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Kim Paffenroth

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born

Syosset, NY, The United States

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http://gotld.blogspot.com

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Horror, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Melville, Flannery O'Connor, Dostoevsky, Poe, Hawthorne

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February 2008

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I am a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. I grew up in New York, Virginia, and New Mexico. I attended St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1988), Harvard Divinity School (MTS, 1990), and the University of Notre Dame (PhD, 1995). I live in upstate New York with my wife and two wonderful kids. In the horror genre, I have written Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth (Baylor, 2006) - WINNER, 2006 Bram Stoker Award; Dying to Live: A Novel of Life among the Undead (Permuted Press, 2007); Orpheus and the Pearl(Magus Press, 2008); and Dying to Live: Life Sentence(Permuted Press, 2008).

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	Dying to Live (Dying to Live, #1) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History Is Dead: A Zombie Anthology by Kim Paffenroth (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Dunwoody (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Leila Eadie (Contributor) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dying to Live: Life Sentence (Dying to Live, #2) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World Is Dead by Kim Paffenroth (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Onspaugh (Goodreads Author) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dying to Live: Last Rites 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Valley of the Dead: The Truth Behind Dante's Inferno 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orpheus and the Pearl 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thin Them Out 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judas: Images Of The Lost Disciple 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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