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John Saul


Born
in Pasadena, California , The United States
February 25, 1942

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Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thrillers


John Saul is an American author best known for his bestselling suspense and horror novels, many of which have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. Born in Pasadena and raised in Whittier, California, Saul attended several universities without earning a degree. He spent years honing his craft, writing under pen names before finding mainstream success. His breakout novel, Suffer the Children (1977), launched a prolific career, with over 60 million copies of his books in print. Saul’s work includes Cry for the Strangers, later adapted into a TV movie, and The Blackstone Chronicles series. He is also a playwright, with one-act plays produced in Los Angeles and Seattle. In 2023, he received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievem ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 230,751 ratings · 7,958 reviews · 154 distinct works • Similar authors
Suffer the Children
3.92 avg rating — 31,741 ratings — published 1977 — 21 editions
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Darkness
3.95 avg rating — 21,597 ratings — published 1991
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Shadows
3.94 avg rating — 12,549 ratings — published 1992 — 28 editions
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Creature
3.86 avg rating — 11,731 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
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The God Project
3.93 avg rating — 11,467 ratings — published 1982 — 41 editions
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Second Child
3.93 avg rating — 8,273 ratings — published 1990 — 14 editions
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Comes the Blind Fury
3.98 avg rating — 7,683 ratings — published 1980 — 34 editions
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Brain Child
3.85 avg rating — 6,935 ratings — published 1985 — 24 editions
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The Manhattan Hunt Club
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,162 ratings — published 2001 — 29 editions
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Nathaniel
3.85 avg rating — 6,280 ratings — published 1984 — 33 editions
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Series by John Saul

An Eye for an Eye: The Doll Twist of Fate: The Locket Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon'... In the Shadow of Evil: The ... Day of Reckoning: The Stere... Asylum
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“The country would be far better if the population were half as interested in keeping their minds in as good condition as they tried to keep their bodies.”
― John Saul
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“If you open your house to strangers, who knows who might come in. And what they might be after. Or whom.”
― John Saul, Perfect Nightmare
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“Time is always relative.... For the terminally ill, six months are a lifetime, and not a very long one. To a three-year-old waiting for Christmas, it's an eternity so distant it's not even worth thinking about.”
― John Saul
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What's the Name o...: ~SOLVED~ 1990's (or earlier) teen girl tortured by evil popular half-sister who comes to live with her family after her own family dies in a fire [s] 13 163 Oct 06, 2010 12:15PM  


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