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justin cronin at the 2012 texas book festival . new england , united states stephen king cormac mccarthy 1962 horror , science fiction justin cronin 2012.jpg justin cronin
 justin cronin novelist , english professor
justin cronin

justin cronin -lrb- born 1962 -rrb- is an american author .
he has written four novels : `` mary and o'neil '' and `` the summer guest '' , as well as two of three books of a vampire trilogy : `` the passage '' and `` the twelve '' .
he has won the hemingway foundation/pen award , the stephen crane prize , and a whiting award .
born and raised in new england , cronin is a graduate of harvard university and the iowa writers ' workshop .
he taught creative writing and was the `` author in-residence '' at la salle university in philadelphia , pa from 1992 to 2003 .
he lives with his wife and children in houston , texas , where he is a former professor of english at rice university .
in july 2007 , `` variety '' reported that fox 2000 had bought the screen rights to cronin 's vampire trilogy .
the first book of the series , `` the passage '' , was released in june 2010 .
it garnered mainly favorable reviews .
