Mort Castle

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: Mort Castle

Pen Name: None

Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois

Website: N/A

Email: mortwrites@aol.com

[edit] Illinois Connection

Mort Castle was born in Chicago and currently resides in Crete, Illinois.

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Mort Castle is an American horror author. Castle's first novel was published in 1967. Since then, he has published many stories in many different publications. He has also been a writing teacher, working musician, standup comic, stage hypnotist, high school English teacher, magazine and comic book editor. He is currently a freelance language arts consultant serving as a writer in residence for three high schools, and teaching "Researching and Writing Historical Fiction" and "Story In Graphic Form" at Chicago's Columbia College. He is also a frequent keynote speaker at writing conferences.

Castle has been nominated for a lot of awards: the Pulitzer Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the Bram Stoker Award, the DeMarco Prize, the Emerson Fiction Award, Leaders in the Arts for Chicago.

[edit] Published Works

• Mulbray, Samisdat Associates, 1976

• The Deadly Election, Major Books, 1976

• In Memoriam, Dark Tales Publishing, 1999

• The Strangers, Overlook Connection Press, 1984 - reprinted in 2005

• Cursed Be the Child, Overlook Connection Press, 1990 - reprinted in 2007

• Moon on the Water, Dorchester Publishing, 2002

• Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead, Prime Books, 2002

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

Deadly Election ISBN: 0890411077 Release Date: 1976 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

In Memoriam: Papa, Blake & HPL ISBN: 0967202922 Release Date: 1999-11-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Strangers ISBN: 1892950561 Release Date: 2005-08-31 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Cursed Be the Child ISBN: 1892950723 Release Date: 2007-02-06 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Moon on the Water ISBN: 0843950323 Release Date: 2002-07 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead ISBN: 1894815157 Release Date: 2002-10-12 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

5 time Bram Stoker award nominee

4 time Pushcart Prize for short fiction

3 time winner, Writer's Digest Creative Writing Contest for fiction

[edit] Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (Yes)

[edit] External Links

Mort Castle on WorldCat

Mort Castle on Amazon

Mort Castle on Wikipedia

[edit] Editing

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