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Ronald Malfi is the bestselling, award-winning author of many novels and novellas in the horror, mystery, and thriller genres. In 2011, his novel, Floating Staircase, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for best novel by the Horror Writers Association, and also won a gold IPPY award. His most recent novel, Come with Me (2021), about a man who learns a dark secret about his wife after she's killed, has received stellar reviews, including a starred review from BookPage, and Publishers Weekly has said, "Malfi impresses in this taut, supernaturally tinged mystery... and sticks the landing with a powerful denouement. There’s plenty here to enjoy."

His most recent novels, Come with Me (2021) and Black Mouth (2022), tackle themes of grief and lo
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Ronald Malfi My agent is currently in the process of working out an arrangement to have some of my earlier books back in print. No definitive date on this yet, but…moreMy agent is currently in the process of working out an arrangement to have some of my earlier books back in print. No definitive date on this yet, but I'm hoping to have a bunch of those older titles back in print within the year. (less)
Ronald Malfi As a fan of both King and McCammon, I'm humbled by your comparison. Generally, I write about 3,000 words a day, although I often skip some days then m…moreAs a fan of both King and McCammon, I'm humbled by your comparison. Generally, I write about 3,000 words a day, although I often skip some days then make up for it during a marathon writing session. I'm hoping to complete about twenty pages today, for example.

As for Bone White, it took me about a year to write, from first draft to final, which is an unusually long time for me. I tend to edit as I write, so there are never any true first drafts that exist that look much different than the final version. The biggest difference with Bone White was the ending of the book--I rewrote the ending several times before I felt I had gotten it right. It was a balancing act, making sure I wasn't going too far in one direction or not enough in the other.(less)
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Come with Me

4.01 avg rating — 7,431 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions
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3.89 avg rating — 4,365 ratings — published 2017 — 23 editions
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Little Girls

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Floating Staircase

3.75 avg rating — 2,996 ratings — published 2010 — 20 editions
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Black Mouth

4.03 avg rating — 2,569 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions
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The Night Parade

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Snow

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December Park

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The Narrows

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Ghostwritten

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GHOSTWRITTEN to poison your brains...

I'm trying to poison as many minds as I can with this quartet of horror, so the price is currently just $1.99. There are many Easter eggs in this book that reference my other works. First person to identify the Easter egg that references my novel Snow (shoot me a DM), I'll ship you out a free signed book:

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“I’m so sick of political correctness. I’m suffocated by it. We’re so goddamn politically correct that we lose our individualism, our definition as human beings. Don’t you agree?”
Ronald Malfi, Snow

“It has been said that nature does not know extinction. In effect, it knows only change: nothing ever truly disappears, for there is always something—some part, some particle, some formidable semblance—left behind. You can boil water into vapor, but it hasn’t disappeared. Curiosity killed the cat, but condensation brought it back.”
Ronald Malfi, Floating Staircase

“You can run away, but darkness has quick feet and large wings, and it will follow you...”
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