Joe Lansdale
Joe R. Lansdale is a Texas writer who works across crime fiction, horror, weird westerns, and pulp adventure with riotous energy and dark humor. His Hap Collins and Leonard Pine series is a beloved bromance set in Deep East Texas. He has also written numerous horror novels and edited influential anthologies of weird fiction. He received multiple Bram Stoker and Edgar Awards.
Works
- Bubba Ho-TepHorror novella reimagining Elvis as a mummy in a nursing home
- The Drive-InHorror set at a mysterious drive-in movie theater that feeds on violence
- Cold in JulyNoir crime thriller about revenge, murder, and moral ambiguity in Texas
- The NightrunnersCrime thriller exploring obsession and violence in the American South
- Dead in the WestWestern noir about a gunslinger facing the undead in supernatural desert
- Savage SeasonCrime novel about two con artists and a beautiful woman in the South
- The BottomsLiterary crime novel set in Depression-era Texas with murder and mystery
- Sunset and SawdustLiterary thriller set during Texas hurricane season with crime and passion
- Edge of Dark WaterComing-of-age thriller involving teenage friends, murder, and rural secrets