John Shirley

John Shirley
Born	(1953-02-10) February 10, 1953 (age 71) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupations	Novelist short story writer screenwriter songwriter
Notable work	The Crow, The Eclipse Trilogy, Wetbones
Spouse	Michelina Shirley ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	3

John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of horror, fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts and screenplays—including The Crow—and has published over 84 books including 10 short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. Shirley won the Bram Stoker Award for his story collection Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side. His newest novels are Stormland, Suborbital 7, Axle Bust Creek, the Spur Award winning novel Gunmetal Mountain, and Blood in Sweet River.