About the Author

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) was The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Now You See It..., and What Dreams May Come, among many others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels Matheson wrote screenplays for movies and TV, including several Twilight Zone episodes.

Reviews

"Hell House is the scariest haunted house novel ever written. It looms over the rest the way the mountains loom over the foothills." --Stephen King "Hell House is one of the absolute best contemporary horror novels, and has been one of my own favorites since I first read it." --Peter Straub "I thoroughly enjoyed Hell House. The class, flair and style of Matheson shine through every page, and it's unquestionably the best of anything that he's done to date." --Rod Serling "One of those who have moved imaginative fiction from the sidelines into the literary mainstream." --Ray Bradbury "Perhaps no author is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions." --The New York Times "Richard Matheson is one of the giants of genre writing." --Publishers Weekly