Richard Laymon was born in Chicago and grew up in California. He has an MA in English Literature from Loyola University, Los Angeles. He has worked as a schoolteacher, a librarian and a mystery magazine editor.
Awards: Stoker (2000) see all
Genres: Horror, Young Adult Fiction
Series
Beast House Chronicles
1. The Cellar (1980)
2. The Beast House (1987)
3. The Midnight Tour (1998)
4. Friday Night in the Beast House (2001)
1. The Cellar (1980)
2. The Beast House (1987)
3. The Midnight Tour (1998)
4. Friday Night in the Beast House (2001)
Richard Laymon Collections
1. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 1 (omnibus) (2006)
2. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 2 (omnibus) (2006)
3. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 3 (omnibus) (2006)
4. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 4 (omnibus) (2006)
5. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 5 (omnibus) (2006)
6. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 6 (omnibus) (2006)
7. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 7 (omnibus) (2006)
8. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 8 (omnibus) (2006)
9. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 9 (omnibus) (2006)
10. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 10 (omnibus) (2006)
11. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 11x (omnibus) (2007)
12. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 12 (omnibus) (2007)
13. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 13 (omnibus) (2007)
14. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 14 (omnibus) (2007)
15. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 15 (omnibus) (2007)
16. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 16 (omnibus) (2007)
17. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 17 (omnibus) (2007)
The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 18 (omnibus) (2008)
1. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 1 (omnibus) (2006)
2. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 2 (omnibus) (2006)
3. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 3 (omnibus) (2006)
4. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 4 (omnibus) (2006)
5. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 5 (omnibus) (2006)
6. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 6 (omnibus) (2006)
7. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 7 (omnibus) (2006)
8. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 8 (omnibus) (2006)
9. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 9 (omnibus) (2006)
10. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 10 (omnibus) (2006)
11. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 11x (omnibus) (2007)
12. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 12 (omnibus) (2007)
13. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 13 (omnibus) (2007)
14. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 14 (omnibus) (2007)
15. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 15 (omnibus) (2007)
16. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 16 (omnibus) (2007)
17. The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 17 (omnibus) (2007)
The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 18 (omnibus) (2008)
Novels
Your Secret Admirer (1980) (as by Carl Laymon)
The Woods Are Dark (1981)
Nightmare Lake (1983) (as by Carl Laymon)
Night Show (1984)
Dawson's City (1984)
Shootout At Joe's (1984)
The Intruder (1984)
Cardiac Arrest (1985)
The Cobra (1985)
Last Hand (1985)
Marathon (1985)
Night Games (1985)
Night Ride (1985)
The Caller (1985)
Live Bait (1985)
Lonely One (1985)
All Hallow's Eve (1986)
The Night Creature (1986)
Beginner's Luck (1986)
Dark Mountain (1987) (as by Richard Kelly)
aka Tread Softly
Halloween Hunt (1987)
Return (1987)
Thin Air (1987)
Beware (1987)
Flesh (1987)
Midnight's Lair (1988) (as by Richard Kelly)
Resurrection Dreams (1988)
Funland (1989)
The Stake (1990)
Island (1991)
One Rainy Night (1991)
Darkness, Tell Us (1991)
Blood Games (1992)
Alarums (1992)
Savage (1993)
Endless Night (1993)
In the Dark (1994)
The Quake (1995)
Body Rides (1996)
Bite (1996)
After Midnight (1997)
The Wilds (1998)
Among the Missing (1999)
Cuts (1999)
Come Out Tonight (1999)
The Traveling Vampire Show (2000)
Once Upon A Halloween (2000)
Night in the Lonesome October (2001)
The Halloween Mouse (2001)
No Sanctuary (2001)
Amara (2003)
aka To Wake The Dead
Meeting at Joe's (2003)
The Lake (2004)
Into the Fire (2005)
aka The Glory Bus
The Woods Are Dark (1981)
Nightmare Lake (1983) (as by Carl Laymon)
Night Show (1984)
Dawson's City (1984)
Shootout At Joe's (1984)
The Intruder (1984)
Cardiac Arrest (1985)
The Cobra (1985)
Last Hand (1985)
Marathon (1985)
Night Games (1985)
Night Ride (1985)
The Caller (1985)
Live Bait (1985)
Lonely One (1985)
All Hallow's Eve (1986)
The Night Creature (1986)
Beginner's Luck (1986)
Dark Mountain (1987) (as by Richard Kelly)
aka Tread Softly
Halloween Hunt (1987)
Return (1987)
Thin Air (1987)
Beware (1987)
Flesh (1987)
Midnight's Lair (1988) (as by Richard Kelly)
Resurrection Dreams (1988)
Funland (1989)
The Stake (1990)
Island (1991)
One Rainy Night (1991)
Darkness, Tell Us (1991)
Blood Games (1992)
Alarums (1992)
Savage (1993)
Endless Night (1993)
In the Dark (1994)
The Quake (1995)
Body Rides (1996)
Bite (1996)
After Midnight (1997)
The Wilds (1998)
Among the Missing (1999)
Cuts (1999)
Come Out Tonight (1999)
The Traveling Vampire Show (2000)
Once Upon A Halloween (2000)
Night in the Lonesome October (2001)
The Halloween Mouse (2001)
No Sanctuary (2001)
Amara (2003)
aka To Wake The Dead
Meeting at Joe's (2003)
The Lake (2004)
Into the Fire (2005)
aka The Glory Bus
Collections
Out Are the Lights (1982)
A Good, Secret Place (1994)
Ten Tales (1994) (with Neal Barrett Jr and Wendy Hornsby)
Fiends (1997)
A Writer's Tale (1998)
Dreadful Tales (2000)
Madman Stan and Other Stories (2004)
Triage (2008) (with Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee)
A Good, Secret Place (1994)
Ten Tales (1994) (with Neal Barrett Jr and Wendy Hornsby)
Fiends (1997)
A Writer's Tale (1998)
Dreadful Tales (2000)
Madman Stan and Other Stories (2004)
Triage (2008) (with Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Books containing stories by Richard Laymon
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Richard Laymon recommends
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