Grady Hendrix

Hendrix was born in South Carolina. His parents divorced when he was 13 years old, and he spent much of his time in public libraries.{{Cite web|last=Holman|first=Gregory J.|title=What is a 'final girl,' anyway? Bestselling horror author Grady Hendrix coming to Springfield for one-man show |url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/10/13/horror-author-grady-hendrix-perform-one-man-show-springfield-greene-county-public-library/6093786001/|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Springfield News-Leader}} As an adult, he worked in the library of the American Society for Psychical Research before turning to professional writing.{{Cite web|last=Pandolfi|first=Elizabeth |url=http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/grady-hendrix-is-a-comic-writer-with-a-thing-for-horror/Content?oid=5036240|title=Grady Hendrix is a comic writer with a thing for horror |website=Charleston City Paper|access-date=2016-03-25|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408170446/http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/grady-hendrix-is-a-comic-writer-with-a-thing-for-horror/Content?oid=5036240}} Alongside his novels, he has written for numerous media outlets, including Playboy magazine and the New York Post. Prior to its closure in 2008, he was a film critic for the New York Sun.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gradyhendrix.com/about/|title=About|last=Hendrix|first=Grady|date=|website=Grady Hendrix|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-18}}

In 2009, Hendrix attended the Clarion Workshop at the University of California at San Diego.{{Cite web|url=http://clarion.ucsd.edu/san-diego-alumni/|title=Clarion Workshop, San Diego Alumni}}

He has also contributed to Katie Crouch's young adult series The Magnolia League, and his fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons and Pseudopod.

In 2012, Hendrix co-wrote Dirt Candy: A Cookbook, a graphic novel/cookbook/memoir with his wife Amanda Cohen and Ryan Dunlavey.{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/167720104/dirt-candy-a-visual-veggie-cookbook-with-a-memoir-mixed-in |title='Dirt Candy': A Visual Veggie Cookbook With A Memoir Mixed In|website=NPR|access-date=2017-10-18}}

In 2014, Quirk Books published his novel, Horrorstör, which was subsequently optioned for a television series by FOX.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/grady-hendrix-horrorstor-novel-tv-series-gail-berman-the-jackal-group-864211/ |title='Horrorstör' Novel To Be Developed As TV Series By Gail Berman & The Jackal Group|website=Deadline|date=28 October 2014 |access-date=2017-10-18}} Grady then wrote My Best Friend's Exorcism (2016) and the acclaimed non-fiction study Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction (2017).{{Cite web|title=Paperback horror fiction rises from the dead|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-paperbacks-from-hell-20171012-story.html |website=The Los Angeles Times|date=12 October 2017 |access-date=2017-10-18}} He also co-wrote the 2017 motion picture Mohawk with director Ted Geoghegan{{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/06/07/mohawk-ted-geoghegan/|title=We Are Still Here director to make action-horror movie 'Mohawk'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2017-10-18}} and the spec script for the horror comedy film Satanic Panic, which was acquired and produced by Fangoria during mid 2018.{{Cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/satanic-panic-fangoria-film-grady-hendrix-1202396867/ |title=Fangoria Film Shingle Springs For Grady Hendrix Horror Comedy Script 'Satanic Panic'|date=2018-06-01|work=Deadline |access-date=2018-10-05}} My Best Friend's Exorcism and Horrorstör have been optioned for film adaptations, while The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group are slated for television adaptations.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie |date=2020-02-03 |title='The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires' Adaptation Among First Projects On Producer Patrick Moran's Amazon Development Slate|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/patrick-moran-pkm-productions-the-southern-book-clubs-guide-to-slaying-vampires-the-wild-oats-project-amazon-studios-tv-series-development-1202843321/|access-date=2020-08-04|website=Deadline}}{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2020-11-16|title='The Final Girl Support Group': Annapurna Adapting NY Times Bestselling Author Grady Hendrix's Upcoming Novel As Series|website=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/final-girl-support-group-grady-hendrix-novel-annapurna-adapting-1234616352/|access-date=2021-05-07}} Hendrix created a one-man show for The Final Girl Support Group to promote the novel, as he found traditional author events boring.

