Jonathan Maberry -- August 12, 2006
About Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is a professional writer and writing teacher; since 1979 he's sold more than 900
articles, sixteen nonfiction books, three novels, as well as numerous short stories, poetry, song
lyrics, video scripts, and two plays. Jonathan recently released his first book-length fiction, with the
spooky thriller Ghost Road Blues.
Visit Jonathan's Ghost Road Blues website at www.ghostroadblues.com.
Jonathan Maberry is a professional writer and writing teacher; since 1979 he's sold more than 900
articles, sixteen nonfiction books, three novels, as well as numerous short stories, poetry, song
lyrics, video scripts, and two plays. Jonathan recently released his first book-length fiction, with the
spooky thriller Ghost Road Blues.
Visit Jonathan's Ghost Road Blues website at www.ghostroadblues.com.
Post Meeting Write-up
A good time was had by all at the August installment of the SFSNNJ Face The Fiction lecture series
held last night at the Borders B&M store in the Garden State Plaza Mall, Paramus. Since there was no
pre-meeting activity planned out of respect for the passing of Carol Smith last Friday, we started at
8:00 pm with Chris Hasselkus introducing Jonathan Maberry, our guest speaker for the evening. Mr.
Maberry began by discussing the writing life in general,describing how it's easier to get non-fiction
work published easier than fiction,specifically magazine articles. He started his career by writing
articles on martial arts,blues & jazz music, cooking,& child care,then his career made a twist when
began researching the folklore of vampires & werewolves. This led him to write a series of books on
the subject(including his latest, Vampire Universe, which is due out next month) and inspired him
to write his first novel Ghost Road Blues. Its the story of the spirit of a deceased blues singer
returning to his hometown in order to save it from an evil reincarnation. Mr. Maberry read from a
flashback portion of his novel, which had the blues singer engaged in a fight with a werewolf
(which may have been the devil)whom he eventually kills, then buries in a unmarked grave. It is later
revealed the singer has been hung for this action and also hints that the devil could come back.
Maberry answered many questions and gave his opinions on other sci-fi /horror authors & films,
including Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, 2010, & The Haunted. We thank Jonathan Maberry for a
great lecture and discussion.
A good time was had by all at the August installment of the SFSNNJ Face The Fiction lecture series
held last night at the Borders B&M store in the Garden State Plaza Mall, Paramus. Since there was no
pre-meeting activity planned out of respect for the passing of Carol Smith last Friday, we started at
8:00 pm with Chris Hasselkus introducing Jonathan Maberry, our guest speaker for the evening. Mr.
Maberry began by discussing the writing life in general,describing how it's easier to get non-fiction
work published easier than fiction,specifically magazine articles. He started his career by writing
articles on martial arts,blues & jazz music, cooking,& child care,then his career made a twist when
began researching the folklore of vampires & werewolves. This led him to write a series of books on
the subject(including his latest, Vampire Universe, which is due out next month) and inspired him
to write his first novel Ghost Road Blues. Its the story of the spirit of a deceased blues singer
returning to his hometown in order to save it from an evil reincarnation. Mr. Maberry read from a
flashback portion of his novel, which had the blues singer engaged in a fight with a werewolf
(which may have been the devil)whom he eventually kills, then buries in a unmarked grave. It is later
revealed the singer has been hung for this action and also hints that the devil could come back.
Maberry answered many questions and gave his opinions on other sci-fi /horror authors & films,
including Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, 2010, & The Haunted. We thank Jonathan Maberry for a
great lecture and discussion.
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