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Jan 1, 1951 — —· 75 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · HORROR TALES

Joe R. Lansdale

Also known as: Joe R Lansdale, Lansdale Joe R.

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Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense, he has also written comic books and screenplays. Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television. He is the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and eleven Bram Stoker Awards.

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Pearl Harbor is not just the place the Japanese bombed; it has a namesake, so christened for the blood that's been shed there  more blood than the original Pearl Harbor ever saw.

— from Act of Love

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The two-bear mambo

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Florida Grange, Leonard's drop-dead gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished while in pursuit of the real story behind the jailhouse death of a legendary bluesman's son. Fearing the worst, Hap and Leonard set out to do the investigating the good ol' boy cops can't--or won't--do themselves. Lansdale's new hardcover, Bad Chili, is due for release in August.

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Savage Season

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Act of Love

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Cerianne Burton works at the Palace Theatre, a place of glamour and excitement to the people of Swansea at the turn of the twentieth century. But although she is only a menial cleaner, she dreams of seeing her name up in lights. Abused by the ruthless manager of the theatre, she is thrown out on the streets and forced into a brutal marriage with a widower who has five young children. Her life becomes one of hopeless drudgery, but she still has her ambitions ... and one day she is able to return in triumph to the Palace and have her revenge on the manager who set out to ruin her all those years ago.

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