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Born | Cape Neddick, Maine, U.S. | May 31, 1969
Occupation | Writer, novelist |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Genres | Science fiction, horror, speculative fiction, suspense |
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Peter Clines (born May 31, 1969) is an American author and novelist best known for his zombies-vs-superheroes series, Ex-Heroes, and Lovecraftian inspired Threshold novels 14 and The Fold. His short stories can be found in a variety of anthologies, including X-Files: Trust No One, edited by Jonathan Maberry. Before becoming a full-time writer, Clines worked as a props master in the film industry for 15 years.
Clines was raised in Cape Neddick, Maine, [2] where his love of storytelling was apparent from a very young age. While in third grade, he used his handwriting practice paper to pen his first story, Lizard Men From the Center of the Earth. [3] Clines continued telling stories as a kid, sometimes using Micronauts and Star Wars figurines to create scenes, [4] and other times in writing. As a self-professed "comic geek", [5] Clines created hero characters all through grade school. [5] He submitted various comic book scripts to Marvel Comics. At age 11, he received his first professional rejection letter from Jim Shooter, the then editor-in-chief at Marvel. [3] Clines describers it as "a very personal, very polite and professional" rejection letter. [3] Being taken seriously as a young writer, first by Shooter and then by Marvel's Tom DeFalco, who also sent an encouraging and helpful rejection letter a few years later, encouraged Clines to continue working on his craft. [3]
Clines graduated from University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1991 [2] with a degree in English Literature. As a student, he worked as a local roadie crew for traveling bands. [3]
After a 16-month stint selling men's suits, he moved to San Diego and began working as a props master. He worked, among others, on Chairman of the Board (1998), Psycho Beach Party (2000), and Veronica Mars (2004).[ citation needed ]
While Clines worked as a props master, his writing turned from props to focus on scripts. [4] In 2006, after the end of a film project, he dedicated himself to writing full-time. He worked for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, writing interviews, reviews, and articles. [6] While at Creative Screenwriter, Clines interviewed, among others, George Romero, Frank Darabont, Seth Rogen, Diablo Cody, Sylvester Stallone, and the late Nora Ephron. [4]
Clines made his first fiction sale, The Hatbox, to online journal The Harrow. [7] He continued to sell zombie and Lovecraftian short stories to anthologies before he began writing his first published novel, Ex-Heroes, in 2008. [6]
Title | Date | Format | Pages | Publisher | ISBN |
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14 | June 5, 2012 | Paperback | 469 pages | Permuted Press | ISBN 1618684981 |
The Fold | June 2, 2015 | Hardcover | 384 pages | Crown | ISBN 0553418297 |
Dead Moon | February 2019 | Ebook | 348 pages | Kavach Press | ASIN B07WP9QSCQ |
Terminus | January 2020 | Audio Book | NA | Audible Original | ASIN B082MQXBSL |
Number | Title | Format | Pages | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
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1 | Ex-Heroes | Paperback | 336 pages | Broadway Books | February 26, 2013 | ISBN 0804136572 |
2 | Ex-Patriots | Paperback | 432 pages | Broadway Books | April 23, 2013 | ISBN 0804136599 |
3 | Ex-Communication | Paperback | 352 pages | Broadway Books | July 9, 2013 | ISBN 0385346824 |
4 | Ex-Purgatory | Paperback | 352 pages | Broadway Books | January 14, 2014 | ISBN 0804136610 |
5 | Ex-Isle | Paperback | 400 pages | Broadway Books | February 2, 2016 | ISBN 0553418319 |
Title | Format | Pages | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
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The Junkie Quatrain | Kindle | 108 pages | Permuted Press | January 13, 2013 | ASIN B0073OGW1M |
The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe | Paperback | 272 pages | Permuted Press | March 8, 2016 | ISBN 161868633X |
Dead Men Can't Complain and Other Stories | Audiobook | N/A | Audible Originals | May 23, 2017 | ASIN B06XX451TV |
Paradox Bound | Hardcover | 336 pages | Crown | September 26, 2017 | ISBN 0553418335 |
The Broken Room | Paperback | 417 Pages | Blackstone Publishing | March 2021 | ASIN B09N7DYY1Z |
Title | Format | Pages | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
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Cthulhu Unbound, Vol. 2 | Paperback | 276 pages | Permuted Press | July 31, 2009 | ISBN 1934861146 |
The World Is Dead | Paperback | 288 pages | Permuted Press | September 15, 2009 | ISBN 1934861251 |
Timelines: Stories Inspired by H.G. Wells' The Time Machine | Paperback | 286 pages | Northern Frights Publishing | September 1, 2010 | ISBN 0973483733 |
Times of Trouble: A Time Travel Anthology | Kindle Edition only | 345 pages | Permuted Press | April 28, 2013 | ASIN B00CKZRAH4 |
Bless Your Mechanical Heart | Paperback | 278 pages | Evil Girlfriend Media | March 17, 2014 | ISBN 1940154057 |
Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters | Paperback | 550 pages | Ragnarok Publications | July 1, 2014 | ISBN 0991360567 |
Corrupts Absolutely?: Dark Metahuman Fiction | Paperback | 360 pages | Ragnarok Publications | February 23, 2015 | ISBN 1941987427 |
X-Files: Trust No One | Paperback | 360 pages | IDW Publishing | July 28, 2015 | ISBN 1631402781 |
Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Anthology | Paperback | 252 pages | Evil Girlfriend Media | October 30, 2015 | ISBN 194015412X |
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