David Berardelli

He began writing in his early teens and was greatly influenced by the works of Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison, Charles Beaumont, and Theodore Sturgeon. A lifetime "Twilight Zone" fan, he wrote horror for several years before switching to paranormal and suspense, frequently combining them and including humor, as in his DEMON CHASER series. His two novels, WAGON DRIVER and AND DARKNESS FELL, focus on futuristic dystopian societies. APPRENTICE and STEPPING OUT OF MY GRAVE deal with death, but are both spiced with humor. His FUNNY DETECTIVE series also deals with death and humor. Many of his stories take place in Orlando, Florida, where he lived and worked for more than twenty years.

He grew up in Deer Creek, Pennsylvania, studied music at Duquesne University, and was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1969. He served as a bugler at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, for two years, played professionally in nightclubs for several years, and worked at AT&T in Orlando, Florida, for 18 years. He now lives on a 30-acre horse ranch in Southern Mississippi, and is presently at work on two suspense novels, as well as the conclusion of AND DARKNESS FELL. The third entry of DEMON CHASER will be published shortly.