| Movies | Music | Timeline | Awards |
| Richard Laymon | |
|---|---|
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| Vital statistics | |
| Occupation | Author |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth Date | January 14, 1947 |
| Birth Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Death Date | February 14, 2001, age 54 |
| Death Location | |
| Notable Works | The Cellar The Traveling Vampire Show Night in the Lonesome October The Beast House |
Richard Laymon was born January 14, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. He wrote more than sixty short stories and thirty novels, some with the pseudonym Richard Kelly.
His style was often considered to be among the "splatterpunk" subgenre. Often his stories were full of violence, sex and gore. He was nominated for two Bram Stoker awards in his career, once winning one posthumously for The Traveling Vampire Show.
Laymon died of a heart attack at the age of 54 on February 14, 2001.
Praise[]
- from Stephen King – "If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat."
- from Dean Koontz – "No one writes like Laymon, and you're going to have a good time with anything he writes."
- from Jack Ketchum – "I've read every book of Laymon's I could get my hands on. I'm absolutely a longtime fan."