VJ Books Presents Author John Saul!
 John Saul was born in Pasadena, California on February 25, 1942, and grew up in Whittier where he graduated from Whittier High School in 1959. He attended several colleges; Antioch, in Ohio, Cerritos, in Norwalk, California, Montana State University and San Francisco State College, variously majoring in anthropology, liberal arts, and theater, but never obtaining a degree.
After leaving college, he decided the best thing for a college dropout to do was become a writer, and spent the next fifteen years working in various jobs while attempting to write a book someone would want to publish. Eventually he found an agent in New York, who spent several years sending his manuscripts around, and trying to make the rejection slips sound hopeful. Then, in 1976, one of his manuscripts reached Dell, who didn't want to buy it, but asked if he'd be interested in writing a psychological thriller. He put together an outline, and crossed his fingers. At that point, things started getting bizarre. His agent decided the outline had all the makings of a best-seller, and so did Dell.
Gambling on a first novel by an unknown author, they backed the book with television advertising (one of the first times a paperback original was promoted on television) and the gamble paid off. Within a month Suffer the Children appeared on all the best-seller lists in the country and made the #1 spot in Canada. Subsequently all 32 of his books, have made all the best-seller lists and have been published world wide. Though many of his books were published by Bantam/Doubleday/Dell his last fourteen books have been published by Ballantine/Fawcett/Columbine.
John lives part-time in the Pacific Northwest, both in Seattle and in the San Juan Islands. He also maintains a residence on the Big Island of Hawaii. He currently enjoys motor homing, travel and golf. He is an avid reader, bridge player, golfer and loves to cook.
HIS WEBSITE
www.johnsaul.com
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Bibliography
Novels
1977 Suffer the Children
1978 Punish the Sinners
1979 Cry for the Strangers
1980 Comes the Blind Fury
1981 When the Wind Blows
1982 The God Project
1984 Nathaniel
1985 Brainchild
1986 Hellfire
1987 The Unwanted
1988 The Unloved
1989 Creature
1990 Second Child
1991 Sleepwalk
1991 Darkness
1992 Shadows
1993 Guardian
1994 The Homing
1995 Black Lightning
1997 Blackstone Chronicles (novel series)
1. An Eye for an Eye: The Doll (1996)
2. Twist of Fate: The Locket (1997)
3. Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame (1997)
4. In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief (1997)
5. Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope (1997)
6. Asylum (1997)
1998 The Presence
1999 The Right Hand of Evil
2000 Nightshade
2001 Manhattan Hunt Club
2002 Midnight Voices
2003 Black Creek Crossing
2005 Perfect Nightmare
2006 In the Dark of the Night
2007 The Devil's Labyrinth
2008 Faces of Fear
2009 House of Reckoning
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