Cast a Cold Eye - Hardcover

Alan Ryan was born in The Bronx in 1943 and lived most of his life in New York City before moving to Brazil in 2001. He graduated from Regis High School in Manhattan and from Fordham University in The Bronx. Ryan taught English at Cardinal Spellman High School in The Bronx before turning to writing full time in the 1970s, first as a literary critic and book reviewer and later as an editor and author of fiction. In the early 1980s, Ryan was hailed as one of the bright new lights in the horror field, with several successful novels, including The Kill, Dead White, and Cast a Cold Eye. He also earned critical acclaim for his short fiction, which was collected in the volumes Quadriphobia and The Bones Wizard. Ryan also edited a number of important horror anthologies, including Halloween Horrors (1986) and Vampires (1987) (republished as The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories). After a long absence from the genre, Ryan returned with a new novel, Amazonas, and a new collection of short fiction, The Back of Beyond, both of which were published posthumously by Cemetery Dance. Ryan died in Rio de Janeiro in 2011.