Tom Piccirilli - Horror Suspense Author
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GeneralFilm noir, Asian horror movies, cult classics of the grade-B to Z variety, reading horror and mystery novels, especially Gold Medal classics.
MoviesSome faves: Seven Beauties, Sunset Boulevard, The Wild Bunch, The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, The Killing, Versus, A Tale of Two Sisters, Ringu, Old Boy, Serenity, Asphalt Jungle, Laura, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Session 9, The Haunting (original, of course), The Exorcist, Kill Bill, Brick, The Host, Shaw Bros. martial arts films, Hideo Nakata, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike, Rhyuhei Kitamura, Beat Takeshi Kitano, Stephen Chow, Zhang Yimou, Lina Wertmuller, Robert Wise, Chang Chen, John Carpenter, Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Patrick Lussier, Guillermo del Toro, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Shane Black.
TelevisionDexter, Arrested Development, The (original) Office, The Sopranos, Deadwood, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and sweet baby Jesus in the manger save me, Project Runway.
BooksThe works of: David Goodis, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross MacDonald, Peter Rabe, Gil Brewer, Cornell Woolrich, Charles Williams, Jim Thompson, Fredric Brown, Harry Whittington, James Ellroy, Edward Bunker, Derek Raymond, Harry Crews, Charles Bukwoski, Jack Cady, Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Palahniuk, Charles Willeford, Donald Barthelme, Richard Brautigan, T.M. Wright, Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini, Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum, Dean Koontz, Norman Partridge, Richard Matheson, Joe Lansdale, David Morrell, Brian Keene, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Roger Zelazny, Alfred Bester, Spider Robinson, Robert Reed, Robert E. Howard, Tanith Lee, Karl Edward Wagner, Stanislaw Lem, Michael Bishop, Gary Braunbeck, Thomas Tessier, Edward Lee, Michael McDowell, Chester Himes, Day Keene, Bruno Fischer, Donald Westlake, Richard Stark, Ken Bruen, Duane Swierczynski, Allan Guthrie, Ray Banks, Peter Abrahams, Robert B. Parker, Walter Mosley, Graham Masterton, Joe Hill, Lee Child, Shirley Jackson, E.A. Poe.
HeroesRod Serling, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack Cady, Harry Crews, Kurt Vonnegut, PKD, and everyone who's managed to walk into the fire and make it through with their soul intact.

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Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign:Gemini
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Education:College graduate
Occupation:Novelist

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About me:
I'm the author of seventeen novels including THE MIDNIGHT ROAD, HELLBOY: EMERALD HELL, THE DEAD LETTERS, HEADSTONE CITY, A CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN, and NOVEMBER MOURNS. Check out my website and join my newsletter at Epitaphs: The Tom Piccirilli Website



"Suspense keeps dogged pace with the dark, churning emotions...Piccirilli does a scarily precise job delving into the mind of a man so overcome with grief that his irrational actions begin to mirror those of the killer he pursues...his story keeps the pages turning through to the chilling, poignant end."--Publishers Weekly on THE DEAD LETTERS

"[HEADSTONE CITY is] a beautiful and perversely funny sort of crime novel: a hard-boiled hallucination.... [Piccirilli has] the authentic surrealist's gift of blind trust in his imagination, and that enables him to throw off striking metaphors like sparks from a speeding train. There's a manic insouciance in his prose, along with a persistent, unaccountable melancholy. HEADSTONE CITY gives you the distinctive shiver good horror writing—all good writing—provides: the certainty that the writer's own ghosts are in it."–The New York Times Book Review

"[A CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN is] A wonderfully wacked, disorienting, fully creepy book."--bestselling author Dean Koontz

"Tom Piccirilli is a powerful, hard-hitting, fiercely original writer of suspense. I highly recommend him."—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Creepers

"Piccirilli has hit full stride with THE DEAD LETTERS, reaching the ranks of the best writers in suspense and terror. Piccirilli has arrived and can stand on even ground with the Samsons of the genre, and if this David is as strong as I perceive, he just may put out Stephen King's lights or Dean Koontz's eye."--Robert W. Walker, author of CITY FOR RANSOM and ABSOLUTE INSTINCT

"Relentless, mesmerizing, and just damned fine. THE DEAD LETTERS is the best suspense novel I've read all year, period." -- Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-Winning Author of A STOLEN SEASON

"Tom Piccirilli's voice is dark, disturbing, and truly original. THE DEAD LETTERS is a riveting story of madness, remorse, and salvation served with a bizarre and brilliant twist."–Jonathan Santlofer, bestselling author of THE DEATH ARTIST and THE KILLING ART

