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Author John SaulJohn Saul was born in Pasadena, California on February 25, 1942, and grew up in Whittier where he graduated from Whittier High School in 1959. He attended several colleges; Antioch, in Ohio, Cerritos, in Norwalk, California, Montana State University and San Francisco State College, variously majoring in anthropology, liberal arts, and theater, but never obtaining a degree.

After leaving college, he decided the best thing for a college dropout to do was become a writer, and spent the next fifteen years working in various jobs while attempting to write a book someone would want to publish. Eventually he found an agent in New York, who spent several years sending his manuscripts around, and trying to make the rejection slips sound hopeful. Then, in 1976, one of his manuscripts reached Dell, who didn't want to buy it, but asked if he'd be interested in writing a psychological thriller. He put together an outline, and crossed his fingers. At that point, things started getting bizarre. His agent decided the outline had all the makings of a best-seller, and so did Dell.

Gambling on a first novel by an unknown author, they backed the book with television advertising (one of the first times a paperback original was promoted on television) and the gamble paid off. Within a month Suffer the Children appeared on all the best-seller lists in the country and made the #1 spot in Canada. Subsequently all 32 of his books, have made all the best-seller lists and have been published world wide. Though many of his books were published by Bantam/Doubleday/Dell his last fourteen books have been published by Ballantine/Fawcett/Columbine.

John lives part-time in the Pacific Northwest, both in Seattle and in the San Juan Islands. He also maintains a residence on the Big Island of Hawaii. He currently enjoys motor homing, travel and golf. He is an avid reader, bridge player, golfer and loves to cook.

HIS WEBSITE
www.johnsaul.com

Devil's Labyrinth
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The Devil's Labyrinth by John Saul

Perfect Nightmare
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Perfect Nightmare by John Saul

Faces of Fear
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Faces of Fear by John Saul

Nightshade
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Nightshade by John Saul

Midnight Voices
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Midnight Voices by John Saul

Manhattan Hunt Club
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Manhattan Hunt Club by John Saul
Bibliography
Novels

1977 Suffer the Children

1978 Punish the Sinners

1979 Cry for the Strangers

1980 Comes the Blind Fury

1981 When the Wind Blows

1982 The God Project

1984 Nathaniel

1985 Brainchild

1986 Hellfire

1987 The Unwanted

1988 The Unloved

1989 Creature

1990 Second Child

1991 Sleepwalk

1991 Darkness

1992 Shadows

1993 Guardian

1994 The Homing

1995 Black Lightning

1997 Blackstone Chronicles (novel series)

1. An Eye for an Eye: The Doll (1996)

2. Twist of Fate: The Locket (1997)

3. Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame (1997)

4. In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief (1997)

5. Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope (1997)

6. Asylum (1997)

1998 The Presence

1999 The Right Hand of Evil

2000 Nightshade

2001 Manhattan Hunt Club

2002 Midnight Voices

2003 Black Creek Crossing

2005 Perfect Nightmare

2006 In the Dark of the Night

2007 The Devil's Labyrinth

2008 Faces of Fear

2009 House of Reckoning