VJ Books Presents Author Joe R. Lansdale!
 Joe R. Lansdale (born 1943) is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies.
He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others.
His novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror." He is Writer In Residence at
Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame.
Joe Lansdale's novel Cold in July was filmed and directed by Jim Mickle and scripted by Nick Damici. It starred Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, and Sam Shepard. Sundance TV developed his Hap and Leonard series for TV and in March it begins its second season, starring James Purefoy and Michael C. Williams.
He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.
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