Justin Cronin
American author
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Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written six novels: Mary and O'Neil, The Ferryman, and The Summer Guest, as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors. He has won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the Stephen Crane Prize, and a Whiting Award.[1]
Justin Cronin | |
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Cronin at the 2012 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | 1962 (age 63–64) New England, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, English professor |
| Genre | Horror, Science fiction |
Born and raised in New England, Cronin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He taught creative writing and was the "Author in-residence" at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1992 to 2003. He is a former professor of English at Rice University, and he lives with his wife and children in Houston, Texas.[2]
In July 2007, Variety reported that Fox 2000 had bought the screen rights to Cronin's vampire trilogy.[3] The first book of the series, The Passage, was released in June 2010.[4] It garnered mainly favorable reviews.[5][6] The book has been adapted by Fox into a television series, with Cronin credited as a co-producer.[7]
Bibliography
- A Short History of the Long Ball (1990)
- Mary and O'Neil (2001) – Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and The Stephen Crane Prize from Book of the Month Club
- The Summer Guest (2004)
- The Passage (2010) (Book 1 of The Passage Trilogy)
- The Twelve (2012)[8] (Book 2 of The Passage Trilogy)
- The City of Mirrors (2016)[9] (Book 3 of The Passage Trilogy)
- The Ferryman (2023)
