Bentley Little

Bentley Little was born in Arizona. He received a BA in Communications and an MA in English and Comparative Literature from California State University. He began his career as a writer in a big way. His debut book, 'The Revelation', won a Bram Stoker Award in 1990 for Best First Novel, and was subsequently praised by Stephen King. The latter has since named Bentley 'a master of the macabre', and Little has become known as the disciple of King.

His short fiction initially began appearing in magazines such as Cemetery Dance, a horror publication founded by Richard Chizmar. 'The Janitor', 'The Sanctuary', and 'Blood' were published in the first few issues of the magazine. 'The Move' appeared in the Richard Laymon special along with other stories by Jack Ketchum, John Shirley, Ed Gorman, Christina Faust, and Richard Christian Matheson. 'The Mailman' appeared in the anthology 'The Best of Cemetery Dance' alongside Dean R. Koontz, Norman Partridge, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King and others.

Since 'The Revelation' Bentley has published over twenty novels, including 'The Mailman' (1991), 'The Summoning' (1993), 'The Night School' aka 'The University' (1994), 'Dominion' (1995), 'The Store' (1996), 'The House' (1997), 'The Ignored' (1997), 'Guests' (1997), 'The Town' (1998), 'The Walking' (2000), 'The Association' (2001), 'The Return' (2002), 'The Policy' (2003), 'The Resort' (2004), 'Dispatch' (2005), 'The Burning' (2006), 'The Vanishing' (2007), 'The Academy' (2008), 'His Father's Son' (2009), and 'The Disappearance' (2010). In 1993 another of his his novels, 'The Summoning', was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.

His short stories include 'Witch Woman' (1985), 'Miles to Go Before I Sleep' (1991), 'The Potato' (1991), 'The Man in the Passenger Seat' (1993), 'Monteith' (1993, 'From the Mouths of Babes' (1994), 'The Numbers Game' (1994), 'The Pond' (1994), 'See Marylin Monroe's Panties!' (1995), 'Life with Father' (1998), 'Connie' (1999), 'The Theatre' (1999), and 'Pop Star in the Ugly Bar' (2005) and are collected in 'Murmurous Haunts' (1997), the Bram Stoker-nominated 'The Collection' (2002), and 'Four Dark Nights' (2002) with Douglas Clegg, Christopher Golden, and Tom Piccirilli.

His story 'The Washingtonians' was filmed for the Masters of Horror (2005) TV Series created by Mick Garris and directed by Peter Medak. It starred Johnathon Schaech.

He admittedly writes 'horror' fiction, something he is not ashamed of, and does not hide behind tags such as 'dark fantasy' or 'dark suspense'. He was discovered by Dean R. Koontz.