John Saul

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John Saul (born February 25, 1942 in Pasadena , California ) is an American writer and author of horror novels and psychological thrillers .

Life

John Saul was born in Pasadena, grew up in Whittier , studied anthropology , theater studies and literature , among other things , at various universities after graduating from high school , but remained without a degree. As a college dropout, he saw his future in a career as a writer, but initially lived off a casual job for 15 years and wrote detective novels at night , for which, however, he could not find a publisher. His literary breakthrough came with his first horror novel Suffer the Children , which appeared in 1977 and, thanks to a TV campaign, conquered the bestseller lists in just a few weeks. The novel was published by Heyne Verlag in 1977 under the German title Wehe, if they wiederkehren . Since then, John Saul, who doesn't read horror novels himself, has been one of the most successful representatives of contemporary horror literature alongside Stephen King and Dean Koontz . The total circulation of his books is over 50 million; his works have been translated into 25 languages.

His novel Cry for the Strangers was filmed in 1982 under the direction of Peter Medak and with Patrick Duffy and Cindy Pickett in the lead roles. A computer game of the same name is based on his six-volume sequel series The Blackstone Chronicles , for which he was inspired by Stephen King's serial novel The Green Mile , which was released in 1998 by Red Orb Entertainment and was also very successful in Germany.

Today John Saul lives in Bellevue, Washington state . He loves traveling in his RV and enjoys playing golf. He also spends part of his time in Seattle and the San Juan Islands . He also has a vacation home in Hawaii .

Works

Many of his novels are about adolescents obsessed with evil.

year Original title German title
1974 Nathaniel Prophet of doom
1977 Suffer the Children Woe to them when they return or the doll's right arm
1978 Punish the Sinners In the sign of Cain
1979 Cry for the Strangers On the beach of death
1980 Comes the blind fury Blind vengeance
1981 When the Wind Blows Woe to when the wind blows
1982 The God Project The God Project
1984 Nathaniel Nathaniel or Prophet of Doom
1985 Brainchild The child of vengeance
1986 Hellfire Hellfire
1987 The unwanted Under the spell of evil
1988 The Unloved Time of horror
1989 Creature Beasts
1990 Second child Devilish sister
1991 Sleepwalk Woe to you if you go away
1991 Darkness In the clutches of evil
1992 Shadows School of horror
1993 Guardian The guards
1994 The homing Daughter of evil
1995 Black Lightning Lightning bolts of evil
1997 The Blackstone Chronicles The Blackstone Chronicles
1998 The Presence Breath of damnation
1999 The Right Hand of Evil Child of hell
2000 Nightshade Hunter of horror
2001 Manhattan Hunt Club The Righteous Club
2002 Midnight Voices Midnight voices
2003 Black Creek Crossing The black city
2005 Perfect nightmare stalker
2006 In the Dark of the Night Shadow of the night
2007 The Devil's Labyrinth The devil labyrinth
2008 Faces of Fear
2009 House of Reckoning

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait of the author at Random House , accessed on March 26, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Saul, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasadena , California