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Michael McDowell

Born

in Enterprise, AL, The United States

June 01, 1950

Died

December 27, 1999

Website

http://www.valancourtbooks.com/michael-mcdowell...

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Paranormal

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Michael McDowell is a prolific horror writer who has distinguished himself with a varied body of work within the genre. He was born in Enterprise, Alabama, in 1950 and died of AIDS-related illness in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1999.

His first horror novel, The Amulet, relates the tragedies that befall various individuals who come in possession of a supernatural pendant in a small town.

In McDowell's second novel, Cold Moon Over Babylon, a murdered woman's corpse is dispatched into a river, but her spirit roams the land, and in the evening hours it seeks revenge on her killer even as he plots the demise of her surviving relatives.

Don D'Ammassa, writing in the St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, noted that McDowell's ability to ...more

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Michael McDowell’s books

Average rating: 3.92 · 368,094 ratings · 42,570 reviews · 73 distinct works • Similar authors

	La riada (Blackwater, #1) by Michael McDowell, Carles Andreu (translator) 3.69 avg rating — 81,613 ratings — published 1983 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El dique (Blackwater, #2) by Michael McDowell, Carles Andreu (translator) 3.76 avg rating — 57,535 ratings — published 1983 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La casa (Blackwater, #3) by Michael McDowell, Elena Cantoni (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 49,023 ratings — published 1983 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La guerra (Blackwater, #4) by Michael McDowell, Elena Cantoni (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 43,733 ratings — published 1983 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La fortuna (Blackwater, #5) by Michael McDowell, Elena Cantoni (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 40,569 ratings — published 1983 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lluvia (Blackwater, #6) by Michael McDowell, Carles Andreu (translator) 4.09 avg rating — 37,903 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elementals 3.98 avg rating — 23,124 ratings — published 1981 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katie 4.14 avg rating — 6,696 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Moon Over Babylon 3.98 avg rating — 6,952 ratings — published 1980 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackwater: The Complete Caskey Family Saga (Blackwater, #1-6) 4.39 avg rating — 5,988 ratings — published 1983 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Michael McDowell

Blackwater (6 books)
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Michael McDowell,

Carles Andreu (translator)

3.92 avg rating — 317,812 ratings

Jack & Susan (3 books)
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Michael McDowell

3.43 avg rating — 107 ratings

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