Kevin Randle Interviews - JOHN SHIRLEY - American Fantasy and Science Fiction Writer

John Shirley is an American writer, primarily of fantasy and
science fiction and songwriting. He has also written one historical
novel, a western, about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one
non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas.
Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts and
screenplays, and has published over 40 books and 8 short-story
collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and
written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others.

John Shirley is known for his cyberpunk science fiction novels, as
well as his suspense, horror novels and stories and horror film
work. His best known script work is the film The Crow, for which he
was the initial writer, before David Schow reworked the script. He
also wrote scripts for Deep Space Nine and Poltergeist: The Legacy.
Appreciation of John Shirley as an author of dark fiction was
amplified by a January 2008 The New York Times review, by critic
Terrence Rafferty.

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