Douglas E. Winter

Douglas E. Winter ( born October 30, 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri ) is an American writer, critic and lawyer.

He grew up in Granite City, Illinois. He studied law at Harvard and completed his studies in 1975. Currently, he is working with the law firm Bryan Cave. Winter also worked as a professor at the University of Iowa. His interest in horror ultimately led to the fact that he has worked alongside his profession as a lawyer as a horror writer and critic. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Publications

• Stephen King: The Art of Darkness (1984 )
• Faces of Fear ( 1985)
• Splatter: A Cautionary Tale (limited edition, 1987)
• Prime Evil (1988 )
• Absolute Darkness (limited edition, 1991)
• Black Sun (limited edition, 1994)
• Revelations ( 1997)
• Run (2000)
• Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic (2002)
• Introduction to Legal Writing (2003)
• A Little Brass Book of Full Metal Fiction (limited edition, 2006)
• American Zombie (coming in 2007)