Dead Mann Walking

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in the Bronx, Stefan Petrucha spent his formative years moving between the big city and the suburbs, both of which made him prefer escapism. A fan of comic books, science fiction, and horror since learning to read, in high school and college he added a love for all sorts of literary work, eventually learning that the very best fiction always brings you back to reality; so, really, there’s no way out.

An obsessive compulsion to create his own stories began at age ten and has since taken many forms, including novels, comics, and video productions. At times, the need to pay the bills has made him a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer, and an editor for trade journals, but fiction, in all its forms, has always been his passion. Every year he’s made a living at that he counts as a lucky one. Fortunately, there’ve been many. His newest work, Ripper, which is sort of like the Harry Potter books but with no magic and with a serial killer, will be out in March 2012 from Philomel. He’s also at work on the next Hessius Mann novel.