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Michael Bray

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Born

in Leeds, The United Kingdom

July 10, 1978

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Horror, Thriller, Suspense

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July 2012

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Michael Bray is a bestselling author/screenwriter of more than twelve novels and numerous short stories. Influenced from an early age by the suspense horror of authors such as Stephen King, Richard Laymon, Shaun Hutson, James Herbert & Brian Lumley, along with TV shows like Tales from the Crypt & The Twilight Zone, his work touches on the psychological side of horror, teasing the reader’s nerves and willing them to keep turning the pages. Several of his titles have been translated into multiple languages including a major bookstore distribution deal in Japan and his biggest selling title, Whisper, has, on numerous occasions topped the overall horror charts for Amazon titles in both the UK and US with thousands of copies sold.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 7,555 ratings · 1,183 reviews · 148 distinct works • Similar authors

	Whisper 3.70 avg rating — 891 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Echoes (Whisper Trilogy #2) 4.22 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	From the Deep 3.78 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Funhouse 4.13 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Feed 3.61 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Voices (Whisper Trilogy #3) 4.37 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Island 3.71 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	I Was Jack The Ripper 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Meat 3.99 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Box of Terror (4 book horror box set) 4.06 avg rating — 108 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Back after a long break!

Up until around 2017, i had been quite consistent in putting out books. Novels, shorts, individual stories etc. I should have known it was all going too well, as i started to feel a bit of burn out and have a few mental heath issues.

Figuring i’d just take a few weeks off, then get back to it, i downed tools and did some work on getting myself well. I had no idea it would take until july of 2025 t Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Michael Bray

Whisper (3 books)
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3.87 avg rating — 1,263 ratings

From the Deep (3 books)
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3.88 avg rating — 440 ratings

Project Apex (2 books)
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4.22 avg rating — 108 ratings

Hope House Chronicles (2 books)
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4.26 avg rating — 73 ratings

Monster Hunter (2 books)
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4.19 avg rating — 47 ratings

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“He hadn’t been to church since he was a boy, but as he looked down the void of the gun barrel, he prayed anyway, mumbling to a god who he had long ago stopped believing in for the pursuit of science.”
― Michael Bray, From the Deep

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“Jones was Michael Jones, and he owned a reasonably successful construction company along with his brother Francis and their business partner”
― Michael Bray, Whisper

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― Michael Bray, Dark Corners

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