The Siren and the Specter (2018, Flame Tree Publishing).

Exorcist Falls (2017, Sinister Grin Press).

Children of the Dark (2016, Sinister Grin Press).

The Nightmare Girl (2015, Samhain Publishing).

Castle of Sorrows (2014, Samhain Publishing).

Bloodshot: Kingdom of Shadows (2013, Kindle Direct Publishing).

Savage Species (2013, Samhain Publishing).

The Darkest Lullaby (2013, Samhain Publishing).

House of Skin (2012, Samhain Publishing).He currently resides in Indiana with his wife and three children. Janz teaches high school English, film literature, and creative writing. This is a charity event organized by author Brian Keene and the award is given to authors who have helped other writers and their community. In March of 2023, Janz won the Wilburn-Thomas Award at the Scares That Care event in Williamsburg, Virginia. His latest novel, The Dismembered, was released in November 2022. Lansdale, Brian Keene, Richard Matheson, among many others.

Janz cites multiple influences on his career, including Stephen King, Joe R. His manager, Ryan Lewis, also works with Josh Malerman.

Other novels have been released through Sinister Grin Press, Earthling Publications, and Cemetery Dance. After this, Janz signed a deal with Flame Tree Publishing, which published four more novels as well as reprintings of his earlier works. The book received praise from author Brian Keene, who called it 'the best horror novel of 2012.' Keene would also describe Janz as 'One of the best writers in modern horror to come along in the last decade.' īetween 20, eight of Janz's novels were released by Samhain Publishing. In 2011, Janz published his debut novel, The Sorrows. During childhood, he was prone to sleepwalking, and describes a time when he woke up in a pitch-black room of a friend's house, navigating his way through a maze of boxes because the family had just moved in. Early influences during this time include The Twilight Zone, In Search Of., the works of Edgar Allan Poe, as well as the audio version of The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens. He was raised by his mother near a graveyard, where she would check out books on albums from the library. Jonathan Janz grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jonathan Janz is an American horror author of sixteen novels and one collection of short fiction.

Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz