Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu is delighted to host an afternoon with psychological horror and suspense writer Richard Christian Matheson as he discusses and signs Dystopia, Created By, and Scars on Sunday, October 4th, at 3 p.m.

Richard Christian Matheson is an acclaimed novelist, short story writer and screenwriter/producer. He has written and co-written feature film and television projects for Richard Donner, Ivan Reitman, Joel Silver, Steven Spielberg, Bryan Singer and many others. To date, Matheson has written and sold twelve original, spec feature scripts, considered a record. He has written pilots for comedy and dramatic series for SHOWTIME, FOX, NBC, ABC, TNT, HBO, FOX, SPIKE and CBS and served as head writer and Executive Producer for thirty network comedy and dramatic series. Matheson has had seven feature films produced, including the critically hailed, paranoid satire Three O'Clock High. Matheson is considered a cutting-edge voice in surreal, psycho-logical horror fiction and master of the short story. His critically lauded fiction has been published in major, award-winning anthologies, including multiple times in Years Best Horror, Years Best Fantasy as well as Penthouse and OMNI magazines.

Created by (Paperback)

By Richard Matheson

$23.00

ISBN-13: 9780553763379
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Bantam, 03/01/1995

Hollywood screenwriter Matheson's first novel is a glossy thriller set in the ruthless world of prime-time TV. When a young TV writer finally comes up with a blockbuster--a violent series called "The Mercenary"--the plots he creates chillingly become real. For a copycat killer is imitating events from the show. . . .

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