Grady Hendrix is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorst r, My Best Friend's Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group. Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell and These Fists Break Bricks- How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.
One of SFFWorld's Best of the Decade
“Pure, demented delight.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Paperbacks from Hell is as funny as it is engaging.”—The
Washington Post
“The book is a true appreciation of the genre.”—Los Angeles
Times
“Just thumbing through these pages will bring back your youth—and
terrify you all over again.”—Newsday
“A loving examination of lurid pulp book covers from the 1970s and
’80s.”—Atlas Obscura
“Paperbacks from Hell is as wild as its source material.”—The
A.V. Club
“[Paperbacks from Hell] will delight anyone with an interest
in horror, design illustration, or the macabre.”—Print
Magazine
“A nostalgic treat.”—Playboy Online
“You may find yourself trying to stock up on old titles so you can
get your fill of gloriously trashy scares.”—Bustle
“[Hendrix's] love of the genre shines through as he pokes gentle
fun at some of the era's more entertaining reads, and speaks with
genuine appreciation of other titles whose horrors stand the test
of time.”—BookRiot
More praise for Grady Hendrix:
“National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a
haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a
nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend’s Exorcism.”—The Wall
Street Journal, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism
“Horrorstör delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a
nice balance between comedy and horror.”—The Washington Post, on
Horrorstör
“Terrific... Sharply written... [My Best Friend’s Exorcism] makes a
convincing case for [Hendrix’s] powers as a sharp observer of human
behavior.”—The A.V. Club, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism
“Hendrix’s darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an
encore.”—Booklist, starred review, on We Sold Our Souls
“Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying.”—Minnesota Public Radio, on My Best
Friend’s Exorcism
“An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale.”—Bustle, on
Horrorstör
“Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving.”—Fangoria,
on My Best Friend’s Exorcism
“A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller.”—CNET, on We Sold Our Souls
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