Robert R. McCammon

Template:Short description Template:Infobox writer Robert Rick McCammon (born July 17, 1952) is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s American horror literature boom, by 1991 McCammon had three New York Times bestsellers (The Wolf's Hour, Stinger, and Swan Song) and around 5 million books in print.<ref>As seen in foreword to Mine, Template:ISBN Pocket Books paperback</ref><ref>Stefan Dziemianowicz, "McCammon, Robert R(ick)" in St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, edited by David Pringle. London : St. James Press,1998, Template:ISBN (pp. 398-99)</ref> Since 2002, he's written ten books in a historical mystery series featuring an 18th-century magistrate’s clerk, Matthew Corbett, as he unravels mysteries in colonial America.

Personal life

His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. After his parents' divorce, McCammon lived with his grandparents in Birmingham. He received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974. McCammon lives in Birmingham.<ref name="nightmare-magazine.com">Template:Cite web</ref> He has a daughter, Skye, with his former wife, Sally Sanders.

Career

McCammon has published multiple award-winning books, including Mine in 1990 and Boy's Life in 1991.<ref name="WFA">Template:Cite web</ref> After the release of Gone South, McCammon chose to leave his publisher. After clashing with an editor at a new publisher over the direction for his historical fiction novel Speaks the Nightbird, he retired from writing. After a long hiatus which resulted from the reorganization of the publishing industry and McCammon's personal depression and soul searching,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> he returned to the publishing world with Speaks the Nightbird, the first book in the Matthew Corbett series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Publishers Weekly called it a "compulsively readable yarn," and said, "McCammon's loyal fans will find his resurfacing reason to rejoice." Since 2002, seventeen new books have been published, including the ten books in the Matthew Corbett series.

In 1985, McCammon's story "Nightcrawlers" was adapted into an episode of The Twilight Zone.<ref name="nightmare-magazine.com"/>

After years out-of-print, Baal, Bethany's Sin, The Night Boat, and They Thirst were re-released by Subterranean Press as limited edition novels. In a 2013 interview, McCammon acknowledged that some readers would like to have a complete collection of his work, and said "reading back over those books I find they’re not as poorly written as I recall them to be."<ref name="nightmare-magazine.com"/>

Bibliography

• Baal (1978)
• Bethany's Sin (1980) – second published novel, but actually third written
• The Night Boat (1980) – third published novel, but actually second written
• They Thirst (1981)
• Mystery Walk (1983) – first novel published in hardcover
• Usher's Passing (1984)
• Swan Song (1987) - The first of his novels to appear on the New York Times Bestseller List
• Stinger (1988) – Nominated for the 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel; New York Times Bestseller
• Blue World and Other Stories (1990) (Short Story Collection)
• Mine (1990)
• Boy's Life (1991)
• Gone South (1992) – Later published in an omnibus edition with Boy's Life.
• The Five (2011)
• The Border (May 2015)
• The Listener (February 2018)
• A Little Amber Book of Wicked Shots (2020) (Short Story Collection)

Edited

• Under the Fang (1991) (Anthology)

Michael Gallatin books

• The Wolf's Hour (1989) – Nominated for the 1989 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel; New York Times Bestseller
• The Hunter from the Woods (2011) (Collection)

Matthew Corbett series

• Speaks the Nightbird (2002) – Later published as two paperback volumes, Judgement of the Witch and Evil Unveiled
• The Queen of Bedlam (2007)
• Mister Slaughter (2010)
• The Providence Rider (2012)
• The River of Souls (2014)
• Freedom of the Mask (May 2016)
• Cardinal Black (April 2019)
• The King of Shadows (December 2022)
• Seven Shades of Evil (Nov. 2024) (Collection)
• Leviathan (December 2024)

Trevor Lawson series

• I Travel by Night (2013) (Novella)
• I Travel by Night 2: Last Train from Perdition (Fall 2016)

Uncollected Short Fiction

• Best Friends (1987)
• A Life in the Day of (1987)
• The Deep End (1987)
• The Thang (1989)
• Haunted World (1989)
• Eat Me (1989)
• Black Boots (1989)
• Lizardman (1989)
• Beauty (1990)
• The Judge (1991)
• Miracle Mile (1991)
• Death Comes for the Rich Man (2012)
• Blood is Thicker Than Hollywood (2020)
• The Queen of Cruelty (2020)

Awards

Awards List for Robert McCammon

Work	Year & Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Usher's Passing	1985 Alabama Library Association Alabama Author Award	Fiction	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Nightcrawlers	1985 World Fantasy Award	Short Fiction	Template:Nominated
Swan Song	1987 Bram Stoker Award	Novel	Template:Won
	1988 World Fantasy Award	Novel	Template:Nominated
	1988 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	1994 Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize		Template:Won
The Deep End	1987 Bram Stoker Award	Short Fiction	Template:Won
	2014 FantLab's Book of the Year Award	Online Publication in Small Form	Template:Won
Best Friends	1988 World Fantasy Award	Novella	Template:Nominated
Stinger	1988 Bram Stoker Award	Novel	Template:Nominated
	1989 Locus Award	Horror Novel	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Eat Me	1989 Bram Stoker Award	Short Fiction	Template:Won
The Wolf's Hour	1989 Bram Stoker Award	Novel	Template:Nominated
	1990 Locus Award	Horror Novel	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	1992 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire	Foreign Novel	Template:Won
Blue World and Other Stories	1989 Bram Stoker Award	Fiction Collection	Template:Nominated
	1990 World Fantasy Award	Collection	Template:Nominated
	1990 Locus Award	Collection	Template:Nominated
Mine	1990 Bram Stoker Award	Novel	Template:Won
Boy's Life	1991 Bram Stoker Award	Novel	Template:Won
	1992 World Fantasy Award	Novel	Template:Won
	1992 Locus Award	Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	1994 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire	Foreign Novel	Template:Nominated
	1995 Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize		Template:Won
Speaks the Nightbird	2003 Independent Publisher Book Awards	Historical/Military Fiction	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	2004 Alabama Library Association Alabama Author Award	Fiction	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	2013 Audie Awards	Fiction	Template:Nominated
The Border	2015 Goodreads Choice Awards	Horror	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cardinal Black	2019 Dragon Awards	Horror	Template:Nominated
The Listener	2019 Locus Award	Horror Novel	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	2008 World Horror Convention Grand Master Award		Template:Won
	2009 Phoenix Award		Template:Won
	2013 Bram Stoker Award	Lifetime Achievement	Template:Won

External links

• Robert McCammon's official site
• Robert McCammon: Matthew Corbett's World
• Robert McCammon @ Facebook
• Inkwell Newswatch McCammon Interview
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• "Corn on Macabre – An Appreciation of Robert McCammon" – Apocalypse Confidential