Grand Order of Weird Writers is a writers' organization founded by authors Charlie Carlson

Charlie Carlson

Charlie Carl Carlson, Jr. , is an American author, novelist, actor, and film producer. Known as "Florida's Man in Black", or "Master of the Weird", Carlson specializes in the paranormal, strange events and places, and many historical books...

 and Linda S. Godfrey based on the Weird US series of books started by authors Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman

Mark Sceurman

Mark Sceurman is a graphic artist and co-creator and publisher with Mark Moran of Weird N.J magazine and a state-by-state series of books.With Moran he co-hosted the spin-off television series Weird US on the History Channel....

. The term "weird writer" applies to a special group of authors who have established a strange legacy in American literary history. The Grand Order of Weird Writers was also developed to introduce a new genre as well. There are less than 25 American writers holding membership in the Grand Order of Weird Writers. http://www.weirdwriters.com Although they have published other books, each of these authors has written a hardback book in a series of books, known as the Weird US series, documenting folklore, oddities, unexplained phenomena and lost legends of the United States. The organization is also known as Weird Writers of America.

Membership in this guild includes such authors as:

Joanne Austin, Richard D. Hendricks, Mark Sloan,
Jeff Bahr, Matt Lake, Troy Taylor,
Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop

Gregory Lawrence Bishop was an American football offensive tackle in the NFL for the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at the University of the Pacific and high school football at Lodi High School....

, Roger Manley, Wesley Treat,
Charlie Carlson

Charlie Carlson

Charlie Carl Carlson, Jr. , is an American author, novelist, actor, and film producer. Known as "Florida's Man in Black", or "Master of the Weird", Carlson specializes in the paranormal, strange events and places, and many historical books...

, Mike Marinacci, James A. Willis
Joseph A. Citro

Joseph A. Citro

Joseph A. Citro is a Vermont author and folklorist. Occasionally referred as the "Bard of the Bizarre" or "the Ghost-Master General", he has extensively researched and documented the folklore, hauntings, ghost stories, paranormal activity and occult happenings of New England.Interested in horror...

, Jim Miles

Jim Miles

James Charlie Miles was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators.-External links:...

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Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman is an author of books on a number of topics, including cryptozoology, who was born in 1947 in Norfolk, Virginia and grew up in Decatur, Illinois.-Education:...

, Mark Moran,
Eric Dregni

Eric Dregni

Eric Dregni is an author from Minneapolis, Minnesota who has written and co-written a number of books on various recreational activities and aspects of Minnesotan, Norwegian and Italian culture...

, Joe Oesterle,
Chris Gethard

Chris Gethard

Chris Gethard is an American actor, comedian and writer who lives in Queens, New York. He was most recently the star of the Comedy Central series Big Lake....

, Bob Riggs,
Linda S. Godfrey, Mark Sceurman

Mark Sceurman

Mark Sceurman is a graphic artist and co-creator and publisher with Mark Moran of Weird N.J magazine and a state-by-state series of books.With Moran he co-hosted the spin-off television series Weird US on the History Channel....

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Andy Henderson

Andy Henderson

Andy Henderson, Sr was an Australian football player and coach.Henderson played two matches for the Australian national football team in 1924....

, Heather Shade, Elliot Owen Hunt
James Strait