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A Writer's Tale

Richard Laymon

First published 1998
Publisher Deadline Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
ISBN 0963136771
Cover art Stacy Drum
Pages 348

Notes

"500 numbered and 26 lettered copies" according to signature page seen on Amazon.com; the lettered edition includes a chapbook, The Woods Are Dark: The Lost Episodes, which are chapters edited out from Laymon's 1981 novel The Woods Are Dark. Page count from WorldCat; price from: http://www.zianet.com/rsace/laymonbooks/awriterstale.html (which has an incorrect 1988 date, with a screenshot of the correct date on the copyright page next to it). Cover artist on front flap and copyright page of Archive.org copy.

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1998 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction Nominee/Finalist
1998 International Horror Guild Award Best Non-Fiction Nominee/Finalist