Ronald Malfi
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Ronald Malfi is an American novelist whose genres include horror
, thrillers, mainstream, and literary fiction. Malfi is also a musician, and for a time he fronted the Baltimore
-based alternative rock band Nellie Blide. The eldest of four children, he was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1977 and currently lives in Maryland
.
Malfi received a degree in English from Towson University
in 1999. Earlier small press novels and short stories had Malfi using his full name, Ronald Damien Malfi, but he later dropped his middle name for his mass market releases. He is considered one of the new wave of literary, or "art house," horror novelists.
In 2009, his novel Shamrock Alley, based on the true exploits of his own father, a retired Secret Service
agent who went undercover and infiltrated the violent Irish gang in Manhattan
known as The Westies, was released and optioned for television. The novel also won an IPPY Award for best thriller/suspense novel in 2010.
In 2010, his novel Snow was released in paperback to much acclaim, as reviewers touted the novel's near-flawless pacing and descriptive writing. Malfi claims the novel was "feverishly hammered out in about two weeks." The plot of the novel follows a group of strangers in to a town in Iowa
which has been overrun by snow phantoms that can turn people into flesh-hungry zombies.
During a 2011 radio interview, Malfi stated that most of his fiction deals with the concept of lost or confused identity.
The Fall of Never (2004)
The Nature of Monsters (2006)
Via Dolorosa (2007)
Passenger (2008)
Shamrock Alley (2009)
Snow (2010)
The Ascent (2010)
Cradle Lake (2011)
Floating Staircase (2011)
The Stranger (2009)
The Separation (2011)
Skullbelly (2011)
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
, thrillers, mainstream, and literary fiction. Malfi is also a musician, and for a time he fronted the Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
-based alternative rock band Nellie Blide. The eldest of four children, he was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1977 and currently lives in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
.
Malfi received a degree in English from Towson University
Towson University
Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...
in 1999. Earlier small press novels and short stories had Malfi using his full name, Ronald Damien Malfi, but he later dropped his middle name for his mass market releases. He is considered one of the new wave of literary, or "art house," horror novelists.
In 2009, his novel Shamrock Alley, based on the true exploits of his own father, a retired Secret Service
Secret Service
Secret Service may refer to:* Secret service, umbrella term for various kinds of police or intelligence organizationsAny of the following specific organizations:* Australian Secret Intelligence Service, intelligence agency...
agent who went undercover and infiltrated the violent Irish gang in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
known as The Westies, was released and optioned for television. The novel also won an IPPY Award for best thriller/suspense novel in 2010.
In 2010, his novel Snow was released in paperback to much acclaim, as reviewers touted the novel's near-flawless pacing and descriptive writing. Malfi claims the novel was "feverishly hammered out in about two weeks." The plot of the novel follows a group of strangers in to a town in Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
which has been overrun by snow phantoms that can turn people into flesh-hungry zombies.
During a 2011 radio interview, Malfi stated that most of his fiction deals with the concept of lost or confused identity.
Novels
The Space Between (2000)The Fall of Never (2004)
The Nature of Monsters (2006)
Via Dolorosa (2007)
Passenger (2008)
Shamrock Alley (2009)
Snow (2010)
The Ascent (2010)
Cradle Lake (2011)
Floating Staircase (2011)
Novellas
Borealis (2009)The Stranger (2009)
The Separation (2011)
Skullbelly (2011)