User:Jadenstate/sandbox
 |
Blake Crouch | |
|---|---|
 Blake Crouch in 2016 | |
| Born | October 15, 1978 Statesville, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 2004–present |
| Genre | |
| Notable works |
|
| Website | |
| blakecrouch | |
William Blake Crouch (born October 15, 1978) is an American author best known for his Wayward Pines Trilogy, which was adapted into the 2015 television series Wayward Pines.
Early life and education
[edit]Crouch was born near the town of Statesville, North Carolina, in 1978. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 2000 with degrees in English and creative writing.
He now lives in Colorado.
Career
[edit]Crouch published his first two novels, Desert Places and Locked Doors, in 2004 and 2005. His stories have appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Thriller 2, and other anthologies. In 2016, he released the novel Dark Matter.[1]
Crouch's Wayward Pines Trilogy (2012–14) was adapted into the 2015 television series Wayward Pines.[2] Another work, Good Behavior, premiered as a television series in November 2016.[3]
In 2019, Crouch released another sci-fi novel, titled Recursion, to critical success.
Crouch is now working on a screenplay for Dark Matter for Sony Pictures.
Bibliography
[edit]The Andrew Z. Thomas / Luther Kite series
[edit]- Desert Places (January 22, 2004)
- Locked Doors (July 5, 2005)
- Break You (February 7, 2011)
- Stirred (with J.A. Konrath, November 22, 2011)
The Wayward Pines trilogy
[edit]- Pines (August 21, 2012)
- Wayward (September 17, 2013)
- The Last Town (July 15, 2014)
Stand-alone novels
[edit]- Abandon (July 7, 2009)
- Famous (April 15, 2010)
- Snowbound (June 22, 2010)
- Run (February 24, 2011)
- Eerie (with Jordan Crouch (June 7, 2012)
- Dark Matter (July 26, 2016)
- Good Behavior (November 15, 2016)
- Recursion (June 11, 2019)
References
[edit]- ^ Crouch, Blake. "Dark Matter". Blake Crouch. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ^ Pierce, Scott D. (May 11, 2015). "No, they're not dead on Wayward Pines". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
- ^ Crouch, Blake. "Good Behavior". Blake Crouch. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Jadenstate/sandbox at IMDb
- Blake Crouch at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Interview on Fantasy Book Critic
- Bookseller news article on Blake Crouch
- BlogTalkRadio interview with Modern Signed Books host Rodger Nichols October 27, 2017
Category:1978 births
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American short story writers
Category:American horror novelists
Category:American male novelists
Category:People from Statesville, North Carolina
Category:American male short story writers
Category:American mystery writers
Category:American science fiction writers
Category:American thriller writers
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American male writers