The listener robert r mccammon6/30/2023 He admits in retrospect that he was surprised by this - not expecting his first novel to sell so readily - but he quickly forged ahead and wrote The Night Boat. During this time he turned his eye toward writing a novel, channeling his inner turmoil into Baal.īaal was accepted and published in paperback by Avon books in 1978. He eventually landed a position as copyeditor and headline writer for the Birmingham Post-Herald, but this left him frustrated and unhappy. McCammon was hard-pressed to find a position as a reporter. He was not the only one inspired by the work of Woodward and Bernstein their investigation had romanticized the profession and intrigued many, so there was a lot of competition for jobs at the time. He was eager to become a reporter in the wake of the 1972 Washington Post exposé by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein that blew the lid off Watergate, leading to the bestselling novel and subsequent movie All the President’s Men. McCammon was born and raised by his grandparents in Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.A. He is a New York Times bestseller and multiple award-winning author. He was, of course, one of the giants of the genre during the horror boom, legitimately placed on par with usual suspects from the horror pantheon including King, Koontz, Straub, et al. McCammon is an American author of horror and historical suspense.
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