VJ Books Presents Author David Morrell!
  David Morrell was born on April 24, 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He received his B.A. in English from St. Jerome's University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in American literature at Pennsylvania State University. While at Penn State, he learned the basics of writing fiction from science fiction writer Philip Klass (aka William Tenn).
He worked as an English professor at the University of Iowa from 1970 to 1986. In 1972, his novel First Blood was published. In 1986, Morrell gave up his tenure at the university to write full-time.
Morrell is a co-founder of the International Thriller Writers organization. Noted for his research, he is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School for wilderness survival as well as the G. Gordon Liddy Academy of Corporate Security. He is also an honorary lifetime member of the Special Operations Association and the Association of Intelligence Officers. He is also a private pilot.
Morrell is an Edgar and Anthony finalist, a Nero and Macavity winner, and a three-time recipient of the distinguished Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. The International Thriller Writers organization gave him its prestigious career-achievement Thriller Master Award. He also received an RT Book Reviews "Thriller Pioneer" award and a Comic-Con Inkpot award for "outstanding achievement in action/adventure." His short stories have appeared in numerous Year's Best collections. With eighteen million copies in print, his work has been translated into twenty-six languages.
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Inspector of the Dead by David Morrell
David Morrell Bibliography
Fiction
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First Blood - 1972
- Testament - 1975
- Last Reveille - 1977
- The Totem - 1979
- Blood Oath - 1982
- The Hundred-Year Christmas - illustrated by R. J. Krupowicz -1983
- Brotherhood of the Rose - 1984
- Fraternity of the Stone - 1985
- Rambo: First Blood Part II - novelization of the film of the same name - 1985
- The League of Night and Fog - 1987
- Rambo III - novelization of the film of the same name - 1988
- Fifth Profession - 1990
- The Covenant of the Flame - 1991
- Assumed Identity - 1993
- Desperate Measures - 1994
- The Totem - 1994
- Extreme Denial - 1996
- Double Image - 1998
- Burnt Sienna - 2000
- Long Lost - 2002
- The Protector - 2003
- Creepers - 2005
- Scavenger - 2007
- The Spy Who Came for Christmas - 2008
- The Shimmer - 2009
- The Naked Edge - 2010
- Rambo: First Blood - 2016 (Signed Limited Edition)
- Rambo III - 2017 (Signed Limited Edition)
- Before I Wake - June 2019
Thomas De Quincey Trilogy
- Murder as a Fine Art - 2013
- Inspector of the Dead - 2015
- Ruler of the Night - 2016
Short Stories
- Black Evening - 1999
- Nightscape - 2004
Non-Fiction
- John Barth: An Introduction - 1976
- Fireflies - 1988
- Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft - 2002
David Morrell Awards
- Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction - 1988
- Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction - 1991
- Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award - Novel - 2005
- International Thriller Writers Thriller Master Award - 2009
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