John Searles is the best-selling author of the novels Help for the Haunted, Strange but True, and Boy Still Missing.
His new novel is Her Last Affair.
Searles has a master's degree in creative writing from New York University and lives in New York.
At Lit Hib he tagged five "books—all of them incredible—that use abandoned places as settings," including:
Jo Watson Hackl, Smack Dab in the Middle of MaybeRead about another entry on the list.
Taking a left turn from the dark horror of Stephen King and Peter Straub, Watson Hackl’s Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe shows the mystery and possibility of a ghost town through the eager eyes of a child. In this heartwarming children’s book, the landscape of the abandoned town provides heroine Cricket with a treasure trove of clues from the past, left behind to guide her to the family she’s been yearning for.
--Marshal Zeringue
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