopher Schildt |
 Christopher Schildt was one of the writers on two of the
"Star Trek" films, including Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star
Trek: The Final Frontier, under the guidance of Gene Rodenberry. He also worked
on the documentaries "The Eugene O'Neill Theater: The Art & Architecture of New
England," "Star Trek's 30th Anniversary" and A & E
"Crossroads: Science Fiction to Science Fact." Christopher Schildt
lives in Connecticut with his wife and two dogs.
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| David Searcy |
 David Searcy's work has appeared in Grand Street, which published a portion of Ordinary Horror, his first novel. He lives in Texas.
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| Darren Shan |
 I was born in London in 1972, directly opposite Big Ben and the Houses of
Parliament. I lived in London until the age of 6, and started school aged 3 (I was such a
wild child, no pre-school facility would have me!!). I came from a largely working class
Irish family, though my mother was a primary school teacher. In London I lived in a block
of council-owned apartments. I loved the switch to Ireland: we moved into my
great-grandfather's cottage (he lived with us until his death 10 years later), out in the
countryside, and I relished the freedom and dark, spooky nights (the countryside's far
eerier than the city!). Irish TV was very primitive in those days (2 channels, which only
aired for less than twelve hours each day!), so I had to read lots of books to pass the
time. I read every sort I could find, but I especially liked horror stories.
I was always interested in horror, both books and movies, and loved giving myself
nightmares. Many of the books I write now are rooted in delightfully chilling childhood
scare sessions, when I'd keep myself awake at night, imagining horrible scenarios in which
vampires and other assorted creatures would surround my little cottage and lay siege!
I've published 2 books for adults, 3 for children — with plenty more to come! I
live in Ireland , and have been fascinated with vampires since I was six years old. I
write full-time, and I still love giving myself nightmares.....
Cirque
Du Freak is his first children's novel. Book 2 of the Darren Shan saga, The
Vampire's Assistant, was published in September.
Darren Shan's Website
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| R.L. Stine |
 Robert Lawrence Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old and today he
has achieved the position of the best selling children's author in history. Stine, born in
Columbus, Ohio, began writing short stories, joke books, and comic books for his friends,
and he has devoted his adult life to getting kids to enjoy reading and involving them in
the fun and creativity of writing. In the early 1990's, Stine was catapulted to fame when
he penned the unprecedented best-selling Goosebumps series, which sold more than
220 million copies and was instrumental in bringing boys back to reading. His other major
series, Fear Street has over 80 million copies sold, and in 1999, Stine's volume of
stories, Nightmare Hour was on The New York Times bestseller list. Most recently,
R.L. Stine has teamed up with HarperCollins Publishers to launch his brand-new series, The
Nightmare Room.
The Nightmare Room is R.L. Stine's first new series in eight years. Described by
Stine as a spooky fun house for readers, The Nightmare Room, is unique in that it
is both a book series and an online experience, marking the first time a children's author
has created an innovative, interactive site -- www.thenightmareroom.com. One of the first
books in the series, Locker 13, won the Disney Adventures' Kid's Choice Awards as
Best Horror/Mystery Book of 2000, and Stine has been chosen by students across America as
their #2 favorite writer In the world (NEA). A television series, based on The
Nightmare Room will be launched on the Kids' WB! in September 2001.
R.L. Stine Is dedicated to doing everything he can to encourage literacy for kids. He
was recently the honored quest of Governor Jeb Bush, launching Florida's statewide
"Celebration of Reading" campaign. Stine has established a writing program in
the middle schools of his hometown of Columbus, and he is currently creating, with
Parachute Press, an innovative and unique writing program, R.L. Stine's The Nightmare
Room Writing Program, which will be distributed free of charge to educators nationwide
by his publisher HarperCollins Children's Books. Stine will also continue to visit
students in classrooms across the country. Nothing is more important to both Stine and
Parachute than helping kids read better -- and to improve their writing skills. Joan
Waricha, Parachute's CEO, comments: "Mr. Stine's energy and enthusiasm for working
with kids never wanes. We hope that teachers will enjoy using The Nightmare Room
books together with the innovative ideas contained in the writing kit to help their
students become proficient writers."
R.L. Stine grew up in Columbus, Ohio and attended Ohio State University, where he was
editor of The Sundial, the university's humor magazine. Upon graduation, Stine
moved to New York City. There he was head writer on the Nickelodeon blockbuster Eureka's
Castle, and for ten years was editor-in-chief of Bananas, a humor magazine for
children. During this time, Stine wrote dozens of joke books and humor books for children,
under the name Jovial Bob Stine.
In 1986, Stine broke away from humor and wrote Blind Date, his first scary novel
for teenagers, which immediately became a best seller. "I was completely
surprised," recalls Stine. "I realized I'd struck a chord with kids. They liked
my scary books!" Then in 1989, Stine teamed with Parachute Press to create Fear
Street, the first horror series for teens. The enormous success of Fear Street
led to three spin-off series. But it was 1992 that saw the launch of a phenomenon in
publishing that has yet to be duplicated -- Goosebumps, A scary but funny series
for kids ages eight to twelve, Goosebumps was an instant hit, Stine was named the
#1 best selling author in America by USA Today for three straight years, and Goosebumps
was certified the biggest selling children's book series in the Guinness Book of World
Records, 2000 and 2001. Goosebumps became a bestseller in the U.K., France,
Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia, and was translated into 16 languages in 31
countries. The franchise also expanded into television, with the #1-ranked Goosebumps
television show on the Fox Kids' Network for four years, and numerous consumer products,
including a theme-park attraction at MGM-Disney.
Stine's first hardcover collection of terrifying tales for kids, Nightmare Hour,
was published in October 1999, featuring illustrations by celebrated artists including
Bernie Wrightson and Ed Koren. The book received a prestigious Children's Choices award
and was named kids' favorite in Disney Adventures' first annual Kids' Choice Awards
as Best Horror/Mystery Book. Issued in paperback in 2000, Nightmare Hour spent
weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. A follow-up, The Haunting Hour,
will be published for Halloween 2001.
Stine's original TV movie and video, When Good Ghouls Go Bad, is being released
by Fox in Fall 2001.
R.L. Stine lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jane, and their dog, Nadine. Their son,
Matthew, is a junior in college.
Parachute Press was founded in 1983, a partnership that continues to be run by Joan
Waricha and Jane Stine. The #1 children's book producer in America, Parachute's properties
include R.L. Stine's The Nightmare Room; book series starring teen phenomenons,
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Two Of A Kind, and The New Adventures Of Mary-Kate
& Ashley, The Blair Witch Files; and numerous other original and media properties,
Producers of a new TV show and video movie (both coming Fall 2001), Parachute is a
diversified company dedicated to creating books and entertainment kids choose for
themselves.
www.thenightmareroom.com
R.L. Stine Interview on kidsreads.com
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| Whitley Strieber |
 Whitley Strieber is the #1 bestselling author of the landmark
horror novel The Wolfen, and the million-copy bestsellers Communion, Transformation,
and Confirmation. He is the co-author, with radio talk-show host Art Bell, of the New
York Times bestseller The Coming Global Superstorm, published by Pocket Books. The
Last Vampire, his sequel to The Hunger, has been sold to Sony Pictures for a
major motion picture. visit www,lastvampire.com and www.whitleysworld.com.
Whitley Strieber's Website
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