Jessica's Universe: Literature: John Saul



The Right Hand of Evil is John Saul

(well, that title was better than saying the John was "Unwanted" or "Unloved")
Hmm...where to start. John Saul is my favorite author!! Okay, now that that is out... But really, he is. His novels are real page-turners, the kind of book you can't put down until it is finished. As far as categorizing his genre, he writes thrillers or horror. John is Dean Koontz or Stephen King-esque, but he is THE master of terror! His writing style is amazing. John uses just enough detail to keep you in the story, but not too much so that you are bored. Check out more about him below.

Books by John Saul:
Suffer the Children
Punish the Sinners
Cry for the Strangers
Comes the Blind Fury
When the Wind Blows
The God Project
Nathaniel
Brainchild
Hellfire
The Unwanted
The Unloved
Creature
Second Child
Sleepwalk
Darkness
Shadows
Guardian
The Homing
Black Lightning
The Blackstone Chronicles
The Presence
The Right Hand of Evil
Nightshade
Manhattan Hunt Club
Midnight Voices
Black Creek Crossing

Buy John Saul books from Amazon.com . You can also see reviews and reader comments. (The link will take you straight to a listing of his novels.)
Providence Journal says "Reading Saul is like being buried alive in a nightmare...he haunts his shadowy realm ingeniously and persistently..."


About John:
John Saul was born in Pasadena, California on February 25, 1942. He later dropped out of college and became a writer. After several years, he found an agent in New York and in 1976, one of his manuscripts reached Dell. Dell did not want to buy it, but asked if he'd be interested in writing a psychological thriller. From there, Suffer the Children was born. The book appeared on all the best-seller lists in the country and made the #1 spot in Canada. Since then, all 30 of his books have made all the best-seller lists and have been published world wide.
(adapted from his biography from the Official John Saul Website You can read his full bio there.)


News from the World of John Saul:
  • Black Creek Crossing is in stores now!

  • Section 8, the production shingle of Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney, has nabbed John Saul's latest novel, "Midnight Voices." The movie will be produced by Clooney and Soderbergh.
    "Midnight Voices," which was released in bookstores June 1, 2002 tells the story of a recent widow who falls in love with a seemingly perfect man. When they marry, she and her two children move into a gothic apartment building in New York with her new husband. When her daughter becomes critically ill, the mother discovers the ghastly secrets that lie between the walls of the building.


    Reviews:
    Amanda's reviews:
  • Midnight Voices. It's a great book and very chilling. Very creepy, and very imaginative. After I finished reading it I wouldn't have been surprised if I had had nightmares. But I didn't, of course.
  • Black Lightning, my above all favorite book of his. It was very well written and I hope that it is made into a movie as well. I could hardly put this book down. It's like you could be any one of those characters in the book and as you read it it's playing it's self though your mind and in your imagination like a movie. Great book!
  • Cry for Strangers. I was dissappointed in it. It is a good book, don't get me wrong, but it's so slow.
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    Articles/Interviews:
  • Author Profile (with an interview) from The Book Reporter. July, 1999
  • A Conversation with John Saul from Writers Write. September, 1999
  • An Interview with John Saul from January Magazine
  • Horror novelist keeps successful trend rolling from News-Press.com. April 5, 2004

    You may also want to check out:
  • John Saul: A Critical Companion (1996). A non fiction book by Paul Bail. You can buy it from Amazon.com.
  • The Blackstone Chronicles: An Adventure in Terror CD-ROM game. Playing is definitely worth it, especially if you have read the books to know the details about the characters/asylum. But reading the books first is not necessary, the game is enough all on it's own. You can find out more info about the game from The Game Zone.
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    Last update: April 05, 2004


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