Peter Clines
Clines at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
Clines at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
Born (1969-05-31) May 31, 1969
Cape Neddick, Maine, U.S.
OccupationWriter, novelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
GenresScience fiction, horror, speculative fiction, suspense
Notable works
  • Ex-Heroes[1]
  • The Fold
  • 14
Website
www.peterclines.com

Peter Clines (31 May 1969), born in Cape Neddick, Maine is an American author and novelist best known for his zombies-vs-superheroes series, Ex-Heroes, and Lovecraftian inspired Threshold novels 14 and The Fold. His short stories can be found in a variety of anthologies, including X-Files: Trust No One, edited by Jonathan Maberry. Before becoming a full-time writer, Clines worked as a props master in the film industry for 15 years.

Early life

Clines was raised in Cape Neddick, Maine,[2] where his love of storytelling was apparent from a very young age. While in third grade, he used his handwriting practice paper to pen his first story, Lizard Men From the Center of the Earth.[3] Clines continued telling stories as a kid, sometimes using Micronauts and Star Wars figurines to create scenes,[4] and other times in writing. As a self-professed "comic geek",[5] Clines created hero characters all through grade school.[5] He submitted various comic book scripts to Marvel Comics. At age 11, he received his first professional rejection letter from Jim Shooter, the then editor-in-chief at Marvel.[3] Clines describers it as "a very personal, very polite and professional" rejection letter.[3] Being taken seriously as a young writer, first by Shooter and then by Marvel's Tom DeFalco, who also sent an encouraging and helpful rejection letter a few years later, encouraged Clines to continue working on his craft.[3]

Clines graduated from University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1991[2] with a degree in English Literature. As a student, he worked as a local roadie crew for traveling bands.[3]

After a 16-month stint selling men's suits, he moved to San Diego and began working as a props master. He worked, among others, on Chairman of the Board (1998), Psycho Beach Party (2000), and Veronica Mars (2004).

Career

While Clines worked as a props master, his writing turned from props to focus on scripts.[4] In 2006, after the end of a film project, he dedicated himself to writing full-time. He worked for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, writing interviews, reviews, and articles.[6] While at Creative Screenwriter, Clines interviewed, among others, George Romero, Frank Darabont, Seth Rogen, Diablo Cody, Sylvester Stallone, and the late Nora Ephron.[4]

Clines made his first fiction sale, The Hatbox, to online journal The Harrow.[7] He continued to sell zombie and Lovecraftian short stories to anthologies before he began writing his first published novel, Ex-Heroes, in 2008.[6]

Bibliography

Threshold[8] series

TitleDateFormatPagesPublisherISBN
14June 5, 2012Paperback469 pagesPermuted PressISBN 1618684981
The FoldJune 2, 2015Hardcover384 pagesCrownISBN 0553418297
Dead MoonFebruary 2019Ebook348 pagesKavach PressASIN B07WP9QSCQ
TerminusJanuary 2020Audio BookNAAudible OriginalASIN B082MQXBSL

Ex-Heroes series

NumberTitleFormatPagesPublisherDateISBN
1Ex-HeroesPaperback336 pagesBroadway BooksFebruary 26, 2013ISBN 0804136572
2Ex-PatriotsPaperback432 pagesBroadway BooksApril 23, 2013ISBN 0804136599
3Ex-CommunicationPaperback352 pagesBroadway BooksJuly 9, 2013ISBN 0385346824
4Ex-PurgatoryPaperback352 pagesBroadway BooksJanuary 14, 2014ISBN 0804136610
5Ex-IslePaperback400 pagesBroadway BooksFebruary 2, 2016ISBN 0553418319

Standalone titles

TitleFormatPagesPublisherDateISBN
The Junkie QuatrainKindle108 pagesPermuted PressJanuary 13, 2013ASIN B0073OGW1M
The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson CrusoePaperback272 pagesPermuted PressMarch 8, 2016ISBN 161868633X
Dead Men Can't Complain and Other StoriesAudiobookN/AAudible OriginalsMay 23, 2017ASIN B06XX451TV
Paradox BoundHardcover336 pagesCrownSeptember 26, 2017ISBN 0553418335
The Broken RoomPaperback417 PagesBlackstone PublishingMarch 2021ASIN B09N7DYY1Z

Anthologies

TitleFormatPagesPublisherDateISBN
Cthulhu Unbound, Vol. 2Paperback276 pagesPermuted PressJuly 31, 2009ISBN 1934861146
The World Is DeadPaperback288 pagesPermuted PressSeptember 15, 2009ISBN 1934861251
Timelines: Stories Inspired by H.G. Wells' The Time MachinePaperback286 pagesNorthern Frights PublishingSeptember 1, 2010ISBN 0973483733
Times of Trouble: A Time Travel AnthologyKindle Edition only345 pagesPermuted PressApril 28, 2013ASIN B00CKZRAH4
Bless Your Mechanical HeartPaperback278 pagesEvil Girlfriend MediaMarch 17, 2014ISBN 1940154057
Kaiju Rising: Age of MonstersPaperback550 pagesRagnarok PublicationsJuly 1, 2014ISBN 0991360567
Corrupts Absolutely?: Dark Metahuman FictionPaperback360 pagesRagnarok PublicationsFebruary 23, 2015ISBN 1941987427
X-Files: Trust No OnePaperback360 pagesIDW PublishingJuly 28, 2015ISBN 1631402781
Naughty or Nice: A Holiday AnthologyPaperback252 pagesEvil Girlfriend MediaOctober 30, 2015ISBN 194015412X

References

  1. ↑ "Review, Exclusive Excerpt, and Giveaway: Ex-Heroes: A Novel". Wired. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  2. 1 2 Teetor, Paul. "Peter Clines' Cult Novels Pit Superheroes Against Zombies". LA Weekly. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "HEP, Episode 178: Love and Automata". Human Echoes Podcast. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Sagliani, Devan. "Horror Author Spotlight - Peter Clines". Escapist Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 Scalzi, John. "The Big Idea: Peter Clines". Whatever. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. 1 2 Sambuchino, Chuck. "Debut Author Interview: Peter Clines, Author of EX-HEROES and EX-PATRIOTS". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Hartwell, Elena. "Spotlight On Peter Clines". Arc of a Writer. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "WRITER on WRITING: Frequently Asked Questions". WRITER on WRITING. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
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