Robert W. Walker is a successful American author, known for his horror and thriller novels. He was born in Corinth, Mississippi, and grew up in Chicago. Walker was raised watching television shows and movies that involved the bizarre, which helped spark his interest in writing horror and thriller novels. Some of the authors who have influenced Walker's writing include William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Alexandre Dumas, Martin Cruz Smith, Richard Matheson, and Patricia Cornwell.
Walker received his education at Wells High School in Chicago and Northwestern University. He furthered his education by earning a Graduate Masters in English Education at Northwestern. Walker has also taught writing courses in various permutations, including developmental, composition, creative writing, and studying literary masters. His teaching experience has helped him hone his writing skills and has given him a unique perspective on the craft of storytelling.
In addition to his Jessica Coran series, Walker has written 44 novels and has two writing traditions to uphold - the Windy City one and the Southern one. He is currently working on a new romantic-suspense-historical-mainstream novel titled Children of Salem. Walker has an impressive writing career, having published 68 titles on Kindle and 35 on Audible.com. His latest Kindle book titles include Gone Gorilla, The Monster Pit, Bayou Wulf, The SubterraneanS, Random Violence, and Skitters, among others.
Walker's writing is characterized by his ability to create suspense and bone-chilling terror. His books are not for the faint of heart, as he explores the dark side of human nature, twisted religion, and the human condition. Despite the dark themes in his novels, Walker's writing is also known for its romance and intrigue. For example, his novel Children of Salem is a big ambitious work that explores the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and is both a romance and intrigue novel.
In summary, Robert W. Walker is a prolific and talented American author known for his horror and thriller novels. His writing is influenced by some of the greatest authors in history, and his teaching experience has helped him hone his writing skills. Walker's books are not for the faint of heart, as he explores the darker side of human nature, twisted religion, and the human condition. Despite the dark themes, Walker's writing is also known for its romance and intrigue, making him a well-rounded and versatile author.
Abraham Stroud/Bloodscreams Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Curse Of The Vampire / Vampire Dreams
2010
2
Curse of the Vampire / Vampire Dreams
2010
3
Wake of the Werewolf / Werewolf's Grief
2010
4
Wake Of The Werewolf / Werewolf's Grief
2010
5
Legion Of The Dead / Zombie Eyes
2010
6
Legion of the Dead / Zombie Eyes
2010
7
Bayou Wulf
2011
8
The Subterraneans
2015
9
Random Violence
2015
10
Satanipedes
2017
11
Vampire Dreams
2019
12
Skitters
2020
13
Mindbreach
2021
Abraham Stroud/Bloodscreams Series in Chronological Order
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Curse Of The Vampire / Vampire Dreams
2010
2
Wake Of The Werewolf / Werewolf's Grief
2010
3
Legion Of The Dead / Zombie Eyes
2010
4
Bayou Wulf
2011
5
The Subterraneans
2015
6
Random Violence
2015
7
Skitters
2020
8
Satanipedes
2017
9
Vampire Dreams
2019
10
Mindbreach
2021
Alastair Ransom Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
City for Ransom
2005
2
Shadows in the White City
2007
3
City of the Absent
2007
4
Titanic 2012
2010
5
City of Lies
2017
6
City of Serpents
2018
Blue Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
PSI: Blue
2006
2
Deja Blue
2009
3
Trés Blue: An Aurelia Murphy Hiyakawa Paranormal Psychological Thriller
2024
Chicaghosts Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Gone Gorilla
2016
2
The Monster Pit
2016
3
Goatbusters
2017
4
The Heads Have Eyes
2018
Children Of Salem Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Children of Salem
2014
2
Children of Salem Book Two
2014
3
Children of Salem Book Three
2014
Dean Grant Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Dead Man's Float / Floaters
1989
2
Razor's Edge / Scalpers
1989
3
Burning Obsession / Front Burners
1989
4
Dying Breath / Dying Breath
1989
Flesh Wars Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Serpentine Fire
2009
2
