Editing Robert R. McCammon

{{short description|American writer}}
{{infobox writer
|name=Robert R. McCammon
|birth_name=Robert Rick McCammon
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1952|7|17}}
|occupation=Novelist
|nationality=American
|education=[[University of Alabama]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|genre=[[Historical mystery]]
|awards=[[Bram Stoker Award]] (1987)
|spouse=Sally Sanders (m. 1981, div. 2011)
|children=1
|parents=Jack McCammon<br>Barbara Bundy McCammon
|website={{url|https://www.robertmccammon.com}}
}}
'''Robert Rick McCammon''' (born July 17, 1952) is an American [[novelist]] from [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s American [[horror literature]] boom, by 1991 McCammon had three ''New York Times'' bestsellers (''[[The Wolf's Hour]]'', ''Stinger'', and ''[[Swan Song (McCammon novel)|Swan Song]]'') and around 5 million books in print.<ref>As seen in foreword to ''Mine,'' {{ISBN|0-671-73944-1}} Pocket Books paperback</ref><ref>Stefan Dziemianowicz, "McCammon, Robert R(ick)"
in ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers'', edited by [[David Pringle]]. London : St. James Press,1998,
{{ISBN|1-55862-206-3}} (pp. 398-99)</ref> Since 2002, he's written ten books in a [[historical mystery]] series featuring an 18th-century magistrate’s clerk, Matthew Corbett, as he unravels mysteries in [[colonial America]].

==Personal life==
His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. After his parents' divorce, McCammon lived with his grandparents in Birmingham.  He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[Journalism]] from the [[University of Alabama]] in 1974. McCammon lives in Birmingham.<ref name="nightmare-magazine.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/interview-robert-mccammon/|title = Interview: Robert McCammon|date = 26 June 2013}}</ref> He has a daughter, Skye, with his former wife, Sally Sanders.

==Career==
McCammon has published multiple award-winning books, including ''[[Mine (novel)|Mine]]'' in 1990 and ''Boy's Life'' in 1991.<ref name="WFA">{{cite web|author=World Fantasy Convention|title=Award Winners and Nominees|url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html/|access-date=4 Feb 2011|archive-date=1 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201074405/http://worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the release of'' Gone South'', McCammon chose to leave his publisher. After clashing with an editor at a new publisher over the direction for his historical fiction novel ''Speaks the Nightbird'', he retired from writing. After a long hiatus which resulted from the reorganization of the publishing industry and McCammon's personal depression and soul searching,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertmccammon.com/articles/mccammon-bio.html|title = Robert McCammon » Robert R. McCammon - A Biographical Essay}}</ref> he returned to the publishing world with ''Speaks the Nightbird'', the first book in the Matthew Corbett series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bevvincent.com/onyx/mccammon-nightbird.html|title=Onyx reviews -- Speaks the Nightbird -- Robert R. McCammon|website=www.bevvincent.com|access-date=2019-08-28}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' called it a "compulsively readable yarn," and said, "McCammon's loyal fans will find his resurfacing reason to rejoice." Since 2002, seventeen new books have been published, including the ten books in the Matthew Corbett series.

In 1985, McCammon's story "Nightcrawlers" was adapted into [[Nightcrawlers (The Twilight Zone)|an episode]] of [[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|''The Twilight Zone'' (1985)]].<ref name="nightmare-magazine.com"/>

After years out-of-print, ''Baal'', ''Bethany's Sin'', ''The Night Boat'', and ''They Thirst'' were re-released by [[Subterranean Press]] as [[Special edition|limited edition]] novels. In a 2013 interview, McCammon acknowledged that some readers would like to have a complete collection of his work, and said "reading back over those books I find they’re not as poorly written as I recall them to be."<ref name="nightmare-magazine.com"/>

== Bibliography ==
*''Baal'' (1978)
*''Bethany's Sin'' (1980) – second published novel, but actually third written
*''[[The Night Boat (book)|The Night Boat]]'' (1980) – third published novel, but actually second written
*''[[They Thirst]]'' (1981)
*''[[Mystery Walk (novel)|Mystery Walk]]'' (1983) – first novel published in hardcover
*''[[Usher's Passing]]'' (1984)
*''[[Swan Song (McCammon novel)|Swan Song]]'' (1987) - The first of his novels to appear on the [[New York Times Bestseller List]]
*''Stinger'' (1988) – Nominated for the 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel; [[New York Times Bestseller List|New York Times Bestseller]]
*''Blue World and Other Stories'' (1990) (Short Story Collection)
*''[[Mine (novel)|Mine]]'' (1990)
*''[[Boy's Life (novel)|Boy's Life]]'' (1991)
*''Gone South'' (1992) – Later published in an omnibus edition with ''[[Boy's Life (novel)|Boy's Life]]''.
*''The Five'' (2011)
*''The Border'' (May 2015)
*''The Listener'' (February 2018)
* ''A Little Amber Book of Wicked Shots'' (2020) (Short Story Collection)

