He was born 30 October, 1950 in St Louis, Missouri and grew up in Granite City, Illinois. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1975 and became a lawyer in Washington, DC, currently working as partner at law firm Bryan Cave, concentrating on complex litigation, product liability, aerospace and aviation and entertainment law. Winter has also taught legal writing at the University of Iowa, and a life-long interest in horror has led him to develop a parallel career as horror writer and horror critic. Editor of horror anthologies Prime Evil (1988), Revelations (1997) and Faces of Fear (1985, revised 1990). Has also written biographies of Stephen King and Clive Barker. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Publications

Editor

• Faces of Fear (1985)
• Prime Evil (1988)
• Revelations (1997)

Reviews

• Feed Me. Reviewed by Douglas E. Winter

Books

• Run ISBN 0451409809 Nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2000
• Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic ISBN 0066213924
• Stephen King: The Life and Fiction of the Master of the Macabre ISBN 0451167740
• Stephen King: The Art of Darkness ISBN 0451146123

References

External links

• Winter at Fantastic Fiction
• Winter at Myspace