Return of the Serpentine Fire
2009
Jessica Coran/Instinct Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Killer Instinct
1992
2
Primal Instinct
1994
3
Fatal Instinct
1995
4
Pure Instinct
1995
5
Darkest Instinct
1996
6
Extreme Instinct
1998
7
Blind Instinct
2000
8
Bitter Instinct
2001
9
Unnatural Instinct
2002
10
Grave Instinct
2003
11
Absolute Instinct
2004
12
Rules of Fog
2012
13
The Edge of Instinct
2013
14
The Fear Collectors
2014
15
The Devil's Instinct
2015
16
Dead on Instinct
2018
17
True Instinct
2020
Killing Time Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Under the Dead Man's Hat
2017
2
Under the Dead Lady's Corset
2021
3
Under the Hair of the Dog
2025
Love Amid the Ruins Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Annie's War
2013
Marcus Rydell & Kat Holley Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Dead on
2009
Lucas Stonecoat/Edge Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Cutting Edge
1997
2
Double Edge
1998
3
Cold Edge
2001
4
Final Edge
2004
5
The Edge of Instinct
2013
6
Satan's Edge
2018
Ryne Lanark/Decoy Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Decoy / Hunting Lure
2010
2
Blood Ties / Blood Seers
2010
3
Blood Tells / Wind Slayers
2010
4
The Handyman / Hand-To-Hand
2010
Time Machine Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Search for Dinosaurs
1984
2
Search for Dinosaurs ( By: David Bischoff)
1984
3
Civil War Secret Agent ( By: Steve Perry)
1984
4
Civil War Secret Agent
1984
5
Sword of the Samurai ( By: Michael Reaves)
1984
6
Sword of the Samurai
1984
7
Ice Age Explorer (By: Dougal Dixon)
1985
8
The Rings of Saturn
1985
9
Wild West Rider
1985
10
The Rings of Saturn ( By: Arthur Byron Cover)
1985
11
American Revolutionary
1985
12
Wild West Rider (By: Steve Leialoha, Stephen Overholser)
1985
13
American Revolutionary ( By: Arthur Byron Cover)
1985
14
Time Machine 11: Mission to World War II (By: Susan Nanus)
1986
15
Blade of the Guillotine
1986
16
Flame of the Inquisition
1986
17
Mission to World War II (By: Susan Nanus)
1986
18
Quest for the Cities of Gold
1987
19
Blade of the Guillotine ( By: Arthur Byron Cover)
1986
20
Flame of the Inquisition (By: John Pierard, Marc Kornblatt)
1986
21
Sword of Caesar
1987
22
Search for the Nile
1986
23
Last of the Dinosaurs
1988
24
World War II Code Breaker
1989
25
Quest for the Cities of Gold (By: José Gonzalez Navaroo, Richard Glatzer)
1987
26
Scotland Yard Detective (By: Seymour Reit)
1987
27
Sword of Caesar (By: Bruce Stevenson)
1987
28
Last of the Dinosaurs ( By: Peter Lerangis)
1988
29
World War I Flying Ace (By: George Pratt, Richard Mueller)
1988
30
World War II Code Breaker ( By: Peter Lerangis)
1989
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Sub-Zero!
1979
2
Daniel Webster Jackson and the Wrong Way Railway
1982
3
Brain Watch
1985
4
Aftershock
1987
5
Salem's Child
1987
6
Disembodied
1988
7
Decoy ( As: S. Robertson)
1989
8
Decoy
1989
9
The Handyman
1990
10
Dr. O ( As: Glenn Hale)
1991
11
Dr. O
1991
12
Fire and Flesh ( As: Evan Kingsbury)
2002
13
Cuba Blue (With: Lyn Polkabla)
2009
14
Fire and Flesh
2002
15
Dead on
2009
16
Cuba Blue
2009
17
Abaddon
2009
18
Brain Stem
2010
19
The Red Path: Indian Brigades in the Civil War
2014
20
Animiki & the Keepers of the Fire
2014
21
Ragner & The Battlestormer
2014
22
Vampire Babies
2020
23
The Old Blue Coat
2015
24
The Cannoneers (With: Robert W. Walker)
2021
Short Stories/Novellas
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Pet Project
2012
2
Stump Grinder
2012
3
The Removal
2015
Short Story Collections
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Thrice Told Tales
2009
2
Shy One Pearl & Ghost of an Addiction - 2 Raw Stories ala Walker
2012
3
Party of 8: The One That Got Away
2013
4
Darkness Chasing Light
2015
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Namesake: The Biography of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
2007
2
Dead on Writing
2009
3
Demystifying & Transforming Your Grammar
2012
4
Dead on Writing: The How-To Book to Die For
2009
5
Greatest Secrets of Successful Commercial Fiction Authors
2012
6
Psychology 101 for Writers & Their Characters
2012
7
The Perils of Pauline - Crafting the Female Voice in Genre Fiction
2012
8
Story Web Structure - Crafting the Focused Story
2012
9
The Writer's Challenge & Passion
2012
10
Writing Craft - Convertx Tellx Narrative to Showx via Dialogue