Name John Farris Role Writer | Education Central High School | |
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Movies The Fury, Dear Dead Delilah, Because They're Young Awards Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement Books The Fury, All Heads Turn When the Hunt, Son of the endless night, Baby Moll, Harrison High Similar People Joe R Lansdale, Lawrence Block, Frank Yablans, Ed McBain, Stephen King | ||
The Acker Awards, 2013, John Farris, fiction writer, poet, artist
John Lee Farris (born 1936) is an American writer, known largely for his work in the southern Gothic genre. He was born 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri, to parents John Linder Farris (1909–1982) and Eleanor Carter Farris (1905–1984). Raised in Tennessee, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis and attended Southwestern College (now Rhodes College) in Memphis . His first wife, Kathleen, was the mother of Julie Marie, John C. and Jeff Farris; his second wife, Mary Ann Pasante, was the mother of Peter John ("P.J.") Farris.
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- The Acker Awards 2013 John Farris fiction writer poet artist
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Apart from his vast body of fiction, his work on motion picture screenplays includes adaptations of his own books (i.e., The Fury), original scripts, and adaptations of the works of others (such as Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man). He wrote and directed the film Dear Dead Delilah in 1973. He has had several plays produced off-Broadway, and also paints and writes poetry. At various times he has made his home in New York, southern California and Puerto Rico; he now lives near Atlanta, Georgia.
Film adaptations
Three of his works have been made into film: first Harrison High became Because They're Young, then When Michael Calls, and then The Fury which was directed by Brian De Palma.
TV adaptations
His short story I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream. was adapted for the Showtime anthology series Masters of Horror in 2007.