David Moody
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David Moody is an English horror writer. He first came to public attention with his book Autumn, published freely on-line in 2001. Autumn was made into a motion picture starring David Carradine
and Dexter Fletcher
which was released in 2009.
After leaving school and ending up working in a high street bank, Moody wrote Straight to You, which was published by a small UK publisher.
After writing Straight to You, he soon started work on Autumn, which became an on-line phenomenon, racking up more than half a million downloads and spawning a series of sequels. In 2005 he formed Infected Books, his own publishing house through which he independently published his books.
He later published the novel Hater in July 2006. The novel is currently being turned into a movie with Guillermo del Toro
and Mark Johnson
producing and J.A. Bayona directing.
Within months of the Hater deal, the film rights to the first Autumn novel were sold to Renegade Motion Pictures in Canada.
In November 2007, Moody sold Hater and its two planned sequels to Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St Martin's Press in the US. Subsidiary rights were subsequently sold to the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Poland, Italy, Russia and several other countries. In the summer of 2008, Thomas Dunne Books acquired the Autumn series and Moody shut down Infected Books, removing the previously free downloads from the Internet.
David Carradine
David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...
and Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher is an English actor. He is best known for his role in Guy Ritchie film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well as television roles in such shows as the dramedy Hotel Babylon, the critically acclaimed HBO series Band of Brothers and earlier in his career, the children's show...
which was released in 2009.
Biography
He worked as a bank manager and as operations manager for a number of financial institutions before giving up the day job to write about the end of the world for a living.After leaving school and ending up working in a high street bank, Moody wrote Straight to You, which was published by a small UK publisher.
After writing Straight to You, he soon started work on Autumn, which became an on-line phenomenon, racking up more than half a million downloads and spawning a series of sequels. In 2005 he formed Infected Books, his own publishing house through which he independently published his books.
He later published the novel Hater in July 2006. The novel is currently being turned into a movie with Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones...
and Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson (producer)
Mark Johnson is an American film producer. Johnson won the Best Picture Academy Award for producing the 1988 drama movie Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise...
producing and J.A. Bayona directing.
Within months of the Hater deal, the film rights to the first Autumn novel were sold to Renegade Motion Pictures in Canada.
In November 2007, Moody sold Hater and its two planned sequels to Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St Martin's Press in the US. Subsidiary rights were subsequently sold to the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Poland, Italy, Russia and several other countries. In the summer of 2008, Thomas Dunne Books acquired the Autumn series and Moody shut down Infected Books, removing the previously free downloads from the Internet.