Michael McDowell

Writer

American author and screenwriter known for horror novels (notably the Blackwater saga) and for screenwriting work; his literary career was cut short by his premature death from AIDS around the turn of the millennium.

Author of the Blackwater saga; credited as one of the screenwriters of Beetlejuice. The Blackwater saga was republished in a six-volume French edition in 2022 and brought to Italy in 2023 by Neri Pozza with embossed covers by Pedro Oyarbide. His fiction is Southern Gothic in tone, often female-driven, and contains supernatural/Lovecraftian elements.

Michael McDowell is presented as an American horror author and screenwriter whose Blackwater saga exemplifies Southern Gothic family horror. Reviews praise character work, especially the female-driven dynamics, and the saga's melancholic, inevitable finale. The series was recently rediscovered in Europe and published in deluxe editions.

For:Readers of Southern Gothic and horror, fans of character-driven family sagas and film aficionados familiar with Beetlejuice.

 Among the most interesting names in the literary world of 2023, Michael McDowell's name may sound new to many ears, except perhaps for some avid film enthusiasts who will recognize him as one of the screenwriters of a classic movie like "Beetlejuice."

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