"Tom's first true suspense novel THE DEAD LETTERS is every bit as good as his masterpiece HEADSTONE CITY. And why is it so good? Because while the set up is familiar--man goes in search of the serial killer who murdered his daughter--Tom then proceeds to stand on its head every single serial killer trope I've ever read. And turns this into a very serious Jim Thompsoneque look at the possibility of evil redeeming itself. There are so many original, explosive moments in this book it begs to be filmed. But it works first and foremost as a brilliant, brooding, and sometimes wry novel about the dark condition of the human soul. This is one you can't afford to miss."--Ed Gorman, author of the Sam McCain mystery series ..
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Jul 19 2008 8:42 AM

Thanks for the add, hope this finds you well.

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Vanessa Morgan





Jul 17 2008 1:33 PM

Thanks for adding me, Tom.
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Jul 14 2008 7:06 PM

hey tom
its thomas i didn't know if this was actually you or just a fan site so if it it is you'll know who i am and can't wait to get a copy of your new book i very much enjoyed the midnight road keep up the great work
Michael Laimo - Horror Author





Jul 14 2008 8:59 AM

Hey Tom--congrats on the ITW award! Much deserved!
Aaron \m/





Jul 14 2008 8:51 AM

hey congrats on the award.
just picked up the cold spot i look forward to reading it
Comeback Johnny





Jul 13 2008 9:30 PM

I enjoyed reading "The Midnight Road". Congratulations on getting the award.
Jason Pinter





Jul 13 2008 3:48 PM

Congrats on the award!
cathi k.





Jul 13 2008 3:06 PM

Dear Tom, major congratulations on the Award! You certainly deserve it.
Please keep on doing what you do so very well!
Keith





Jul 11 2008 11:48 PM

Mr. Piccirilli,

You always seem to be online around the same time I am (I'm usually a little too busy during the day to jump on.) I have another question if it's not too much bother? Why did you make the decision to make the jump to crime fiction after so many years working in the horror/suspense genre? Was it to avoid a creative slump? was it a money thing? Once again, I'm not complaining about the switch, I was just curious. By the way, I started reading November Mourns tonight. I'm only 50 pages in, but it's pretty good so far.
Once again, thanks for your valuable time.
Keith





Jul 10 2008 10:49 PM

Mr. Piccirilli,

I loved the fever kill and the cold spot, but I'm also a huge fan of your horror novels, is there any chance of you going back to the genre? (Not that I mind you tackling Noir, I read the Cold Spot in one sitting.
)
Mehitobel Wilson





Jul 10 2008 11:11 AM

Well, because your books are front and center, I must have completely covered them up!
Halloween Comics





Jul 9 2008 4:42 PM

Thanks for being a friend, we appreciate the support!

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Jul 9 2008 12:59 PM

Thanks for accepting!
Sharon





Jul 4 2008 2:19 PM

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Best,
Sharon
Tasmaniac





Jul 3 2008 10:42 PM

Anyone reading this comment should stop immediately and go buy a copy of THE COLD SPOT and read that instead!
Many thanks Pic from a guy who is busting to read the next 'COLD' novel.

Steve.
Infernal Dreams





Jun 30 2008 8:57 PM

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Jessica Lynne





Jun 27 2008 6:58 AM

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Have a fun weekend!
~Jess
Sharon





Jun 25 2008 4:34 PM

Thank you for the add. You're a great writer...

Best,
Sharon
Ray Wallace





Jun 25 2008 6:32 AM

I'm a big fan, Tom.
Thanks for the add!
Novello Publishers





Jun 21 2008 8:35 PM

TOM! Don't you know these GHOSTBITCHES? PLEASE call her off!
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Jun 20 2008 6:53 AM

I really love your books !!!
They always make me
Reflect on the worlds
We all hide inside
Don't stop writing,, please !!!
Yem Senha





Jun 19 2008 3:16 PM

hey
thanks for the add
really cool
i know your work
a choir of ill children
un choeur d'enfants maudits in french
very good text
i loved this book...
thanks for finding me ...
peace from toulouse !!
yem
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Jun 15 2008 6:26 PM

Thank you for the add, I'm honored!!!


Make it a great week.

: )


D.G.
Elizabeth
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Jun 12 2008 12:30 PM

Have a nice day!!!


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Jun 12 2008 10:30 AM

Hope all is well. Do me a favor, read "My Daily Blog," and let me know what you think.

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Jun 7 2008 9:28 PM

Thanks for adding Kiuma. com!

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Jun 7 2008 1:57 AM

Thanks for the add, Tom, and for visiting my page!



Congratulations on your many successes and may you never have a day of writer's block! :)