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Hello from Jonathan Maberry -author, writing teacher and motivational speaker

Jonathan Maberry is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author, writing teacher and motivational speaker. His novels include GHOST ROAD BLUES, DEAD MAN’S SONG and BAD MOON RISING (Pinnacle Books); and PATIENT ZERO (due from St. Martins Press in ’09). His nonfiction works include VAMPIRE UNIVERSE (2206), THE CRYPTOPEDIA (2007), ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead (2008), and THEY BITE! (2009), all Citadel Press.

Jonathan has sold more than 1100 articles, twenty nonfiction books, six novels, as well as short stories, poetry, song lyrics, video scripts, and two plays. His play TALES FROM THE FIRE ZONE, was produced at Temple University in the early 1980s.

Jonathan is a speaker for the National Writers Union, and an active member of ITW (International Thriller Writers), MWA (Mystery Writers of America), HWA (Horror Writers Association) and SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America). He tours libraries and independent bookstores giving his Careers in Writing lecture to packed houses. Jonathan is frequent writers conference speaker and has appeared at PennWriters, PhilCon, HorrorFind, BackSpace, Monster Mania, Philadelphia Writers Conference The World Horror Convention, the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Conference, LunaCon, University of Pennsylvania Writers Conference, and others and in 2008 will be keynote speaker at the Write Stuff and Sisters in Crime (New Jersey); and will be a featured speaker at PennWriters and the Bedford Springs Literary Series.

Jonathan is a founding partner of The Writers Corner USA (www.writerscornerusa.com), a writers’ education center in Doylestown, PA. He is a founding member of THE LIARS CLUB, a group of professional authors.

In 2004 Jonathan was inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame largely because of his extensive writings in that field. His martial arts books include E.S.M: Effective Survival Methods (Vortex Multimedia, 1985); Introduction to Asian Martial Arts (Vortex Multimedia, 1986); The Self-Defense Instructor’s Handbook (Vortex Multimedia, 1990); Judo and You (Kendall Hunt, 1991); Ultimate Jujutsu Principles and Practices (Strider Nolan, 2002); The Martial Arts Student Logbook (Strider Nolan, 2002); Ultimate Sparring Principles and Practices (Strider Nolan, 2003).

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