F. Paul Wilson was born May 17 ,1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Francis Paul and Mary Sullivan Wilson. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1968 and pursued a career in medicine and writing. A prolific author, he has more than fifty books to his credit, mostly in the areas science fiction, horror, and suspense.

As a youth, Wilson says he spent his time reading comics, listening to music and watching TV comedy and horror movies.

He says he once managed to watch King Kong eleven times in one week. Later, his interest in science fiction and horror developed into a writing career of enviable proportion when measured by volume.

Wilson divides his time equally between his two careers. He says that medicine enlarges his human contact and contributes to keeping his writing fresh; the two work symbiotically for him.

Wilson married an educator...