Jack Ketchum Writer

Dallas Mayr (born in Livingston, New Jersey on November 10, 1946), better known by his pseudonym Jack Ketchum, is an American author. He is the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, including The Girl Next Door and Red. In 2011, Ketchum received the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award for outstanding contribution to the horror genre.Ketchum lives in New York City.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Mayr Dallas (birth name)
Pseudonym	Jack Ketchum Jerzey Livingston
Birth date	November 10, 1946
Birth name	Dallas William Mayr
Birth place	Livingston New Jersey , United States
Nationality	United States

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genre	Horror fiction Western fiction Thriller (genre) Genre fiction Dark fantasy
influenced by	Bram Stoker Elvis Presley Ernest Hemingway Grateful Dead Ray Bradbury Raymond Chandler Robert Bloch Stephen King Theodore Sturgeon Tom Waits Cormac McCarthy Peter Straub Elmore Leonard Jim Harrison Charles Bukowski William Faulkner Emily Dickinson Ramsey Campbell James M. Cain George A. Romero John D. MacDonald Joseph Alfred Slade
notable work	Short story The Girl Next Door (2007 film) Off Season (novel) Red (2008 film)

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