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VJ Books presents Richard Laymon!

Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 - February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and lived as a child in California. He received a BA in English Literature from Willamette University in Oregon and an MA in English Literature from Loyola University in Los Angeles.

His works include more than sixty short stories and more than thirty novels, several of which were published under the pseudonym Richard Kelly. However, despite praise from prominent writers from within the genre, including Stephen King and Dean Koontz, Laymon is little known within North America, although he enjoyed greater success in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom.

His novel Flesh was named Best Horror Novel of 1988 by Science Fiction Chronicle, and both Flesh and Funland were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. He won this award posthumously in 2001 for The Traveling Vampire Show.

Richard Laymon died in 2001, of a massive heart attack and is survived by his wife, Ann and daughter Kelly.