Steven Spruill

Steven Gregory Spruill (born April 20, 1946) is an author of horror, science fiction, and thriller novels, best known for his "hemophage" novels: Rulers of Darkness, Daughter of Darkness, and Lords of Light. He has also written under the names Steve Harriman and Steve Lyon.

Early life and education He was raised in Battle Creek, Michigan and lives in Virginia. He and his wife, Nancy Lyon, married in 1969.

Career Spruill began his career as a novelist with science fiction, and transitioned to contemporary thrillers in 1991 with the novel Painkiller. Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Terrific plotting—fresh indeed—and the hospital background shines in a seemingly unresolvable love story". Its sequel, Daughter of Darkness (1999), Kirkus Reviews wrote as having "less energy and richly layered excitement than before, but still notable in its field". Publishers Weekly noted some strengths of the Spruill in its review of Daughter of Darkness, including "his credible rendering of supernatural beings as members of a dysfunctional family with conflicting ideas about how to manage their problems shows a delightfully oddball sense of topicality, yet he is never less than sympathetic and balanced in his portrayal".

Nightkill (1997), published under the name Steve Lyon, was called "sure-fire" entertainment by Publishers Weekly. The Genesis Shield (Tor, 1993) My Soul to Take (St. Martin's, 1995)

Elias Kane series

The Psychopath Plague (Doubleday, 1978) The Imperator Plot (Doubleday, 1983) The Paradox Planet (Doubleday, 1988)

Rulers of Darkness series

Rulers of Darkness (St. Martin's, 1998) The Gift Moves (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)

As Steve Harriman Sleeper (Berkley, 2003) Absorbing Spongebob: Ten Ways to Squeeze More Happiness Out of Life (Berkley, 2005) Ice Men: A Novel of the Korean War (2009)