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Scott Hale

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in Cincinnati, The United States

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Scott Hale has always been obsessed with all things horror. While it's not uncommon for his writings to blend multiple genres together, Horror is ever-present, be it in the scenarios themselves, or the uncomfortable truths he dares to explore.

Scott is the demented mastermind behind The Bones of the Earth series. Six books and four years later, the series has come to an end, but his addiction to writing has not. With more books on the way (In Sheep's Skin, The Body is a Cruel Mistress, and Sickness in the Stars), it won't be long until you're invited to explore his grotesque, imaginative, and oddly beautiful worlds.

Scott is married to his wife, Hannah - his muse, frequent collaborator, and illustrator for his work. He has a masters in Social ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 292 ratings · 133 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bones of the Earth (The Bones of the Earth, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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 Blood of Before (The Bones of the Earth, #0.1) 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — 5 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 Cults of the Worm (The Bones of the Earth, #3) 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — 5 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 Agony of After (The Bones of the Earth #0.2) by Scott Hale (Goodreads Author), Nathasha Mackenzie (Illustrator), Hannah Graff (Illustrator) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	The Eight Apostates by Scott Hale (Goodreads Author), Dawn Lewis (Editor), Hannah Hale (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	In Sheep's Skin by Scott Hale (Goodreads Author), Matthew Revert (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	House of a Thousand Hearts by Scott Hale (Goodreads Author), Hannah Graff (Illustrator), Eve Marie (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Bones of the Earth: The Complete Collection by Scott Hale (Goodreads Author), Hannah Graff (Illustrator), Jacquelyn Hoffman (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 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
	That Which Walks Behind the Graves by Scott Hale (Goodreads Author), Hannah Graff (Illustrator), Eve Marie (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Easiest Job in the World by Scott Hale (Goodreads Author), Hannah Graff (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 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

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Series by Scott Hale

The Bones of the Earth (4 books)
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Scott Hale (Goodreads Author),

Dawn Lewis (Editor),

Hannah Hale (Illustrator),

Jacquelyn Hoffman (Illustrator),

Natasha Mackenzie (Illustrator)

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Wraiths of the Broken Land

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Scott Hale made a comment on Brandon Mackean’s review of The Bones of the Earth (The Bones of the Earth, #1) " Thanks, Brandon, for the review and very legit points! Hope you'll consider the rest of the series if you have some free time. -Scott ...more "
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Scott Hale liked Brandon Mackean's review of The Bones of the Earth (The Bones of the Earth, #1): "Ultimately I liked this book, there is weird chaos cult stuff going on, mutant animals that characters kill and wear the skulls of - and maybe get powers from? -, and lots of mystery. But the mystery stuff was getting pretty frustrating - the charact" Read more of this review »
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Scott Hale made a comment on Bradley’s review of In Sheep's Skin " :3 "
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Scott Hale added a status update: For anyone trying to order paperback copies of my novels from Amazon: If you are sent a version with the old cover, be sure to contact them. They are fulfilling orders by using old inventory. Why they have inventory of a print-on-demand book to begin with, I don't know. But I want to make sure you all are receiving the most up to date copies. Feel free to DM me further.
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Scott Hale made a comment on Trish’s review of In Sheep's Skin " Awesome review. Thank you! "
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Scott Hale and 84 other people liked karen's review of Garlic and the Vampire: " the above seems like awfully dark content for a middle-grade graphic novel—a tomato selling baby tomatoes for human consumption, but never fear—in this world, sentient fruits and veggies do work as gardeners, but they only grow non-sentient versions " Read more of this review »
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“Why is it that humans always seem to think the best way to get on their god’s good side is to rub his nose in the corpses of all his children they’ve killed?”
― Scott Hale, The Bones of the Earth

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What book would you like to recommend to Stephen King for our July book club read?

Sharp Objects Gillian Flynn

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Unnatural Creatures Neil Gaiman

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The Death of Mrs. Westaway Ruth Ware

30 votes, 18.2%

Ararat Christopher Golden

13 votes, 7.9%

Cradle Lake Ronald Malfi

11 votes, 6.7%

The Agony of After Scott Hale

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