Steven G. Spruill

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Steven Gregory Spruill (born April 20, 1946 in Battle Creek , Michigan ) is an American writer and psychologist. He is best known as the author of science fiction and horror novels, in which psychological aspects often play a role.

Life

Spruill first studied biology at Andrews University in Berrien Springs , where he made his bachelor's degree in 1968 . In 1969 he married Nancy Lyon and worked from 1969 to 1973 as a biotechnician at Hazleton Laboratories in Falls Church , Virginia . He then studied psychology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC , where he graduated with a master's degree in 1979 and received his doctorate in clinical psychology in 1981. From 1979 to 1980 he worked at the Mt. Vernon Community Health Center in Alexandria , Virginia. He has been a freelance writer since 1981.

1977 his first novel, which appeared Space Opera Keepers of the gate , followed in 1978 by The Psychopath Plague , in which the at Elijah Baley from Isaac Asimov's robot novels reminiscent detective along with the equipped with superhuman powers Sidekick causing Pendrake the riddle of a violent madness Disease solves. It appeared with The Imperator Plot (1983), which is about an attack on the emperor of the earth and its colonies in space, and The Paradox Planet (1988), in which Kane grapples with a rebellion on a planet with high gravity must, two more novels with the protagonist Kane, but an apparently planned sequel did not take place.

Spruill's science fiction gained recognition for its convincing portrayal of the psychology of alien life forms, for example from Arthur O. Lewis. His short story The Janus Equation (1980) was also published in German as The Janus Equation .

Nevertheless, Spruill seems to have turned to other genres in the meantime. His Darkness trilogy belongs to the horror, and he has written several thrillers with medical or psychological background, including Painkiller (1990), German as a pain killer appeared. The 2009 novel Ice Men is a historical novel from the time of the Korean War . In 2005 he published under his pseudonym Steven Harriman Absorbing SpongeBob , a psychological guide in which he portrayed the sunny disposition of the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants as an example.

bibliography

Elias Kane (series of novels)
  • 1 The Psychopath Plague (1978)
  • 2 The Imperator Plot (1983)
  • 3 The Paradox Planet (1988)
Darkness (novel trilogy)
  • 1 Rulers of Darkness (1995)
    • English: Son of the Night: Psychological Thriller. Translated by Bernhard Willms. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 13758, 1996, ISBN 3-404-13758-2 .
  • 2 Daughter of Darkness (1996)
  • 3 Lords of Light (1999)
Novels
  • Keepers of the Gate (1977, revised version 1978)
  • Hellstone (1981)
  • The Genesis Shield (1985)
  • Painkiller: A Novel of Medical Terror (1990)
    • German: pain killer. Translated by Michael Kubiak. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 13366, 1992, ISBN 3-404-13366-8 .
  • Before I Wake (1993)
  • My Soul to Take (1994)
  • Nightkill (1997, with F. Paul Wilson, as Steve Lyon)
  • Sleeper (2003, as Steven Harriman)
  • The Gift Moves (2004, as Steve Lyon)
  • Ice Men: A Novel of the Korean War (2009)
German translations
  • Soul Robber: Medical Thriller. Translated by Cécile G. Lecaux. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 13623, 1995, ISBN 3-404-13623-3 .
  • Psychokill: Thriller. Translated by Cécile G. Lecaux. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 13481, 1993, ISBN 3-404-13481-8 .
Short stories
  • Prime Culture (1979)
  • The Janus Equation (1980)
    • English: The Janus equation. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Adventure # 23009, 1982, ISBN 3-404-23009-4 .
  • Silver (1989)
  • YSEX (1991)
  • Battle Creek, MI (1992)
  • Humane Society (1996)
  • Sinister (1996)
  • Erotorium (1998)
  • Hemophage (Darkness) (1999)
  • for life is not a coma (2004)
Non-fiction
  • Absorbing SpongeBob: ten ways to squeeze more happiness out of life (2005, as Steven Harriman)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Spruill, Steven G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spruill, Steven Gregory (full name); Harriman, Steven (pseudonym); Lyon, Steve (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Battle Creek , Michigan