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Author | Dan Wells |
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Cover artist | Peter Lutjen |
Language | English |
Series | John Wayne Cleaver series |
Genre | Horror, Thriller, Mystery |
Publisher | Tor (US), Headline (UK) |
Publication date | 2009 (UK), 2010 (US) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print hardcover and paperback and Digital |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN | 0-7553-4881-8 |
Followed by | Mr. Monster |
Website | https://thedanwells.com/index.php/i-am-not-a-serial-killer/ |
I Am Not a Serial Killer is a 2009 horror novel written by American author Dan Wells,[1] originally published by Tor Books.[2] It is Wells' debut novel and the first installment in the John Cleaver series.[3][4] It is followed by five books,[5] and has been published in English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian.[6]
Wells wrote the novel using his own prior knowledge of serial killers. It follows teenager John Wayne Cleaver, a diagnosed sociopath, as he seeks to expose a serial killer that has come to his midwestern hometown. Reception of the novel was mostly positive. A film adaptation was released in 2016.