Robert R. McCammon

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. 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. 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, he returned to the publishing world with Speaks the Nightbird, the first book in the Matthew Corbett series. 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.

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."

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 (November 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

References

References

1. As seen in foreword to ''Mine,'' {{ISBN. 0-671-73944-1 Pocket Books paperback
2. (26 June 2013). "Interview: Robert McCammon".
3. World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees".
4. "Robert McCammon » Robert R. McCammon - A Biographical Essay".
5. "Onyx reviews -- Speaks the Nightbird -- Robert R. McCammon".
6. "Alabama Library Association Handbook: History: Alabama Author Awards".
7. "Sfadb: Locus Awards 1988".
8. "Sfadb: Locus Awards 1989".
9. "Sfadb: Locus Awards 1990".
10. "Sfadb: Locus Awards 1992".
11. (18 September 2003). "2003 Medalists".
12. "Alabama Library Association Handbook: History: Alabama Author Awards".
13. "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Horror!".
14. "Sfadb: Locus Awards 2019".