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Jack Ketchum

Born

in Livingston, New Jersey, The United States

November 10, 1946

Died

January 24, 2018

Website

http://www.jackketchum.net

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Genre

Horror, Literature & Fiction

Influences

James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Stephen King, Elmore Leonard

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Dallas William Mayr , better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. His novels included Off Season, Offspring, and Red, which were adapted to film. In 2011, Ketchum received the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award for outstanding contribution to the horror genre.

A onetime actor, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk, Ketchum credited his childhood love of Elvis Presley, dinosaurs, and horror for getting him through his formative years. He began making up stories at a young age and explained that he spent much time in his room, or in the woods near his house, down by the brook: '[m]y interests [were] ...more

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Welcome to the new online home of Jack Ketchum. More content will be added in the coming days, weeks, and months. I appreciate your patience as I complete the transition over from the old website.

Links may or may not work for a few days, as I update everything.

I am also working on updating the “Complete Bibliography.” Dallas would occasionally forget to mention things to me, and I will be fill...

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Jack Ketchum’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 63,797 ratings · 6,731 reviews · 188 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Girl Next Door 3.96 avg rating — 21,287 ratings — published 1989 — 46 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
	Off Season (Dead River, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 9,101 ratings — published 1980 — 32 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 Lost 3.76 avg rating — 3,173 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Red 3.94 avg rating — 2,550 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	Offspring (Dead River, #2) by Jack Ketchum, Neal McPheeters (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 2,573 ratings — published 1991 — 23 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
	Triage by Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee , Richard Laymon 3.75 avg rating — 1,713 ratings — published 1990 — 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
	Peaceable Kingdom 3.88 avg rating — 1,652 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Joyride 3.68 avg rating — 1,536 ratings — published 1994 — 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 Woman by Jack Ketchum, Lucky McKee 3.90 avg rating — 1,489 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Hide and Seek 3.44 avg rating — 1,827 ratings — published 1980 — 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

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Dead River Series (4 books)
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Lucky McKee

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Quotes by Jack Ketchum

“Black coffee’s a lot like whiskey, you know? All devil and no trimmin’s. Always liked my sins pure and take it as it comes.”
― Jack Ketchum

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“As though all the world were a bad joke and she was the only one around who knew the punchline.”
― Jack Ketchum, The Girl Next Door

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“I lay in bed and thought about how easy it was to hurt a person. It didn't have to be physical. All you had to do was take a good hard kick at something they cared about.”
― Jack Ketchum, The Girl Next Door

tags: thoughtful

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Which horror book would you like the group to read in March 2014?

Shadowland by Peter Straub

13 votes 59.1%

The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse Bullington

4 votes 18.2%

Off Season by Jack Ketchum

4 votes 18.2%

Meat by Joseph D'Lacey

1 vote 4.5%

22 total votes

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