===Edited===
* ''Under the Fang'' (1991) (Anthology)

===Michael Gallatin books===
*''[[The Wolf's Hour]]'' (1989) – Nominated for the 1989 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel; New York Times Bestseller
*''The Hunter from the Woods'' (2011) (Collection)

=== Matthew Corbett series ===
*''Speaks the Nightbird'' (2002) – Later published as two paperback volumes, ''Judgement of the Witch'' and ''Evil Unveiled''
*''The Queen of Bedlam'' (2007)
*''Mister Slaughter'' (2010)
*''The Providence Rider'' (2012)
*''The River of Souls'' (2014)
*''Freedom of the Mask'' (May 2016)
*''Cardinal Black'' (April 2019)
*''The King of Shadows'' (December 2022)
*''Seven Shades of Evil'' (Nov. 2024) (Collection)
*''Leviathan'' (December 2024)

=== Trevor Lawson series ===
*''I Travel by Night'' (2013) '''(Novella)'''
*''I Travel by Night 2: Last Train from Perdition'' (Fall 2016)

===Uncollected Short Fiction===
* ''Best Friends'' (1987)
* ''A Life in the Day of'' (1987)
* ''The Deep End'' (1987) 
* ''The Thang'' (1989)
* ''Haunted World'' (1989)
* ''Eat Me'' (1989)
* ''Black Boots'' (1989)
* ''Lizardman'' (1989)
* ''Beauty'' (1990)
* ''The Judge'' (1991)
* ''Miracle Mile'' (1991)
* ''Death Comes for the Rich Man'' (2012)
* ''Blood is Thicker Than Hollywood'' (2020)
* ''The Queen of Cruelty'' (2020)

==Awards==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Awards List for Robert McCammon
|-
! Work !! Year & Award!!Category !!Result !! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="1" |''[[Usher's Passing]]''
|1985 Alabama Library Association Alabama Author Award
|Fiction
|{{Won}}
|<ref> https://alla.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/AlabamaAuthorAwardsWinners.pdf </ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Nightcrawlers''
|1985 [[World Fantasy Award]]
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |''[[Swan Song (McCammon novel)|Swan Song]]''
|1987 [[Bram Stoker Award]]
|Novel
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|1988 World Fantasy Award
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1988 [[Locus Award]]
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref> https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1988 </ref>
|-
|1994 [[Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize]]
|
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''The Deep End''
|1987 Bram Stoker Award
|Short Fiction
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|2014 [[FantLab's Book of the Year Award]]
|Online Publication in Small Form
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Best Friends''
|1988 World Fantasy Award
|Novella
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Stinger''
|1988 Bram Stoker Award
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1989 Locus Award
|Horror Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref> https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1989 </ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Eat Me''
|1989 Bram Stoker Award
|Short Fiction
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[The Wolf's Hour]]''
|1989 Bram Stoker Award
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1990 Locus Award
|Horror Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref> https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1990 </ref>
|-
|1992 [[Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire]]
|Foreign Novel
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |''Blue World and Other Stories''
|1989 Bram Stoker Award
|Fiction Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1990 World Fantasy Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1990 Locus Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''[[Mine (novel)|Mine]]''
|1990 Bram Stoker Award
|Novel
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |''[[Boy's Life (novel)|Boy's Life]]''
|1991 Bram Stoker Award
|Novel
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|1992 World Fantasy Award
|Novel
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|1992 Locus Award
|Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref> https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1992 </ref>
|-
|1994 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
|Foreign Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1995 Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize
|
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Speaks the Nightbird''
|2004 Alabama Library Association Alabama Author Award
|Fiction
|{{Won}}
|<ref> https://alla.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/AlabamaAuthorAwardsWinners.pdf </ref>
|-
|2013 [[Audie Awards]]
|Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |
|2008 [[World Horror Convention Grand Master Award]]
|
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |
|2009 [[Phoenix Award]]
|
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |
|2013 Bram Stoker Award
|Lifetime Achievement
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Border''
|2015 [[Goodreads Choice Awards]]
|Horror
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref> https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2015 </ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Cardinal Black''
|2019 [[Dragon Awards]]
|Horror
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Listener''
|2019 Locus Award
|Horror Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref> https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2019 </ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote|Robert McCammon}}
*[http://www.robertmccammon.com/ Robert McCammon's official site]
*[http://www.matthewcorbettsworld.com/ Robert McCammon: Matthew Corbett's World]
*[https://www.facebook.com/author.robert.mccammon Robert McCammon @ Facebook]
*[http://jpierceportfolio.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/writing-the-books-he-wants-to-read-robert-r-mccammon/ Inkwell Newswatch McCammon Interview]
*{{IMDb name|1004678}}
*[https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2021/10/29/corn-on-macabre-an-appreciation-of-robert-mccammon/ "Corn on Macabre – An Appreciation of Robert McCammon"] – ''Apocalypse Confidential''
{{World Fantasy Award Best Novel}}{{Bram Stoker Award Best Novel}}
{{Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement}}

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