Robert Rick McCammon (born July 17, 1952) is an Americannovelist fromBirmingham, Alabama. One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s Americanhorror literature boom, by 1991 McCammon had threeNew York Times bestsellers (The Wolf's Hour,Stinger, andSwan Song) and around 5 million books in print.^[1][2] Since 2002, he's written ten books in ahistorical mystery series featuring an 18th-century magistrate’s clerk, Matthew Corbett, as he unravels mysteries incolonial America.

His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. After his parents' divorce, McCammon lived with his grandparents in Birmingham. He received aB.A. inJournalism from theUniversity of Alabama in 1974. McCammon lives in Birmingham.^[3] He has a daughter, Skye, with his former wife, Sally Sanders.

McCammon has published multiple award-winning books, includingMine in 1990 andBoy's Life in 1991.^[4] After the release of Gone South, McCammon chose to leave his publisher. After clashing with an editor at a new publisher over the direction for his historical fiction novelSpeaks the Nightbird, he retired from writing. After a long hiatus which resulted from the reorganization of the publishing industry and McCammon's personal depression and soul searching,^[5] he returned to the publishing world withSpeaks the Nightbird, the first book in the Matthew Corbett series.^[6]Publishers Weekly called it a "compulsively readable yarn," and said, "McCammon's loyal fans will find his resurfacing reason to rejoice." Since 2002, seventeen new books have been published, including the ten books in the Matthew Corbett series.

In 1985, McCammon's story "Nightcrawlers" was adapted intoan episode ofThe Twilight Zone (1985).^[3]

After years out-of-print,Baal,Bethany's Sin,The Night Boat, andThey Thirst were re-released bySubterranean Press aslimited edition novels. In a 2013 interview, McCammon acknowledged that some readers would like to have a complete collection of his work, and said "reading back over those books I find they’re not as poorly written as I recall them to be."^[3]

• Baal (1978)
• Bethany's Sin (1980) – second published novel, but actually third written
• The Night Boat (1980) – third published novel, but actually second written
• They Thirst (1981)
• Mystery Walk (1983) – first novel published in hardcover
• Usher's Passing (1984)
• Swan Song (1987) - The first of his novels to appear on theNew York Times Bestseller List
• Stinger (1988) – Nominated for the 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel;New York Times Bestseller
• Blue World and Other Stories (1990) (Short Story Collection)
• Mine (1990)
• Boy's Life (1991)
• Gone South (1992) – Later published in an omnibus edition withBoy's Life.
• The Five (2011)
• The Border (May 2015)
• The Listener (February 2018)
• A Little Amber Book of Wicked Shots (2020) (Short Story Collection)

• Under the Fang (1991) (Anthology)

• The Wolf's Hour (1989) – Nominated for the 1989 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel; New York Times Bestseller
• The Hunter from the Woods (2011) (Collection)

• Speaks the Nightbird (2002) – Later published as two paperback volumes,Judgement of the Witch andEvil Unveiled
• The Queen of Bedlam (2007)
• Mister Slaughter (2010)
• The Providence Rider (2012)
• The River of Souls (2014)
• Freedom of the Mask (May 2016)
• Cardinal Black (April 2019)
• The King of Shadows (December 2022)
• Seven Shades of Evil (Nov. 2024) (Collection)
• Leviathan (December 2024)

• I Travel by Night (2013)(Novella)
• I Travel by Night 2: Last Train from Perdition (Fall 2016)

• Best Friends (1987)
• A Life in the Day of (1987)
• The Deep End (1987)
• The Thang (1989)
• Haunted World (1989)
• Eat Me (1989)
• Black Boots (1989)
• Lizardman (1989)
• Beauty (1990)
• The Judge (1991)
• Miracle Mile (1991)
• Death Comes for the Rich Man (2012)
• Blood is Thicker Than Hollywood (2020)
• The Queen of Cruelty (2020)

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