Joan Samson
Joan Samson was an American writer. Her only published novel was The Auctioneer, published briefly before she died of brain cancer.
The Auctioneer, published in 1976 is described as a story that borders on horror, a story about how a community is torn apart by a single person. It has been translated to Spanish, Dutch, Italian and recently to Catalan, Polish and French. It is considered one of the best-selling horror novels of the 1970s, selling over a million copies''.''