Jack Ketchum

Dallas William Mayr, who wrote under the pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror author whose books appeared under that name. His novels include Off Season, The Girl Next Door, Offspring and Red, and Offspring and Red were adapted to film. He also wrote the Dead River books, Offspring and The Woman, and received four Bram Stoker Awards with three further nominations. In 2011 he received the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award.