{"id":1793,"date":"2018-10-23T09:07:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2018-10-23T09:15:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:15:26","slug":"mccammon-robert-rick-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1793","title":{"rendered":"McCAMMON, ROBERT RICK, 1952-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novelist. Born&#8211; July 17, 1952, Birmingham. \u00a0Parents&#8211; Jack and Barbara (Bundy) McCammon, Birmingham. Education&#8211; B.A., University of Alabama, 1974. \u00a0Employed by Loveman&#8217;s Department Store, 1974-1975; Dalton Booksellers, 1976; copy editor, <em>Birmingham Post Herald, <\/em>1976-78. Founding member, Horror Writers of America.\u00a0 Received Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers of America, 1991 and 1992; World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, 1992; Lifetime Achievement Award, Horror Writers Association, 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anniston Star, July 3, 1983; \u00a0Contemporary Authors online<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baal. New York; Avon, 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Bethany&#8217;s Sin. New York; Avon, 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Blue World, and other Stories. London; Grafton, 1990.<\/p>\n<p>The Border.\u00a0 Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Boy&#8217;s Life. New York; Pocket Books, 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Diana&#8217;s Daughters.\u00a0 New York: Avon, 1979.<\/p>\n<p>The Five.\u00a0 Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom of the Mask. 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Gone South.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 Pocket Books, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll Come Knocking at Your Door.\u00a0 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungry.\u00a0 New York: Avon, 1980.<\/p>\n<p>The Hunter from the Woods. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>I Travel by Night.\u00a0 Burton, MI:\u00a0 Subterranean Press, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Mine. New York; Pocket Books, 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Mister Slaughter.\u00a0 Burton, MI:\u00a0 Subterranean Press, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Mystery Walk. New York; Avon, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Night Boat. New York; Pocket Books, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>The Providence Rider.\u00a0 Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen of Bedlam.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 Pocket Books, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The River of Souls.\u00a0 Burton, MI:\u00a0 Subterranean Press, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Speaks the Nightbird.\u00a0 Montgomery, AL:\u00a0 River City Press, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Stinger. New York; Pocket Books, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Swan Song. New York; Pocket Books, 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Tales from Greystone Bay. 2016.<\/p>\n<p>They Thirst. New York; Avon, 1981;\u00a0 Pocket Books, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Usher&#8217;s Passing. New York; Holt, Rhinehart, 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Wolf&#8217;s Hour. New York; Pocket Books, 1989.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Horror Writers of America Present: Under the Fang.\u00a0 New York: Pocket Books, 1991.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint_Editor;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Night Visions 8: All Original Stories.\u00a0 Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1990.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contributor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hardshell; All Original Stories. New York; Berkeley Books, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Night Fears. London?; Headline, 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Novelist. Born&#8211; July 17, 1952, Birmingham. \u00a0Parents&#8211; Jack and Barbara (Bundy) McCammon, Birmingham. Education&#8211; B.A., University of Alabama, 1974. \u00a0Employed by Loveman&#8217;s Department Store, 1974-1975; Dalton Booksellers, 1976; copy editor, Birmingham Post Herald, 1976-78. Founding member, Horror Writers of America.\u00a0 Received Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers of America, 1991 and 1992; World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-m-o"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8985,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions\/8985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}