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Originally from Coffeyville, Kansas, Scott Thomas attended the University of Kansas where he earned degrees in English and Film. He is the Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Disney Channel’s Best Friends Whenever and Disney XD’s Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. Thomas has written TV movies and teleplays for various networks including MTV, VH1, the CW, CMT, Nickelodeon and ABC Family. Recently, he co-wrote the MTV horror trilogy My Super Psycho Sweet 16 and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his work on R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour. He lives in Sherman Oaks, California, with his wife and two daughters. Kill Creek is his first novel.
The American Library Association's Horror Book of 2017
Shortlisted for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement
in a First Novel
"Intensely realized and beautifully orchestrated Gothic horror."
—Joyce Carol Oates
"A meditation on horror itself. Why we read it, why we enjoy it...
Stephen King-esque storytelling." —The A.V. Club
"Not since I read The Shining in eighth grade has a book scared the
crap out of me as much as Kill Creek. The combo of a great premise
and an exquisite ability to conjure dread and terror make Scott
Thomas’ debut the perfect Halloween treat." —Andy Lewis, The
Hollywood Reporter
"The horror debut of 2017." —B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
"A menacing and cinematic story that evolves into a bloody,
action-driven terrorfest. It is also a thought-provoking and
enjoyable look at the genre itself... A match for readers who
enjoyed Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House." —Booklist
(starred review)
"Kill Creek is a book from a horror fan to horror fans—creepy,
atmospheric, and messed up in all the best ways...a must-read for
anyone who likes it when their fiction goes to dark places." —Sam
Reader, Barnes & Noble
"A group of best-selling horror writers team up for a publicity
stunt at an infamous abandoned haunted house in the Kansas
countryside, and guess what happens? Shit gets real!!! They end up
awakening an entity that comes after them. That is creepy and crazy
and it has a vibe like, hey guys, you kind of had it coming. Oh,
and it all goes down ON Halloween night. Yeah, this is an obvious
All Hallows Read selection." —Geeks of Doom
"Scott Thomas splendidly creates a fascinating co-dependency
between the spooky edifice and the folk that perpetuate (and
amplify) its morbid history. Thomas does a fine job with his
characters, and the atmosphere is chock full of delightfully
unsettling images. Horror aficionados will welcome it with open
arms." —Scream Magazine
"Suspenseful, foreboding and macabre, Kill Creek is high-grade
horror, successfully bringing together old world classics like The
Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, elements of the highly
stylised Japanese scare movies like The Ring, and a bit of
Amityville Horror to give readers original twists and deathly
scares." —Fantasy Faction
"There'll be no admonitions to read this one with the lights on or
alone at night. That’s a given. Alone or with friends, lights
blazing, or a single reading lamp casting shadows over the page, it
won't matter. The result will be the same: shivers for many nights
afterward. Kill Creek is the perfect novel to read on Halloween."
—New York Journal of Books
"Kill Creek is a slow-burn, skin-crawling haunted house novel with
a terrifying premise and a shockingly brutal gut-punch of a
conclusion. This debut establishes Scott Thomas as a force to be
reckoned with on the horror scene. His remarkable ability to build
tension and suspense had me on the edge of my seat until the last
page." —Shane D. Keene, HorrorTalk
"Kill Creek delivers the cinematic scares of The Conjuring without
losing a literary feel. This is the kind of book that reminds you
binge-reading came way before binge-watching." —Kailey Marsh, The
Bloodlist
"Gives us just the right kinds of Halloween-spirit thrills while
throwing in some new twists, and great characters." —Horrible
Imaginings Podcast
"Anyone who is a reader of this site knows how partial we are to a
good old-fashioned ghost story. Kill Creek fits the bill to the
tee." —HorrorFatale
"Kill Creek delivers 400 pages of pulse-pounding terror. Our
readers and the publishing world alike drew fast comparisons to
classics in the genre such The Shining and The Haunting of Hill
House,, all the while commenting on how the story cleverly
delivered an inventive, original, and wholly atmospheric tale even
the most seasoned reader would lose themselves in." —Tracking
Board
"I thought there were no more good haunted house stories to tell
until I read Kill Creek. Scott Thomas uses a foundation of the
expected tropes to build a story with not just a classic horror
ambiance but also a unique architecture of tension." —J-F. Dubeau,
author of A God in the Shed
"The story's unique blend of literary horror and psychological
thriller made it an addictive read, keeping me reading into the
night, its creep factor levels notwithstanding. Kill Creek is for
sure one of the better haunted house stories I have read in a
while." —Bibliosanctum
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