Whitley Strieber began his writing career with The Wolfen
and The Hunger,
for which he earned renown as one of the best of
the “new wave” of horror writers. Both of these novels were
made into films, the latter starring Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon
and David Bowie.
In the mid-eighties Strieber received
national attention with the New York Times bestseller Warday (co-authored by James Kunetka), and an award winning young-adult
novel, Wolf of Shadows, each depicting the harm our country could suffer
in a “limited” nuclear war.
He may be best known for the third
phase of his career, which began with Communion,
an autobiographical account of his experiences with strange alien “visitors” who came to his cabin in the New York countryside.
He has written several other thrillers including the popular Cat Magic, and two novels about environmental collapse, Nature's End and The Coming Global Superstorm. The vampire saga that began with The
Hunger was later expanded with The
Last Vampire and Lilith's
Dream.
New from Whitley Strieber are two novels, The Grays
and 2012: The War for Souls. Feature films of both are in development.
Upcoming is the novel Midnight, due in late 2008/early 2009.