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, 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.

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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Children of God

The survivors of a doomsday cult find their voice through poetry therapy, expressing why they joined the cult and how it all went wrong.

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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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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

"Gripping ... DiLouie carefully recreates our society and our military ... then proceeds to bring the horror, devastation and heroes we require.

FANGORIA MAGAZINE
on The Infection

Writers like King, Lansdale and DiLouie invite us to view America through a glass smeared with dirt, blood and the mist of our own primal fear.

AUTHOR PAUL MANNERING
on "The End of the Road"

HOLD THE DARK (2018)

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With its unsettling aesthetic and larger-than-life characters living at the fringe of civilization, HOLD THE DARK (2018) is superb Arctic noir, even if it ends on a very murky note.

CHANNEL ZERO

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Created by Nick Antosca, Syfy’s CHANNEL ZERO is a horror anthology series comprised of self-contained six-episode seasons, with the story line for each season based on popular CreepyPastas. I caught the first two seasons on Shudder and had fun with it. I found it somewhat consume-and-forget TV, but it goes down easy, and it’s pretty well done.

MANIAC (2018)

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Netflix’s MANIAC is a surprisingly thoughtful, heartfelt, and puzzling psychological sci-fi dark comedy. I started it expecting typical fare and found myself increasingly engaged with the oddball world and quirky characters.

EUGENIC by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan

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Written by James Tynion IV (Dark Knights: Metal, Detective Comics) and beautifully illustrated by Eryk Donovan (Constantine: The Hellblazer, Memetic), Eugenic offers an innovative take on the apocalypse: The human race may simply birth a new species that replaces us. The result is a story packed with big ideas, overall distinguishing it as a standout sci-fi horror graphic novel.