About the author
Nicholas Grabowsky's novels of horror/fantasy, both as himself, as Nicholas Randers, and as Marsena Shane, have generated worldwide acclaim for over three decades and praised by many of today's most popular horror gurus in the literary world. He began his career in traditional publishing houses with brisk sellers in mass market paperback horror, and the last ten years have seen him hailed by many as a mentor and advocate to the smaller presses, which has become to him a personal passion. His body of work includes the award-winning (Sci-fi/Horror book of the year, 2004) The Everborn, The Rag Man, Pray Serpent's Prey, Halloween IV (and its special edition), Diverse Tales, Reads & Reviews, Red Wet Dirt, The Wicked Haze, numerous anthologies and magazine articles, a Nancy Reagan biography, with projects extending to screenplays, poetry, songs, film, and a wide variety of short fiction and nonfiction since the 1980's. He's a veteran special guest at many genre conventions and makes appearances and signings across the United States and abroad. He has been in the limelight as a radical gospel preacher, a rock vocalist, teacher, lecturer and activist, editor, publisher and founder of the Sacramento-based Black Bed Sheet Books. His current and upcoming projects include a series of Red Wet Dirt comics, an independent horror artists convention, and directing the feature film CUTTING EDGES. "Keep 'em coming, Nicholas!" --Stephen King. "My Dear Nicholas: You're writing horror epics when the audience has become increasingly numbed by cinematic hokum and stale ideas. I SALUTE YOU: your ambition, your dedication, your achievements. I have no doubt in my mind that there is much, much more to come from your fertile and blissfully complex imagination....!" ----Clive Barker (Hellraiser, director, producer, artist and bestselling author) ..read his wiki: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Grabowsky Currently, Mr. Grabowsky is a resident of the Sacramento, California area, where he is at work on new and exciting novels and projects including RED AFTERWORLD, the feature popcorn creature film CUTTING EDGES, The Sirens of Knowland, The Downwardens, an Everborn sequel and Red Wet Dirt comic books, and is the owner/founder of the horror publishing firm Black Bed Sheet Books.
