David Moody (writer)

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David Moody
Born
David John Moody

(1970-11-19) 19 November 1970 (age 53)
NationalityBritish
OccupationHorror writer
Years active1996–present
Known forAutumn series
Hater trilogy

David Moody was born on 19 November 1970. He is an English horror writer. [1] He first came to public attention with his book Autumn, published freely on-line in 2001. [2] Autumn was made into a motion picture starring David Carradine and Dexter Fletcher which was released in 2009. [3] [4] Film rights to Moody's Hater trilogy were picked up in 2008 by Universal Pictures, with Mark Johnson and Guillermo del Toro to produce and Juan Antonio Bayona to direct. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Bibliography

Autumn

Hater

  1. Hater (2006) [9] [10]
  2. Dog Blood (2010) [11] [12]
  3. Them or Us (2011) [13] [14] [15] [16]
  4. One of Us Will Be Dead by Morning (2017)
  5. All Roads End Here (2019)
  6. Chokehold (2019)

Other works

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References

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