Author of sci-fi/fantasy, horror and adventure/thriller fiction

Craig DiLouie

Craig DiLouie is an author of popular thriller, apocalyptic/horror, and sci-fi/fantasy fiction.

In hundreds of reviews, Craig’s novels have been praised for their strong characters, action, and gritty realism. Each book promises an exciting experience with people you’ll care about in a world that feels real.

These works have been nominated for major literary awards such as the Bram Stoker Award and Audie Award, translated into multiple languages, and optioned for film. He is a member of the HWA, SFWA, International Thriller Writers, and IFWA.

At this site, you can find all of Craig’s major works, interviews, and hundreds of interesting blog posts. Be sure to sign up for Craig’s mailing list here so you can stay tuned on new releases.

Episode Thirteen

In this story of suspense, a ghost-hunting reality TV team explores an infamously haunted house and discovers a dark and terrifying world beyond our own.

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Strike

A carrier dive-bomber pilot helps turn the tide of the Pacific conflict during WW2 in this high-speed, action-packed war novel.

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The Final Cut

In the third and last book in the classic INFECTION series, all must decide how far they’ll go to survive and what they’ll give up to save humanity.

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Armor Series

A searing portrayal of tank combat, following a Sherman tank crew fighting the Axis from North Africa to Berlin.

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Our War

A brother and sister become child soldiers fighting on opposite sides of a second American civil war.

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One of Us

When a disease produces a generation of monsters, these children must somehow fit in–or fight for what’s theirs.

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Crash Dive Series

In this riveting adventure series, Charlie Harrison goes to war in the submarines against the Japanese Navy during WWII.

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Suffer the Children

A mysterious disease strikes down the world’s children before bringing them back with a bizarre need that might end the world. How far would you go for someone you love?

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The Alchemists

During the tumultuous Renaissance, two great men resume an old duel to determine which is superior, magic or science.

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The Infection War

The first two books in Craig DiLouie’s classic apocalyptic series, newly revised and published in an omnibus paperback edition for bookstores.

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The Infection

In this classic in the apocalyptic/zombie genre, five ordinary people must pay the price of survival at the end of the world.

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The Killing Floor

In this sequel to The Infection, the survivor of a slaughter discovers he’s not just immune, but has the power to save the world…or end it.

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Tooth and Nail

In this classic zombie story that launched the military zombie subgenre, a company of soldiers fights to maintain in New York during an outbreak of a bizarre disease that turns people into rabid maniacs.

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The Retreat Series

In this series, an infantry battalion must fight its way across an apocalyptic America to reach Florida, the last bastion of government.

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The End of the Road

In this grotesque short story, five college friends cross America to find themselves. They won’t like what they find.

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With this chilling story of cult abuse, DiLouie proves his mastery of the slow slide from psychological drama into supernatural horror… Horror readers will be hooked.”

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
on The Children of Red Peak

Part epic war story, part cautionary tale, OUR WAR is brutal, unflinching, and mesmerizing. DiLouie once again delivers an emotional body-slam of a book, one that’ll leave you shaken to your core.

AUTHOR PETER CLINES
on Our War

Frightening in its familiarity, ONE OF US is a tale of human monsters and monstrous humans--authentic, brutal, and inevitable.

AUTHOR DAVID WALTON
on One of Us

Tense enough so that you can almost hear the clock ticking.

AUTHOR JACK KETCHUM
on Suffer the Children

DiLouie flavors Kipling’s “The Man Who Would Be King” with a dash of Joe Haldeman’s THE FOREVER WAR to create this rollicking military SF farce.

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
on The Great Planet Robbery

Adventure in the grand tradition: high stakes on the high seas, a gripping story that moves at frenetic pace without sacrificing character or detail.

AUTHOR JOHN DIXON
on the Crash Dive series

WHAT JOSIAH SAW (2021)

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In WHAT JOSIAH SAW (2021), an estranged family reunites at the family homestead, culminating a lifetime of trauma with horror. This is a surprisingly good horror film that plays with the slow burn in an almost literary telling, while nailing every unsavory Southern Gothic trope. This might be the best horror film I’ve watched so far this year.

THE GREAT, Season 1 (2020)

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Looking at the trailer, my first impression of THE GREAT, an Amazon Prime series that reimagines the rise of Catherine the Great who deposed her husband and ruled Russia in the 1700s, was it was frivolous fluff that culturally over-modernized history to make it cute and leaned too hard into a social message I basically agree with but didn’t need hitting my head like a hammer. I was very happy to be utterly wrong. It’s damned good.

TENET (2020)

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From Christopher Nolan, who produced the exciting and mind-bending INCEPTION, TENET (2020) travels a similar path of complexity and action, but its sheer density and lack of character make it feel inaccessible, confusing, and chilly.

THE BOYS, Season 3

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In Season 3 of Amazon Prime’s stellar THE BOYS, Homelander’s popularity is suffering among the mainstream but skyrocketing among men admiring his unrepentant macho act. As he becomes increasingly psychotic and dangerous, Billy the Butcher and the Boys, now government operatives, seek a weapon rumored to have killed Soldier Boy (a take on Captain Marvel), which they believe will kill Homelander. Butcher, meanwhile, has another big card up his sleeve. The game is on, and it’s better than ever.

GONJIAM, HAUNTED ASYLUM (2018)

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Another impressive horror film from Korea, GONJIAM, HAUNTED ASYLUM (2018) is a found-footage story about the crew of a horror web series that ventures into a haunted psychiatric hospital, only to find themselves in a terrifying trap. It’s familiar fare, but the movie stakes out its own turf with some top-notch scares.