Jack Ketchum

Dallas Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pseudonym Jack Ketchum, was an American author and screenwriter. He was born in Livingston, New Jersey. He was best known for writing the 1989 crime novel The Girl Next Door.

Many of his novels have been made to movies, including Red and The Woman. In 2011, Ketchum received the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award for outstanding contribution to the horror genre.Jack Ketchum Official Website, p. 1. Retrieved March 7, 2011.

Ketchum died on January 24, 2018 in New York City of pancreatic cancer at the age of 71.

References

Other websites

 Official Website 
 Jack Ketchum at the Internet Movie Database

Category:1946 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Category:Cancer deaths in New York City
Category:American novelists
Category:Writers from New Jersey
Category:Screenwriters from New Jersey
Category:People from Livingston, New Jersey