Sidney Williams (born 1962) is an American

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of six

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s under his own name and three young

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novels under the pseudonym Michael August. He has also authored numerous

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and

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scripts. Williams received a

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from

Goddard College Goddard College is a progressive education private liberal arts low-residency college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. The college offers undergraduate and gra ...

Biography

Williams grew up and worked as a

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reporter in

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where much of his fiction is set. One of his most popular books, ''Night Brothers'', brought a

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to the Louisiana landscape. He also co-authored the

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"Does the Blood Line Run on Time?" for the collection ''Under the Fang'' with fellow Louisiana writer Robert Petitt. Williams now resides in

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Bibliography

*''Azarius'' *''Night Brothers'' *''Blood Hunter'' *''Gnelfs'' *''When Darkness Falls'' *''Midnight Eyes''

Short Stories

*''Give it to Me Baby (Hot Blood: Deadly After Dark)'' *''Does the Blood Line Run on Time? (Under the Fang)'' *''Lucius (Chapbook)'' *''The Exclusive (Cemetery Dance)'' *''Lucifer's Lair'' *''Skull Rainbow with Wayne Allen Sallee (Great Britain only)'' *'' Miss Daisy and the Rosary Pea (Crafty Cat Crimes)'' *''The Handbook (Plots With Guns)'' *''Scars (Blue Murder)'' *''Repast (Erotic New Orleans Stories)'' *''Lync (Werewolf Magazine Issue 7)'' *''Telephone (Soul's Road)'' *''Sleepers (Serialized, Paper Tape Magazine)''

Comics

*''The Mantus Files (Malibu Graphics)'' *''Sirens (Caliber)'' *''The Scary Book (Caliber and Silverline)'' *''The Dusk Society (Campfire, creator, concept and characters only)''

As Michael August

*''Deadly Delivery'' *''New Year's Evil'' *''The Gift''

References

External links

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* Writers from Louisiana Living people 1962 births Goddard College alumni {{US-writer-stub