From May 2020 to October 2020, Hendrix hosted his own podcast, Super Scary Haunted Homeschool, which discussed the history of vampires, to promote his book The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires.{{Cite web | url=http://www.gradyhendrix.com/#/super-scary-haunted-homeschool/ |website=GradyHendrix.com|title=Grady Hendrix Super Scary Haunted Homeschool}}

• Satan Loves You (2012) (out of print)
• The White Glove War (2013, The Magnolia League #2, with Katie Crouch)
• Horrorstör (2014, Quirk Books){{cite web|last1=Mistry|first1=Anupa|title=Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix: Review |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2014/10/11/horrorstr_by_grady_hendrix_review.html |work=The Star|date=11 October 2014 |accessdate=3 October 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Cline|first1=Rob|title='Horrorstor': Novel is crafted to look like catalog|url=http://www.thegazette.com/subject/life/books/horrorstor-novel-is-crafted-to-look-like-catalog-20150201|publisher=The Gazette|accessdate=3 October 2015}}
• My Best Friend's Exorcism (2016, Quirk Books){{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/149066/my-best-friends-exorcism-and-last-call-at-the-nightshade-lounge-heading-our-way-from-quirk-books/|title=My Best Friend's Exorcism and Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge Heading Our Way from Quirk Books - Dread Central|website=Dread Central|date=3 February 2016 |access-date=2016-03-25}}
• We Sold Our Souls (2018, Quirk Books)
• The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (2020, Quirk Books){{Cite web|last=Codega |first=Linda H.|date=2020-04-07|title=The Monsters They Married Are Men: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix|url=https://www.tor.com/2020/04/07/book-reviews-the-southern-book-clubs-guide-to-slaying-vampires-by-grady-hendrix/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=Tor.com}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Vampires get a twist in Grady Hendrix's fun but uneven horror story |url=https://www.avclub.com/vampires-get-a-twist-in-grady-hendrix-s-fun-but-uneven-1842664298|access-date=2020-07-11|website=AUX/The AV Club}}
• The Final Girl Support Group (2021, Berkley){{Cite web|last=Rocket|first=Stubby the|date=2020-06-24|title=Berkley Announces Two New Horror Novels by Grady Hendrix|website=Tor.com |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/06/24/berkley-announces-two-new-horror-novels-by-grady-hendrix/|access-date=2021-03-26}}{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2020-11-16|title='The Final Girl Support Group': Annapurna Adapting NY Times Bestselling Author Grady Hendrix's Upcoming Novel As Series|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/final-girl-support-group-grady-hendrix-novel-annapurna-adapting-1234616352/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Deadline}}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-08|title=How Final Girl Support Group Will Reinvent The Slasher Movie (Again)|url=https://screenrant.com/final-girl-support-group-changes-slasher-movies-tropes-explained/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=ScreenRant}}
• How to Sell a Haunted House (2023, Berkley)
• Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (2025, Pan Macmillan)

• Badasstronauts (2022, Jab Books){{Cite web | title = BADASSTRONAUTS | url=http://www.gradyhendrix.com/#/badasstronauts/ | website=gradyhendrix.com}}

• The Bright and Shining Parasites of Guiyu (2010, Strange Horizons){{Cite web |date=2010-07-10 |title=THE BRIGHT AND SHINING PARASITES OF GUIYU (PART 1 OF 2) |url=http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/the-bright-and-shining-parasites-of-guiyu-part-1-of-2/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Strange Horzions}}
• The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius (2013, contributor)

• Dead Leprechauns & Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society (2020, JABberwocky Literary Agency)

• Li'l Wimmin: A Comic Adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (2013, with Ryan Dunlavey)

• Dirt Candy: A Cookbook (2012, with Amanda Cohen and Ryan Dunlavey)
• Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction (2017, Quirk Books)
• These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World (2021, Mondo Books){{Cite web|title=Grady Hendrix Talks About His New & Upcoming Books, Movies And Writing (EXCLUSIVE) - Fully Booked |url=https://fully-booked.ca/author-interviews/grady-hendrix-talks-about-his-new-books-movies-and-writing-exclusive/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=fully-booked.ca|date=5 September 2021 }}{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Kevin |date=2021-12-08 |title=Grady Hendrix is a sucker for Christmas |website=Charleston City Paper |url=http://charlestoncitypaper.com/grady-hendrix-is-a-sucker-for-christmas/ |access-date=2022-03-15}}{{Cite web |last=Shahen |first=Jim Jr. |date=2022-03-08 |title=Film expert gets kick from kung fu genre |url=https://www.timesunion.com/movies/article/Film-expert-gets-kick-from-Kung-Fu-genre-16966132.php |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Times Union}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title=Criterion Now - Episode 141 - Martial Arts |url=https://criterioncast.com/podcast/criterion-now/criterion-now-episode-141-martial-arts |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=CriterionCast}}

• Mohawk (2017, with Ted Geoghegan)
• Satanic Panic (2019)
• The Black Room (TBA){{Cite web |date=2020-02-06 |title=Grady Hendrix's The Black Room is based on his parapsychology experience |url=https://www.joblo.com/grady-hendrixs-the-black-room-is-based-on-his-parapsychology-experience/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=JoBlo}}
• Horrorstör (TBA)

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