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Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor ofCemetery Dance magazine, and the owner ofCemetery Dance Publications. He also editsanthologies, produces films, writesscreenplays, and teaches writing.
Richard Chizmar is aNew York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Amazon, andPublishers Weekly bestselling author.[citation needed]
He is the co-author (with Stephen King) of the novella,Gwendy's Button Box and the founder/publisher ofCemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than 35 anthologies and his short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including multiple editions ofEllery Queen’s Mystery Magazine andThe Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories.[citation needed] He has won two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild awards, and the HWA’s Board of Trustee’s award.[citation needed]
Chizmar (in collaboration with Johnathon Schaech) has also written screenplays and teleplays for United Artists, Sony Screen Gems, Lions Gate, Showtime, NBC, and many other companies. He has adapted the works of many bestselling authors including Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Bentley Little.[citation needed]
Chizmar is also the creator/writer of the online website,Stephen King Revisited. His fourth short story collection,The Long Way Home, was published in 2019. With Brian Freeman, Chizmar is co-editor ofDark Screams horror anthology series published by Random House imprint, Hydra.[citation needed]
His latest book,The Girl on the Porch, was released in hardcover by Subterranean Press, andWidow’s Point, a novella about a haunted lighthouse written with his son, Billy Chizmar, was recently adapted into a feature film.[citation needed]
Chizmar’s work has been translated into more than fifteen languages throughout the world, and he has appeared at numerous conferences as a writing instructor, guest speaker, panelist, and guest of honor.[citation needed]
Chizmar is the founder of Cemetery Dance, a literary publisher that runs a magazine by the same name and a book imprint, Cemetery Dance Publications. He foundedCemetery Dance magazine in 1988 while attending the University of Maryland's College of Journalism. It featuresdark fantasy,horror fiction, and articles related to those subjects.Metro Silicon Valley called it "America's longest-running independent horror-themed magazine".[1][2]
The book imprint, Cemetery Dance Publications was first launched in 1992 and has produced more than 300 different autographedlimited edition,lettered edition hardcover novels, novellas, andanthologies. It also publisheschapbooks,trade hardcovers, and a few paperbacks.[3]
Richard Chizmar co-founded Chesapeake Films withJohnathon Schaech, with whom he also co-writes screenplays. Their produced screenplays include 2006'sRoad House 2 (based on the story by Miles Chapman) andShowtime'sMasters of Horror presentation ofThe Washingtonians (based onBentley Little's story) from 2007. They also wrote the screenplay for an unproduced adaptation ofFrom a Buick 8 based onStephen King's novel.
