Joe R. Lansdale will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2026!

Joe R. Lansdale (Savage Season, The Donut Legion) is the internationally-bestselling author of over fifty novels, including the popular, long-running Hap and Leonard novels. Petrieid Dreams, the 15th and last in the Hap and Leonard series, is due Oct 6.

Many of his cult classics have been adapted for television and film, most famously the films Bubba Ho-Tep and Cold in July, and the Hap and Leonard series on Sundance TV and Netflix. