Conversations With Joe R. Lansdale (Literary Conversations Series)

Conversations with Joe R. Lansdale (Literary Conversations Series)

About the Author Andrew J. Rausch is a film journalist and author of nearly fifty books, including The Films of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro; The Cinematic Misadventures of Ed Wood;and Perspectives on Stephen King: Conversations with Authors, Experts and Collaborators. He is an online editor at Diabolique magazine and writes a recurring column for Screem magazine. Mark Slade is author of Yardbird and the Barry London novels. He has written audiodramas for Para-X Radio and Chronosphere Fiction and is one of the founding members of Screaming Eye Press. Product Description Joe R. Lansdale (b. 1951), the award-winning author of such novels as Cold in July (1989) and The Bottoms (2000), as well as the popular Hap and Leonard series, has been publishing novels since 1981. Lansdale has developed a tremendous cult audience willing to follow him into any genre he chooses to write in, including horror, western, crime, adventure, and fantasy. Within these genres, his stories, novels, and novellas explore friendship, race, and life in East Texas. His distinctive voice is often funny and always unique, as characterized by such works as Bubba Ho-Tep (1994), a novella that centers on Elvis Presley, his friend who believes himself to be John F. Kennedy, and a soul-sucking ancient mummy. This same novella won a Bram Stoker Award, one of the ten Bram Stoker Awards given to Lansdale thus far in his illustrious career. Wielding a talent that extends beyond the page to the screen, Landsdale has also written episodes for Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series. Conversations with Joe R. Lansdale brings together interviews from newspapers, magazines, and podcasts conducted throughout the prolific author