Robert R. McCammon

• Name — Robert R. McCammon • Birth Name — Robert Rick McCammon • Born — 17 July 1952 • Occupation — Novelist • Education — University of Alabama (BA) • Genre — Historical mystery • Awards — Bram Stoker Award (1987) • Spouse — Sally Sanders (m. 1981, div. 2011) • Children — 1 • Parents — Jack McCammon Barbara Bundy McCammon • Website — https: www.robertmccammon.com

His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. After his parents' divorce, McCammon lived with his grandparents in Birmingham. He received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974. McCammon lives in Birmingham. He has a daughter, Skye, with his former wife, Sally Sanders.

McCammon has published multiple award-winning books, including Mine in 1990 and Boy's Life in 1991. After the release of Gone South, McCammon chose to leave his publisher. After clashing with an editor at a new publisher over the direction for his historical fiction novel Speaks the Nightbird, he retired from writing. After a long hiatus which resulted from the reorganization of the publishing industry and McCammon's personal depression and soul searching, he returned to the publishing world with Speaks the Nightbird, the first book in the Matthew Corbett series. Publishers Weekly called it a "compulsively readable yarn," and said, "McCammon's loyal fans will find his resurfacing reason to rejoice." Since 2002, seventeen new books have been published, including the ten books in the Matthew Corbett series. In 1985, McCammon's story "Nightcrawlers" was adapted into an episode of The Twilight Zone. After years out-of-print, Baal, Bethany's Sin, The Night Boat, and They Thirst were re-released by Subterranean Press as limited edition novels. In a 2013 interview, McCammon acknowledged that some readers would like to have a complete collection of his work, and said "reading back over those books I find they’re not as poorly written as I recall them to be."

• Under the Fang (1991) (Anthology)

• Speaks the Nightbird (2002) – Later published as two paperback volumes, Judgement of the Witch and Evil Unveiled • The Queen of Bedlam (2007) • Mister Slaughter (2010) • The Providence Rider (2012) • The River of Souls (2014) • Freedom of the Mask (May 2016) • Cardinal Black (April 2019) • The King of Shadows (December 2022) • Seven Shades of Evil (November 2023) (Collection) • Leviathan (December 2024)

• I Travel by Night (2013) (Novella) • I Travel by Night 2: Last Train from Perdition (Fall 2016)

• Best Friends (1987) • A Life in the Day of (1987) • The Deep End (1987) • The Thang (1989) • Haunted World (1989) • Eat Me (1989) • Black Boots (1989) • Lizardman (1989) • Beauty (1990) • The Judge (1991) • Miracle Mile (1991) • Death Comes for the Rich Man (2012) • Blood is Thicker Than Hollywood (2020) • The Queen of Cruelty (2020)