Josh Malerman
Josh Malerman (born July 24, 1975 in Michigan ) is an American writer , singer and songwriter .
Life
Josh Malerman was enthusiastic about horror films and horror literature from an early age, wrote some poems and short stories at an early age and wrote numerous lyrics . He is the singer and band leader of the American indie rock band The High Strung , the lyrics of which he mostly writes himself.
His debut novel Bird Box , a post- apocalytical horror thriller, was published in 2014 and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award and the James Herbert Award in 2015 . In 2015 his debut appeared under the German title Bird Box - Shut your eyes by Penhaligon Verlag. The German paperback edition was published in 2016 under the title The River - Your Last Hope by Blanvalet Verlag . The film adaptation of the book, directed by Susanne Bier and with Sandra Bullock in the lead role, was produced by Netflix and released in December 2018.
Josh Malerman lives and works in Royal Oak , Michigan.
plant
- Bird Box - close your eyes . Penhaligon Verlag, Munich 2015 (original title: Bird Box , translated by Fred Kinzel), ISBN 978-3-7645-3121-8 . (Title of the paperback edition: The river. Your last hope . Blanvalet Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-7341-0316-2 )
- A house at the bottom of a lake . This is Horror 2016, ISBN 978-1-9104-7101-2 .
- Black Mad Wheel . HarperCollins 2017, ISBN 978-0-0622-5968-4 .
- Goblin . Earthling Publications 2017, ISBN 978-0-9962-1185-7 .
- Unbury Carol . Del Rey Books 2018, ISBN 978-0-3991-8016-3 .
- On This, the Day of the Pig . Cemetery Dance Publications 2018, ISBN 978-1-5876-7687-1 .
- Inspection . Del Rey Books 2019, ISBN 978-1-5247-9699-0 .
Film adaptations
- 2018: Bird Box - Close your eyes . Director: Susanne Bier, screenplay: Eric Heisserer , main actors: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes , John Malkovich
Web links
- Literature by and about Josh Malerman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Josh Malerman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Interview with Josh Malerman on randomhouse.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bram Stoker Award® Winners - Horror Writers Association Blog. In: Horror Writers Association Blog. May 10, 2015, accessed May 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Alison Flood: Does it scare you? Shortlist for James Herbert award horror writing prize 'fitting legacy' to author. In: the Guardian. January 29, 2015, accessed May 20, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Malerman, Josh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American horror writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Michigan |