Author: Ray Garton

Ray Garton is the author of over 60 novels, novellas, short story collections, movie novelizations and TV tie-ins. His work spans the genres of horror, crime, and suspense. His 1987 erotic vampire novel LIVE GIRLS was called "artful" by the New York Times and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. In 2006, he received the Grand Master of Horror Award at the World Horror Convention. His 2001 comedy thriller SEX AND VIOLENCE IN HOLLYWOOD is being developed for the screen. His most recent novels, TRAILER PARK NOIR and MEDS (a thriller with deadly side effects), are available from E-Reads as trade paperbacks, for Kindle at Amazon, Nook at Barnes and Noble, and in multiple ebook formats at Fictionwise.com, and his seventh short story collection, WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH, was recently published by Cemetery Dance Publications. “The Man in the Palace Theater,” a short emotional horror story, and his erotic noir novella SERPENT GIRL are available for Kindle and Nook. You can see his bibliography and keep up with new releases at his website, RayGartonOnline.com. He lives in northern California with his wife Dawn. “Garton has a flair for taking veteran horror themes and twistingthem to evocative, entertaining effect.” — Publishers Weekly “Ray Garton has consistently created some of the best horror ever set to print.” — Cemetery Dance magazine “Razor-sharp and gut-punch brutal, Garton will scare you.” — Fangoria magazine "Ray Garton is, and always has been, one of horror fiction's great innovators." — F. Paul Wilson, bestselling creator of Repairman Jack "Garton never fails to go for the throat." — Richard Laymon, bestselling author of THE LAKE "It's scary, it's involving, and it's also mature and thoughtful." — Stephen King on Ray Garton's novel DARK CHANNEL "LIVE GIRLS is gripping, original, and sly. I finished it in one bite." — Dean R. Koontz