Grady Hendrix is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorst r, My Best Friend's Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group. Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell and These Fists Break Bricks- How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.
Pure, demented delight. --The New York Times Book Review Paperbacks from Hell is as funny as it is engaging. --The Washington Post The book is a true appreciation of the genre. --Los Angeles Times Just thumbing through these pages will bring back your youth--and terrify you all over again. --Newsday A loving examination of lurid pulp book covers from the 1970s and '80s. --Atlas Obscura Paperbacks from Hell is as wild as its source material. --The A.V. Club [Paperbacks from Hell] will delight anyone with an interest in horror, design illustration, or the macabre. --Print Magazine A nostalgic treat. --Playboy Online You may find yourself trying to stock up on old titles so you can get your fill of gloriously trashy scares. --Bustle [Hendrix's] love of the genre shines through as he pokes gentle fun at some of the era's more entertaining reads, and speaks with genuine appreciation of other titles whose horrors stand the test of time. --BookRiot More praise for Grady Hendrix: National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend's Exorcism. --The Wall Street Journal, on My Best Friend's Exorcism Horrorstoer delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror. --The Washington Post, on Horrorstoer Terrific... Sharply written... [My Best Friend's Exorcism] makes a convincing case for [Hendrix's] powers as a sharp observer of human behavior. --The A.V. Club, on My Best Friend's Exorcism Hendrix's darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an encore. --Booklist, starred review, on We Sold Our Souls Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying. --Minnesota Public Radio, on My Best Friend's Exorcism An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale. --Bustle, on Horrorstoer Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving. --Fangoria, on My Best Friend's Exorcism A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller. --CNET, on We Sold Our Souls