Al Sarrantonio is an accomplished American author, born on May 25, 1952, in New York City. He has made his mark in the fields of horror and science fiction, having published over forty books and sixty short stories during his career spanning three decades. Sarrantonio's work has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Bram Stoker Award, Shirley Jackson Award, and the Audie Award. He has also been a finalist for several other prestigious awards, such as the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award.
Sarrantonio's bibliography includes novels that span various genres, such as horror, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and western. Some of his notable works include Moonbane, Skeletons, House Haunted, the Five Worlds trilogy, the Masters of Mars trilogy, West Texas, and the Orangefield Halloween trilogy. His writing has been praised as "brilliant" and "masterful" by Booklist, which has also hailed him as a "master anthologist."
In addition to his work as a novelist, Sarrantonio has edited numerous anthologies and has been recognized for his exceptional talent in this area. He has edited several highly acclaimed collections, including 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, Stories (with co-editor Neil Gaiman), Halloween: New Poems, and Portents. His short stories have been featured in various magazines, such as Heavy Metal, Twilight Zone, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, Analog, and Amazing. They have also appeared in numerous anthologies, such as The Year's Best Horror Stories, Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters, Great Ghost Stories, Best New Horror, and The Best of Shadows. Sarrantonio's short stories have been collected in Toybox, Hornets and Others, and Halloween and Other Seasons. He has had numerous book club sales, and his work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and adapted for comic books. Sarrantonio currently resides in New York's historic Hudson Valley region.