Rick Hautala

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name = Rick Hautala

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pseudonym = A. J. Matthews
birthname = Richard Andrew Hautala
birthdate = 1949
birthplace = Rockport, Massachusetts
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occupation = Writer, screenwriter
nationality = American
period = 1980 -
genre = Horror fiction, Speculative fiction
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influences = William Shakespeare, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King
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website = http://www.rickhautala.com/

Rick Hautala is best know as a speculative fiction and horror writer. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1974 where he received a Master of Art in English Literature. [ [http://www.rickhautala.com/rick/biography.html Rick's Biography ] ] He has written and published over 90 novels and short stories since the early 1980s. Many of his books have been translated to other languages and sold internationally. Recently he has published many of his works with specialty press and small press publishers like Cemetery Dance Publications and Dark Harvest. His novel "The Wildman" (2008), was chosen to be Full Moon Press' debut limited edition title.

Rick Hautala's third novel, 1986's "Night Stone", was one of the first books to feature a holographic cover and it became an international best-seller, selling well over one million copies. [ [http://www.laimo.com/2004_10_01_archive.html Michael Laimo ] ] "Knocking" was a part of the Bram Stoker Award winning anthology "999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense" ("Best Anthology of 1999"). His short story collection, "Bedbugs" (1999) was selected by Barnes and Noble as one of the most distinguished horror publications of the year 2000.

Rick Hautala also writes screenplays. His most recent 2008 adaptation of award winning author Kealan Patrick Burke's "Peepers" is currently on the film festival circuit. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2007 short film "Dead@17" based on Josh Howard's graphic novel series of the same name.

elected bibliography

Novels

* "Moondeath" (Zebra Books, 1980)
* "Moonbog" (Zebra Books, 1982)
* "Night Stone" (Zebra Books, 1986)
* "Little Brothers" (Zebra Books, 1988)
* "Moon Walker" (Zebra Books, 1989)
* "Winter Wake" (Zebra Books, 1989)
* "Dead Voices" (Zebra Books, 1990)
* "Cold Whisper" (Zebra Books, 1991)
* "Dark Silence" (Zebra Books, 1992)
* "Ghost Light" (Zebra Books, 1993)
* "Twilight Time" (Zebra Books, 1994)
* "Shades of Night" (Zebra Books, 1995)
* "Beyond the Shroud" (White Wolf Publishing, 1995)
* "The Mountain King" (Cemetery Dance Publications, 1996) ISBN 1-881475-16-6
* "Impulse" (Kensington Publishing, 1996)
* " - The Hidden Saint" (Berkley/Putnam, 1999)
* "The Wildman" (Full Moon Press, 2008) - artwork by Alan M. Clark

"Body of Evidence" series

All books in the "Body of Evidence" series are co-authroed with Christopher Golden
# "Skin Deep" (Pocket Books, 2000)
# "Burning Bones" (Pocket, 2001) ISBN 0-671-77584-7
# "Brain Trust" (Pocket, 2001)
# "Last Breath" (Pocket, 2004)
# "Throat Culture" (Pocket, 2005)

As A. J. Matthews

Books published under the pseudonym A. J. Matthews:
* "The White Room" (Berkeley Books, 2001)
* "Looking Glass" (Berkley/Putnam, 2003)
* "Follow" (Berkley/Putnam, 2005)
* "Unbroken" (Berkley/Putnam, 2007)

creenplays

* "Lovecraft's Pillow" (2006) - based on a suggestion by Stephen King
* "Dead@17" (2007) - based on Josh Howard's graphic novel series
* "Peekers" (2008) - based on the short story by Kealan Patrick Burke

Collections

* "Bedbugs" (Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999) ISBN 1-881475-79-4 - Short story collection illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne
* "Four Octobers" (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2006) ISBN 1-58767-162-X - Novella collection that includes: "Tin Can Telephone", "Miss Henry's Bottles", "Blood Ledge", and "Cold River"
* "Occasional Demons" (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2008) ISBN 1-58767-162-X 1-58767-095-X - Short story collection that includes some of his "Little Brothers" related stories

Anthology appearances

* "999", edited by Al Sarrantonio (Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999) ISBN 1-881475-97-2 - Contains the short story "Knocking"
* "Night Visions 9" (Dark Harvest, 1991) ISBN 0-440-21114-X - Includes the short stories "The Birch Whistle," "Chrysalis," and "Deal with the Devils"
* "Evermore", edited by James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey (Arkham House, 2006) ISBN 0-87054-185-4 - Contains the short story "They Call Me Eddie", co-authored with Thomas F. Monteleone
* "", edited by Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000) ISBN 1-57670-11-9 - Contains the essay "My Favorite Halloween Memory"

Links and references

* [http://www.rickhautala.com/ Rick Hautala official site]
* [http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/CTGY/HAUTALA Biography on Cemetery Dance website]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/rick-hautala/ Bibliography on FantasticFiction.co.uk]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2435304/ Rick Hautala on the Internet Movie Database]