5 Authors to check out on Hoopla Part 2

Joe Lansdale- With his distinctive East Texan knack for storytelling, once you start a Lansdale book you suddenly realize you forgot to pick the kids up from school because you lost track of time, so engrossed in the story Joe is telling. For decades Lansdale has been producing some of the finest fiction, writing in the mystery, crime, horror, science-fiction and western genres, and always with a wicked sense of humor. His stories have been adapted into comics, TV and films. His work served as the basis for the Hap and Leonard series (2016 – 2018) as well as the films Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) and Cold in July (2014).

C. Courtney Joyner- Joyner began his career writing scripts for low budget genre films like From A Whisper to A Scream (1987), Class of 1999 (1990) and Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (2004). In recent years he has been writing a series of successful and popular westerns.