Post by HorrorBob on Dec 16, 2009 13:08:31 GMT -5
The Washington Post proclaimed “Charlie Huston has for several years been one of the best-kept secrets in American fiction.” Not for long. On January 12, 2010, Huston turns the noir tradition on its head with SLEEPLESS, a gripping work of speculative fiction that deftly blends the best of both genres.
While Huston has proven to be a fierce talent on the page, that’s just one aspect of his impact on the future of pop-culture. Here are just some of the incredible reasons that now is the time to speak to this talent on the rise:
•He is currently working with HBO to develop a TV show based on Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death with Alan Ball as the executive producer. Huston is creating the show, writing the pilot, and serving as co-executive producer.
•Huston began writing SLEEPLESS—his most personal novel to date—in a new city, with a baby on the way. His life was about to change forever, and in that moment he created a protagonist whose life, in many ways, mirrored his own: in search of safe harbor for his family, but possessed of an unsettling perspective on what the future might hold. Vividly imagining a world shaken to its core by an epidemic of insomnia, Huston confronts the fears that find us all during dark times, exploring the courage and sacrifice that can save us in the face of unimaginable odds.
•He is currently writing a miniseries for Marvel called “Deathlok.”
An option on the rights to Already Dead is currently held by Phoenix Pictures. They’re working with Michael De Luca and have a screenplay adaptation by Scott Rosenberg.
•He continues to garner critical accolades, with rave reviews from publications as varied as The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, and Fangoria Magazine. His last novel, Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death, was reviewed by The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, the Associated Press, and in over 30 local newspapers.
•And let’s not forget, he is loved by his peers, from Peter Straub to Jeff Lindsay to Stephen King, who called Mystic Arts “authentically great.”