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James A. Willis

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http://www.goodreads.com/James_A_Willis

born

August 16, 1967 in The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.strangeandspookyworld.wordpress.com

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jamesawillis

influences

H.P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, Freddie Mercury, Adam West, The Little...more

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April 2007

About this author

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Not since the Headless Horseman went charging through Sleepy Hollow has something come out of the Hudson highlands of upstate New York as thrilling and chilling as author and paranormal researcher James A. Willis. Fueled by a steady diet of boo berry cereal, Creepy Magazine and light night with Vincent Price, Willis soon developed a taste for the unexplained and quickly began seeking out all things strange and spooky.

When he wasn’t trying to coax the boogeyman out from under his bed for a photo shoot, Willis pondered such eternal questions as what happens to us when we die is there life on other planets, and what possesses someone to decorate their house with 1,001 milk jugs?

In 1999, after spending more than 15 years chasing after ghosts an...more Not since the Headless Horseman went charging through Sleepy Hollow has something come out of the Hudson highlands of upstate New York as thrilling and chilling as author and paranormal researcher James A. Willis. Fueled by a steady diet of boo berry cereal, Creepy Magazine and light night with Vincent Price, Willis soon developed a taste for the unexplained and quickly began seeking out all things strange and spooky.

When he wasn’t trying to coax the boogeyman out from under his bed for a photo shoot, Willis pondered such eternal questions as what happens to us when we die is there life on other planets, and what possesses someone to decorate their house with 1,001 milk jugs?

In 1999, after spending more than 15 years chasing after ghosts and visiting crybaby bridges, Willis moved to Ohio and founded The Ghosts of Ohio (ghostsofohio.org), a nationally recognized paranormal research organization. Willis has grown the organization to well over 35 members in three divisions throughout the state: Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.

In 2004, in what seemed to be destiny, Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman, the brainchild’s of the Weird US series of books, approached Willis and asked him to contribute to their latest volume, Weird US. To date, Willis has been involved with 6 books in the Weird US series. He is the co-author of Weird Ohio (2005) and Weird Indiana (2008) and was also a contributing author to Weird US (2004), Weird Hauntings (2006), Weird US II: The ODDyssey Continues (2008), and Weird Encounters (2010). Willis’ unique and offbeat writing style was officially recognized in 2006 with his induction into the Grand Order of Weird Writers.

In addition, Willis has been a contributing author to several books in the Armchair Reader series, beginning with Weird, Scary & Unusual (2008) and continuing with several books released in 2010: Armchair Reader Goes Hollywood, Armchair Reader’s All about Ohio, and The Mammoth Armchair Reader. 2011 marked the release of Willis' latest collaboration with Armchair Reader, Haunted America.

A sought-after public speaker, Willis has given presentations throughout the United States, during which he has educated and entertained tens of thousands of people of all ages in crowd sizes ranging from 10 to well over 600. He has also been featured in more than 50 media sources, including CNN, USA Today, Columbus Business First, Midwest Living, The Canadian Press, and even the Kuwait Times. He is also currently a contributing author to Mysteries Magazine.

Willis currently resides in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and daughter, a Queen-loving parrot, and three narcoleptic cats. (less)

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Average rating: 3.76 · 125 ratings · 22 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Weird Ohio by James A. Willis (Goodreads Author), Loren L. Coleman, Loren Coleman 3.77 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Haunted Indiana 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Weird Indiana: Your Travel Guide to Indiana's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets by Mark Marimen, Troy Taylor, James A. Willis (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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40 Years of Queen

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James Willis gave to: Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen read in February, 2012	My rating:
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James Willis gave to: Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Queen by Mark Blake read in February, 2012	My rating:
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James Willis gave to: L.A. Exposed: Strange Myths and Curious Legends in the City of Angels by Paul Young read in February, 2012	My rating:
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James Willis gave to: Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy Hagar read in January, 2012	My rating:
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James Willis gave to: Queen Unseen: My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century by Peter Hince read in January, 2012	My rating:
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James Willis gave to: Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century by Richard Roeper	My rating:
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James Willis gave to: The Big Book of Weirdos by Carl A. Posey	My rating:
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James Willis marked as to-read: The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbe	My rating:
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James Willis gave to: Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Douglas Keister	My rating:
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James Willis marked as to-read: Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes by Emily Craig	My rating:
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