Richard was president of the Horror Writers Association (2000-2001). He won this award posthumously in 2001 for The Traveling Vampire Show. His novel Flesh was named Best Horror Novel of 1988 by Science Fiction Chronicle, and both Flesh and Funland were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, as was his non-fiction work A Writer's Tale. Laymon's original version of The Woods Are Dark was finally published in July 2008 by Leisure Books and Cemetery Dance Publications after being reconstructed from the original manuscript by his daughter, Kelly. The poor editing and unattractive cover art stalled his career after the success of The Cellar. Laymon believed that this was a result of a badly-edited first release of The Woods Are Dark, which had had over fifty pages removed.
Twenty of his stories were published as part of the Fastback Mystery series-single short stories released in book form.ĭespite praise from prominent writers from within the genre, including Stephen King and Dean Koontz, Laymon was little known in his homeland-he enjoyed greater success in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom-until his affiliation with Leisure Books in 1999. His works include more than sixty short stories and more than thirty novels, a few of which were published under the pseudonym Richard Kelly.
He graduated from Redwood High School, then pursued a BA in English Literature from Willamette University in Oregon and an MA in English Literature from Loyola University in Los Angeles. Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then lived in Tiburon, California, as a teen. Richard Carl Laymon (Janu– Febru) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. The Cellar, The Beast House, The Midnight Tour, Island, The Traveling Vampire Show
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