Jonathan Maberry

Come network, rub elbows with a slew of authors and editors, and, above all, have a night of fun for a good cause. It’s all part of a special Writers’ Bash on Saturday, August 6th, beginning at 7 p.m. and going on till closing at Smokey Joe’s bar located at 208 S. 40th Street in University City ... (more)on the University of Pennsylvania campus. At the bash, enjoy music and munchies, discounted drinks, and chances to bid on amazing silent auction items including full manuscript critiques by top New York literary agents and editors! Admission to the event, which is sponsored by the Liars Club, is $20, $10 for college students with I.D. All proceeds go toward the expenses of ill author, Liars Club member and wonderful friend Leslie Esdaile Banks (who writes under the name L.A. Banks). Leslie is battling a rare cancer. At the Writers’ Bash on August 6th, in addition to $2 beers and $3 wines, there will be a special drink for the adventurous called “The Vamp,” dedicated to Leslie and her popular Vampire Huntress novels. And throughout the night, try your luck in a 50/50, and with inexpensive basket raffles. And don’t forget that impressive silent auction. “The silent auction is going to be really exciting,” predicts Random House author and Liar Marie Lamba. Items include tickets and a backstage tour for Jersey Boys on Broadway; full scholarships to writer’s conferences; signed books by New York Times bestselling authors such as Charlain Harris, Heather Graham and Sherrilyn Kenyon; and the coveted manuscript critiques offered by a number of New York editors and literary agents. Lamba says, “How much would you pay to have your full manuscript read by a top literary agent? And then have that agent give you a full critique over the phone? For us writers, that’s simply priceless.” So far, we’ve got crits offered by editors from Pocket Books, St. Martins, and Ace/ROC. Literary agent crits hail from McIntosh & Otis, Harvey Klinger, Jennifer DeChiara Agency, the Bent Agency, and Folio. More great stuff keeps being added. To see the most up-to-date details of this event and the latest items added to the auction, click on the Writers’ Bash Details tab above, or click here. “Personally, I’m really looking forward to the Bash, and getting to know even more writers and editors from our area,” says New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry. Maberry, who is a founding member of the Liars Club, went to Conwell Middle School with Leslie in Philly. “Leslie is an exceptional treasure. A warm and talented woman.” Leslie (L.A. Banks), a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, has written over 40 novels and 21 novellas. She was honored by the University of Pennsylvania Black Alumni Society as “A Living Legend,” and Mayor Nutter appointed her to the Philadelphia Free Library Board as a commissioner on the Mayor’s Commission on Literacy. In 2010, as a single mom and freelancer faced with a massive increase in her insurance bills, she fired off an eloquent email to the White House. President Barack Obama took notice, and Leslie had the distinct honor of introducing the President when he came to Philadelphia to talk about health care reform. Ironically, just a few months ago Leslie learned she had late stage adrenal cancer, and that her insurance is inadequate, leaving her family facing massive expenses. Leslie is a University City resident, and a Penn and Temple graduate. “She’s truly one of our own,” Maberry says, “and we hope everyone will come out in full force to Smokey Joes on the Penn campus to honor this amazing woman and help her family at this difficult time.” “This will definitely be a red-hot meetup,” says Lamba. “A chance to network with the creative community, and do some good, too. So join the Liars Club and come hoist a cold one for Leslie. It’ll be a blast. Honest!”

The Moravian Book Shop kicks off our Party After Dark on Friday with multiple-Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry! Jonathan will be here signing his books, which include thrillers, supernatural horror novels, and others covering the folklore and beliefs of the occult and paranormal. Rot ... (more)& Ruin is his first Young Adult novel, and his Joe Ledger thriller series is currently in production for TV. Jonathan also authored several martial arts and self-defense books, is a writing instructor and speaker, a freelance comic book writer for Marvel, and member of various mystery, horror, and thriller organizations nationwide.

The Philly Liar’s Club will be throwing its second “Truth Tour” event, and you are invited. “Liars Tell the Truth about Clinton Books” is a party at Clinton Books, 33 Main St., Clinton, NJ, featuring fab giveaways, Truth or Lie games, and these Liars Club authors: Marie Lamba, Jonathan Maberry, ... (more)Keith Strunk, Gregory Frost, Jon McGoran (who writes as D.H. Dublin), Don Lafferty, and Dennis Tafoya. There will be laughs, mayhem, booksignings, and this party is free! You can call the bookstore at 908-735-8811 for more info or to reserve a copy of an author’s book.

A few members of the PHILLY LIAR’S CLUB will descend upon the Chester County Book & Music Company to reveal some truths about your favorite, local independent booksellers. This program, which is free and open to all, will feature some of the club’s many authors including JONATHAN MABERRY, KELLY ... (more)SIMMONS, DENNIS TAFOYA, D.H. DUBLIN, and KEITH GILMAN.

Zombie Fest It's springtime and flowers aren't the only thing coming up out of the ground! On Friday, March 20th, The Doylestown Bookshop is teaming up with The County Theater> to present a zombie-filled evening featuring award-winning horror author Jonathan Maberry. Mr. Maberry will begin the evening ... (more)at 7:00 pm at the bookshop where he will be signing copies of his latest book, Patient Zero (see description below). During the book signing, we will be having a zombie costume contest with the winner of the contest, judged by acclaimed horror writers Max Brooks and Brian Keene, receiving their very own zombie portrait, an $80.00 value, from acclaimed zombie portraitist Rob Sacchetto. For more info about zombie portraits and the artist:
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•www.zombieportraits.com Following the book signing and zombie costume contest will be a zombie double feature with a special introduction to the films by Mr. Maberry. The films that will make up the double feature are 28 DAYS LATER and a special author's choice. Tickets for the zombie double feature, available at both The County and the Bookshop, are $10.00 a piece or $5.00 with purchase of one of Mr. Maberry's books at the Bookshop.

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth...And law enforcement is ready to take them down!

On Friday, October 3rd at 7:00 pm, award-winning horror author Jonathan Maberry will be at the Doylestown Bookshop to sign copies of his newest book, Zombie C.S.U., the hilarious, ... (more)but surprisingly serious book that asks the age-old question, What if zombies were real? He gets the lowdown from the experts on all things undead and the result is a welcome addition to the zombie zeitgeist ably standing beside such works as Max Brooks' genius World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide.

About The Author
Jonathan Maberry is a writer, lecturer, and motivational speaker. He is the author of Ghost Road Blues, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, as well as Dead Man's Song, Bad Moon Rising, and several nonfiction books, including Vampire Universe and The Cryptopedia, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Nonfiction. He is a writing mentor for the Horror Writers Association and the Mystery Writers of America, a founding partner of The Writers Corner USA, a speaker for the National Writers Union, co-founder editor of The Wild River Review, and publisher of Cryptopedia Magazine, an online horror magazine. He is co-creator and consulting producer for "On the Slab" a web-based horror and SF entertainment news show for stage 9/Disney. He lives in Warrington, Pennsylvania , with his wife, Sara, and son, Sam.

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