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

RRR (2022)

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RRR (2022) is a face smash of a movie, so over the top in action, Indian nationalism, and melodrama it rings out like a unique Indian live-action take on Japanese anime. Despite its three-hour runtime, it’s a load of good fun if you don’t take it seriously and just let it wash over you like a force of nature.

BELFAST (2021)

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Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST (2021) is a heartfelt coming of age story about the meaning of home in times of turmoil. I liked it a lot despite its flaws, notably Branagh periodically overplaying his directing chops.

WE OWN THIS CITY

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Based on the nonfiction book of the same title by Justin Fenton and written and developed by George Pelecanos and David Simon, one of the creators of the seminal HBO series THE WIRE, WE OWN THIS CITY acts a spiritual sequel THE WIRE. It’s powerful, thoughtful, heartbreaking, and all too real.

STATION ELEVEN

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Based on the novel by Emily St. John Mandel, STATION ELEVEN (HBO) is a miniseries about a group of connected people experiencing the end of the world due to a superflu and the efforts to carry on and rebuild civilization in the aftermath. Beautifully directed, well acted, and emotionally powerful, the effort fell a bit short for me in coherence and believable character motivation, resulting in a show that seemed to say, “Don’t think too hard, just feel.”

BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK (2016)

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In BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK (2016), a young soldier’s heroics are caught on camera during a firefight, resulting in his squad being sent home to America for a two-week propaganda tour culminating in an appearance at the halftime show during a Dallas Cowboys game at Texas Stadium. I’m currently reading the 2012 novel by Ben Fountain on which the Ang Lee film is based and found it had a lot to say about how war is perceived, so I checked out the film. The movie took a lot of knocks from critics and viewers, but I loved it.