Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorstör, My Best Friend’s Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, and the New York Times bestseller The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (currently being adapted into a TV series). Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award–winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the horror paperback boom of the seventies and eighties, and his latest non-fiction book is These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.
“Grady Hendrix’s horror novels are a gateway drug to the genre...By
weaving violence, family trauma and humor, Hendrix creates a
texture that engages the reader emotionally and viscerally…[a]
gripping, wildly entertaining exploration of childhood
horrors.”
—The New York Times
"A delight...Hendrix, with relentless efficiency—and a bit of
humor—forces us to confront our fears."
—The Washington Post
"A madcap funhouse of a novel. Zigzags from hilarious to horrifying
to heartbreaking and back again in the blink of an eye. I loved
it!"
—Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across
the Lake
"Classic Grady Hendrix: an authentically frightening, genuinely
funny reconfiguration of what a haunted house can be."
—Esquire
"[A] campy, cinematic ride."
—People
"Hendrix is a contemporary horror master, and the combination of
profound storytelling and unapologetic, campy gore he delivers here
will surely have horror fans reading with a gleeful smile on their
faces."
—NPR
“This book is a missile designed to obliterate you emotionally and
absolutely annihilate you with terror. And let me tell you, Grady
Hendrix does not miss.”
—Mallory O’Meara, National bestselling author of The Lady from the
Black Lagoon
“It's tempting to point out the balance of horror and humor
here, and the commingling of the two really is something else,
but the true power behind How to Sell a Haunted House is in its
emotionality, the sister-brother dynamic, the family matters. It's
life and death in the childhood home, and Hendrix has masterfully
rendered the journey from one end to the other.”
—Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and
Daphne
“May be Grady Hendrix’s best novel yet, and that’s saying a lot!
Highly recommended.”
—Mick Garris, writer and director (The Stand, The Shining
miniseries)
"A searing look at grief, trauma, and how the things that haunt us
aren't always supernatural."
—Rolling Stone
"Another Southern Gothic Horror Comedy classic from Grady
Hendrix…This clever, creepy, rollicking book will tug at your
horror and heart strings."
—Paul Tremblay, National bestselling author of The Cabin at the End
of the World and The Pallbearers Club
"A pulse-pounding exercise in pure horror drive that never loses
sight of its emotional core, and that makes it quintessential
Hendrix."
—Paste Magazine
“Skillfully balances complete creep outs and moments of outright
hilarity. The down-home charm of the Charleston family is on point,
and the scares are fun and frequent, while the author almost
painfully captures sibling dynamics. Readers will be completely
sucked in by Hendrix’s adept prose.”
—Library Journal (starred review)
“Hendrix's book sets the high watermark for horror.”
—Booklist (starred review)
"Grady Hendrix tap dances the line between horror and heart. It’s
terrifying, darkly funny and empathetic with a left turn, a left
hook when you’re least expecting it. I loved it."
—Lauren Beukes, Author of The Shining Girls
“A spirited nightmare story about death, but also, what comes
after: grief, guilt, family secrets, and estate administration. Oh,
also, did I mention the evil puppets?"
—Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of
Accidents
"After reading this, you might keep a weather eye on that doll
propped over in the corner. And you probably also don't want to be
trusting Grady Hendrix with a few hundred pages of your head
anymore."
—Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of My
Heart is a Chainsaw
"With his trademark charm and ingenuity, Hendrix upends the haunted
house story."
—Alma Katsu, Author of The Fervor and The Hunger
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