James Herbert (1) (1943–2013)

Auteur van The Rats

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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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The Rats

David Ash

Werken van James Herbert

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The Rats (1974) 996 exemplaren

The Fog (1975) 951 exemplaren

Duivelswerk (Haunted) (1988) 775 exemplaren

Het vervloekte huis (1986) 766 exemplaren

Once... (2001) 705 exemplaren

The Secret of Crickley Hall (2006) 644 exemplaren

The Dark (1980) 631 exemplaren

Het rattenleger (1979) 616 exemplaren

Moon (1985) 584 exemplaren

Domain (1984) 576 exemplaren

'48 (1996) 568 exemplaren

Tentakels Van Het Kwaad (Sepulchre) (1987) 543 exemplaren

Mazzel : een 'Hondeleven' (1977) 539 exemplaren

Duivelsdans (1994) 525 exemplaren

Others (1999) 522 exemplaren

Wraak Van De Overlevende (The Survivor) (1976) 478 exemplaren

Duivelsgraf (1990) 441 exemplaren

Altaar van het kwaad (1983) 429 exemplaren

The Spear (1978) 416 exemplaren

Nobody True (2003) 407 exemplaren

Doem (1992) 390 exemplaren

Ash (2012) 299 exemplaren

Dreiging uit het schimmenrijk (1981) 294 exemplaren

Moon; Shrine; The Dark; Fluke (1985) 45 exemplaren

The City (1993) 37 exemplaren

The Ghosts of Sleath/'48 (1996) 27 exemplaren

James Herbert's Dark Places: Locations and Legends (1993) 23 exemplaren

The Fog; The Spear; Sepulchre (1993) 23 exemplaren

The Rats; Lair; Domain (2001) 15 exemplaren

James Herbert Box Set (2003) 5 exemplaren

Santuario (1985) 4 exemplaren

The Rats; The Dark; Fluke (1988) 2 exemplaren

The Rats; The Fog; Fluke; The Dark; Shrine; The Magic Cottage (1999) 2 exemplaren

Flesh and Blood 1 exemplaar

Besessen. Roman. (1993) 1 exemplaar

The Rats; The Fog; The Dark (Word Play) (2007) 1 exemplaar

Moon; The Magic Cottage 1 exemplaar

Lara's Lament [short story] 1 exemplaar

The Ghost Hunter 1 exemplaar

Others [short story] 1 exemplaar

La invasión de las ratas Novela (1975) 1 exemplaar

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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.