Robert R. McCammon
Robert R. McCammon is an author noted for his work in the field of horror fiction. With over four million copies of his books in print, McCammon’s work has routinely made the New York Times bestseller list.
He was born in Birmingham, Alabama on July 11th, 1952. After the divorce of his mother and father, he was raised by his grandparents.
Throughout his youth, Robert R. McCammon had a great interest in horror and science fiction, but he planned on becoming a journalist instead of a professional novelist. He attended college towards that end, getting his degree in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974.
After graduation, he made a living by writing advertising copy for newspapers and businesses in the Birmingham area. None of his short stories had been published at this point, so he instead wrote the novel Baal which ended up being published in 1978.
Many more short stories and novels followed, and Robert R. McCammon was soon regarded as one of the biggest talents in his field. Then, in 1993, he retired from the business citing depression, exhaustion and a desire to spend more time with his wife, Sally, and daughter, Skye.
He returned in 2002 when a small press publisher released his book Speaks the Nightbird. This was the first book in what would come to be known as the Matthew Corbett Series, and McCammon continues to produce novels from his home in Birmingham, Alabama.
Robert R. McCammon Awards List
Over the course of his career, the following awards have been won by Robert R. McCammon:
- 2008 Grand Master Award from the World Horror Convention
- 2004 Alabama Library Association’s Alabama Author Award for Speaks the Nightbird.
- 2003 Independent Publisher Book Award for Speaks the Nightbird.
- 2003 Southeastern Science Fiction Achievement Award for Speaks the Nightbird.
- 2001-2002 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award for Boy’s Life.
- 1992 World Fantasy Award for Boy’s Life.
- 1992 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Award for The Wolf’s Hour
- 1991 Bram Stoker Award for Boy’s Life.
- 1990 Bram Stoker Award for MINE.
- 1989 Bram Stoker Award for Eat Me.
- 1987 Bram Stoker Award for Swan Song and The Deep End.
- 1985 Alabama Library Association’s Alabama Author Award for Usher’s Passing.
Robert R McCammon Books List
The following list documents the complete works of Robert R. McCammon. These include both Robert McCammon short stories and Robert McCammon novels.
Novels by Robert R. McCammon
- Baal (1978)
- Bethany's Sin (1980)
- The Night Boat (1980)
- They Thirst (1981)
- Mystery Walk (1983)
- Usher's Passing (1984)
- Swan Song (1987)
- Stinger (1988)
- The Wolf's Hour (1989)
- Blue World (1990)
- Mine (1990)
- Boy's Life (1991)
- Under the Fang (as editor)
- Night Vision 8 (as editor)
- Gone South (1992) - Later published in an omnibus edition with Boy's Life.
- Speaks the Nightbird (2002) - Book 1 in the "Matthew Corbett Series"
- Queen of Bedlam (2007) - Book 2 in the "Matthew Corbett Series"
- Mister Slaughter (2008) - Book 3 in the "Matthew Corbett Series"
Anthologies Which Contain Robert R. McCammon Short Stories
- The SeaHarp Hotel (1990)
- Night Visions 4 (1987)
- Night Visions: Hardshell (1988)
- Night Fears (1989)
- Razored Saddles (1989)
- Blue World (1989)
- The Roots of Fantasy (1989)
- Doom City (1987)
- Midnight Graffiti #2 (1988)
- Book of the Dead (1989)
- The Horror Show (1987)
- Post Mortem - New Tales of Ghostly Horror (1989)
- Halloween Horrors (1986)
- The Definitive Best of the Horror Show (1992)
- Night Visions 8 (1991)
- The Twilight Zone Magazine (1987)
- Stalkers (1989)
- Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
- Hollywood Ghosts (1991)
- Under the Fang (1991)
- Best New Horror 3 (1992)
- The Giant Book of Terror (1994)
- Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1997)
- Silver Scream (1988)
- Masques (1984)
- Best of Masques (1988)
- The New Twilight Zone (1991)
- The Further Adventures of the Joker (1991)
- Tales of the Batman (1995)
- The Giant Book of Best New Horror (1993)
- Greystone Bay (1985)
- The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 1985 (1985)
- Hot Blood (1989)
- Southern Fantasy (1987)
More Horror Writers
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- Dennis Etchison
- Douglass Clegg
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Joe R. Lansdale
- Peter Straub
- Robert Bloch
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- Stephenie Meyer (author of Twilight books)
- Theodore Sturgeon