Texas-born Mojo storyteller and scriptwriter Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than thirty novels in
all genres, including crime, Western, horror and pulp adventure. The author
of ACT OF LOVE, DEAD IN THE WEST, THE NIGHTRUNNERS, COLD IN JULY,
THE BOTTOMS, LOST ECHOES and THE DRIVE-IN series, he is also known for
his seven novels about two unlikely friends, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, who live in a town in East
Texas and find themselves solving a variety of often violent or macabre mysteries. The series began
with SAVAGE SEASON in 1990 and has continued through MUCHO MOJO, TWO-BEAR MAMBO,
BAD CHILI, RUMBLE TUMBLE, VEIL'S VISIT and CAPTAINS OUTRAGEOUS.
His short fiction has been collected in BY BIZARRE HANDS, BESTSELLERS GUARANTEED,
WRITER OF THE PURPLE RAGE, HIGH COTTON, BUMPER CROP and THE SHADOWS KITH AND KIN.
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Golden Gryphon
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Lansdale has also written scripts for various comic books and animated television shows, and his
Bram Stoker Award-nominated novella BUBBA HO-TEP, about an aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell)
and black John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis) battling the eponymous soul-sucking Egyptian mummy, was filmed
by Don Coscarelli in 2002. His short story, "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted by
Coscarelli as the first episode of the first season of Showtime's MASTERS OF HORROR
series, featuring Angus Scrimm.
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Lansdale is the winner of six HWA Bram Stoker Awards, the British Fantasy Award, the MWA Edgar Award,
the American Mystery Award, the Horror Critics Award, the "Shot in the Dark" International Crime
Writer's award, the Booklist Editor's Award and the Critic's Choice Award. He has now been
voted WHC 2007 GRAND MASTER AWARD winner with the highest number of votes ever cast by
members of the convention in the history of the seventeen-year-old award.
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Cemetary Dance
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Cemetary Dance
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Cemetary Dance
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A member of the Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Joe R. Lansdale lives with his wife, Karen, in Nacogdoches,
where he also teaches at his own Shen Chuan martial arts school.
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Subterranean Press
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Subterranean Press
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