Horror Novelist Graham Masterton to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

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I’ll admit that I have not read a lot of Graham Masterton’s horror fiction as great as a writer he is. One of the few works I’ve read by him was his novel The Manitou. I read it a few years back and would be willing to read it again. It’s a really neat and well-written book that utilizes Native American myth, particularly that of the book’s title. A manitou is a medicine man spirit in which the one in this book is not near as much a healer as he is a destroyer. The novel was made into a movie in 1979 which, although not as good as the book, was really good with plenty of terrifying scenes. I’ll have to do a Book-To-Movie review of it here someday.

Anyway, one of the best modern horror authors, Masterton has been chosen by the Horror Writers Association as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is presented annually to writers and other artists whose work has significantly influenced the horror genre. The award will be presented to Masterton at StokerCon 2019, which will be held in May in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Even though Masterton is mostly known for his horror fiction, he has written a lot in other fiction genres including thriller, disaster and historical. He’s recently been writing crime fiction but has a new horror novel in the works.

When an author in the horror genre like Masterton gets an award as big as the Lifetime Achievement, it makes me compelled to read more of his work in which I plan on doing in the new year. Have you read any of Graham Masterton’s horror fiction? If so, which ones? Feel free to leave your answers in the box below.

Until next time . . .

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