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Craig DiLouie

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Born

in The United States

June 13

Website

http://www.craigdilouie.com

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers

Member Since

April 2011

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Craig DiLouie is an author of popular thriller, apocalyptic/horror, and sci-fi/fantasy fiction.

In hundreds of reviews, Craig’s novels have been praised for their strong characters, action, and gritty realism. Each book promises an exciting experience with people you’ll care about in a world that feels real.

These works have been nominated for major literary awards such as the Bram Stoker Award and Audie Award, translated into multiple languages, and optioned for film. He is a member of the HWA, International Thriller Writers, and IFWA.

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Congratulations to THE KILLING FLOOR giveaway winners!

Five Goodreads.com readers won the recent giveaway for THE KILLING FLOOR, my new apocalyptic horror novel from Permuted Press. Congratulations to the winners! The books were mailed today, and should arrive within two weeks.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 73,049 ratings · 10,377 reviews · 62 distinct works • Similar authors

	Episode Thirteen 3.48 avg rating — 28,036 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Suffer the Children 3.98 avg rating — 11,635 ratings — published 2014 — 13 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 Children of Red Peak 3.39 avg rating — 6,185 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Infection (The Infection, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 3,821 ratings — published 2011 — 27 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
	How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive 3.31 avg rating — 3,583 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Tooth and Nail 3.83 avg rating — 2,469 ratings — published 2010 — 18 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
	One of Us 3.94 avg rating — 1,434 ratings — published 2018 — 16 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 Killing Floor (The Infection, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 2012 — 15 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
	Crash Dive (Crash Dive, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 1,044 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
	My Ex, the Antichrist 3.54 avg rating — 1,165 ratings — published 2025 — 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

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Craig DiLouie rated a book it was amazing Red Warning (Lieutenant Ahmadzai Thrillers Book 1) by Phil Halton (Goodreads Author)	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
In Phil Halton’s RED WARNING, a corrupt Kabul policeman investigates a murder against the backdrop of the impending 1978 communist coup. Halton tackles his subject with the usual tension and realism, putting you in another culture and making it immed ...more
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Alex Grecian’s RED RABBIT turned out to be one of my favorite horror reads during an explosive year for quality horror. The publisher synopsis promises a tale of a posse hunting a woman wanted for practicing witchcraft in the Old West. I love horror a ...more
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“Not all ghosts haunt houses. Some try to live in your head.”
― Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen

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“There is a proverb that says America is always 3 days away from revolution. Stop delivering food to the supermarkets, and see what a country of 300 million people with a strong sense of entitlement and over 250 million guns have to say about it.”
― Craig DiLouie, Tooth and Nail

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“I want you out in the hallway, against the far wall in single file, ready to move, in fifteen. Drop your fartsack, Ratliff.”
― Craig DiLouie

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3rd Quarter 2024 - Horror #3

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher (400 pp)

5 votes, 62.5%

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay (288 pp) - Jen

2 votes, 25.0%

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White (384 pp)

1 vote, 12.5%

Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie (343 pp)

0 votes, 0.0%

Malignant Summer by Tim Meyer (564 pp)

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose (256 pp)

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