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James Herbert (1) (1943–2013)

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Horror writer James Herbert was born in London, England on April 8, 1943. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a singer and an art director for an advertising agency. His novels have sold more than forty-two million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty-three languages, toon meer including Russian and Chinese. His stories are simple, yet compelling and usually have a young, jaded man as the hero. Besides writing his novels, he also designs the book covers and handles the publicity. He currently lives in London, England with his wife and children. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van James Herbert

The Rats (1974) 987 exemplaren
The Fog (1975) 943 exemplaren
Duivelswerk (Haunted) (1988) 772 exemplaren
Het vervloekte huis (1986) 764 exemplaren
Once... (2001) 701 exemplaren
The Secret of Crickley Hall (2006) 640 exemplaren
The Dark (1980) 629 exemplaren
Het rattenleger (1979) 612 exemplaren
Moon (1985) 582 exemplaren
Domain (1984) 572 exemplaren
'48 (1996) 565 exemplaren
Mazzel : een 'Hondeleven' (1977) 536 exemplaren
Duivelsdans (1994) 521 exemplaren
Others (1999) 520 exemplaren
Duivelsgraf (1990) 433 exemplaren
Altaar van het kwaad (1983) 423 exemplaren
The Spear (1978) 414 exemplaren
Nobody True (2003) 402 exemplaren
Doem (1992) 387 exemplaren
Ash (2012) 296 exemplaren
Dreiging uit het schimmenrijk (1981) 291 exemplaren
Moon; Shrine; The Dark; Fluke (1985) 45 exemplaren
The City (1993) 37 exemplaren
The Ghosts of Sleath/'48 (1996) 27 exemplaren
The Fog; The Spear; Sepulchre (1993) 23 exemplaren
The Rats; Lair; Domain (2001) 15 exemplaren
James Herbert Box Set (2003) 5 exemplaren
The Rats; The Dark; Fluke (1988) 2 exemplaren
The Ghost Hunter 1 exemplaar
Flesh and Blood 1 exemplaar

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 11 (2000) — Medewerker — 81 exemplaren
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The Complete Masters of Darkness (1991) — Medewerker — 31 exemplaren
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Officiële naam
Herbert, James John
Geboortedatum
1943-08-04
Overlijdensdatum
2013-03-20
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Land (voor op de kaart)
England, UK
Geboorteplaats
London, England
Plaats van overlijden
Woodmancote, near Henfield, Sussex, England
Woonplaatsen
London, England
Sussex, England
Opleiding
St Aloysius Grammar School, Highgate
Hornsey College of Art
Beroepen
art director
singer
author
Relaties
Herbert, Eileen (wife)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (2010)
Order of the British Empire (Officer ∙ 2010)
Korte biografie
Herbert's first novel, The Rats, depicted London overrun by mutant flesh-eating rodents and sold 100,000 copies within two weeks of being published in 1974.
Since then, he has published 23 novels in more than 30 languages, selling 54 million copies worldwide. His latest book, Ash, was published lin March 2013.
Herbert was appointed an OBE by the Queen in 2010 - the same year he was made Grand Master of Horror by the World of Horror Convention.

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Werken
38
Ook door
13
Leden
13,189
Populariteit
#1,769
Waardering
½ 3.5
Besprekingen
255
ISBNs
674
Talen
14
Favoriet
40

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