Robert R. McCammon

Robert Rick McCammon (born July 17, 1952) is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. After his parents' divorce, McCammon lived with his grandparents in Birmingham. He received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974. McCammon currently resides in Birmingham, and is married to Sally Sanders. The two have a daughter, Skye. One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s American horror literature boom, by 1991 McCamon had three New York Times bestsellers (The Wolf's Hour, Stinger, and Swan Song) and 5 million books in print. After the release of Gone South, McCammon was dropped by his publisher. After a long hiatus which resulted from the...