Josh Malerman


Josh Malerman is an American novelist, songwriter, movie director, film producer, cartoonist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band The High Strung. He is best known for writing horror and his post-apocalyptic novel, Bird Box, which was the inspiration of the Netflix film Bird Box. In 2020, he founded the production company Spin a Black Yarn with manager Ryan Lewis.
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Career

Before his debut novel, Bird Box, was published by Ecco/HarperCollins, Malerman had written fourteen manuscripts, never having shopped one of them. Bird Box was published in the United Kingdom and United States in 2014 to much critical acclaim.
When a friend from high school, Dave Simmer, who had worked with authors and properties in Hollywood, asked Malerman's permission to send one of his books to some people he knew in the publishing industry, Malerman sent Goblin, a collection of novellas that take place in the titular city of Goblin. Malerman subsequently spoke with an agent and editors. He says this of the part Simmer played in his career: "There were two things at play at that point in time; one, Dave was a ghostly benefactor, golden-hearted and smart, descending from the sky to help me. And two, what may sound like luck couldn't have become good fortune if I wasn't armed with a dozen novels to talk shop with."
A limited edition of Goblin was published on Halloween in 2017, by Earthling Publications.
The song "The Luck You Got" from The High Strung album Moxie Bravo is featured as the theme song to the US version of the show Shameless.
In October 2017, Malerman was the subject of a documentary, Quilt of Delirium, directed by Scott Allen.
Del Rey Books purchased the rights to Unbury Carol, a fantastic horror-western published in April 2018.
Cemetery Dance published a hardcover limited edition of On This, the Day of the Pig in October 2018.
Bird Box was adapted into a post-apocalyptic film of the same name. It was directed by Susanne Bier and written by Eric Heisserer, stars Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, and John Malkovich, and was released on December 21, 2018, by Netflix.
Incidents Around the House was published by Del Rey Books on June 25, 2024. Stephen King hailed Incidents Around the House as “the rare novel that’s authentically scary” and “THE EXORCIST level of scary."
A film adaptation of Incidents Around the House titled Other Mommy is currently filming, with Rob Savage set to direct and Nathan Elston writing the screenplay. Jessica Chastain will star in the film. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, in association with Spin a Black Yarn, are producing for Universal Pictures.
A film adaptation of Decorum at the Deathbed is in the works, with Jenna Mattison writing the script and Spin a Black Yarn producing.

Personal life

Malerman lives in Michigan with his wife, artist/musician Allison Laakko.

Awards

Novels

  • Bird Box
  • Black Mad Wheel
  • Goblin
  • Unbury Carol
  • On This, The Day of the Pig
  • Inspection
  • Carpenter's Farm
  • Malorie
  • Pearl
  • Ghoul n' the Cape
  • Daphne
  • Spin a Black Yarn
  • ''Incidents Around the House''

Novellas

  • Ghastle and Yule
  • A House at the Bottom of a Lake
  • A Little Red Book of Requests
  • Dandy
  • ''The Spotter''

Non-Fiction

  • ''Watching Evil Dead''

Short stories

  • "A Fiddlehead Party on Carpenter's Farm"
  • "Clark! Stop!"
  • "Plots"
  • "Danny"
  • "The Bigger Bedroom"
  • "Who is Bringing Milk to Me?"
  • "I Can Taste the Blood/Vision I"
  • "The One You Live With"
  • "The Givens Sensor Board"
  • "Matter"
  • "The Jupiter Drop"
  • "The House of the Head"
  • "Your Boy"
  • "Jessica Malerman"
  • "Lime"
  • "Basic Shade"
  • "Room 4 at the Haymaker"
  • "Adam's Bed"
  • "Tenets"
  • "Frank, Hide"
  • "Fafa Dillinger's Box"
  • "Dead Witch's Hair"
  • "Breadcrumbs"
  • "1000 Words on a Tombstone: Dolores Ray"
  • "By Post"
  • "1000 Words on a Tombstone: Bully Jack"
  • "Alarms of Eden"
  • "From the Living Room of Cottage 6"
  • "Summertide"
  • "One Last Transformation"
  • "A Ben Evans Film"
  • "Decorum at the Deathbed"
  • "The Cries of the Cat"
  • "Special Meal"
  • "Provenance Pond"
  • "Door to Door"
  • "Mrs. Addison's Nest"
  • "A Solid Black Lighthouse on a Pier in the Cryptic"
  • "Dungeon Punchinello"
  • "There are no Basements in the Bible"
  • "It Waits in the Woods"
  • "Löyly Sow-na"
  • "Optimism at the Orbit"
  • "Bad"
  • "Children Aren't the Only Ones Who Know Where the Presents are Hidden"
  • "'Hide & Seek' by Swann"
  • "The Picnicker"
  • "I Love the Dead"
  • "On The Amtrak, Heading Home"

Filmography

Director

  • Jizzly Bear, directed by Josh Malerman
  • To All the Books, directed by Josh Malerman
  • Frankenmuth, directed by Josh Malerman Impermanent Opinions, directed by Josh Malerman

Adaptations

Producer

Albums

  • Bid Me Off
  • A Lot of Old Reasons
  • Mary Muzzle
  • Here Comes The Cheer
  • As Is
  • Soap
  • Sure as Hell
  • These Are Good Times
  • Follow Through on Your Backhand
  • Moxie Bravo
  • Get the Guests
  • Phantom of the Opry
  • CreEPy
  • Ode to the Inverse
  • Dragon Dicks
  • Live at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
  • Malerman/Owen I
  • Clown Car
  • Malerman/Owen II
  • Preposterous!
  • ?Posible o' Imposible?
  • I, Anybody Quiet Riots
  • HannaH According to Hoyle According to Hoyle Hoyle's Dream Address Unknown
  • ''Henry the 9th''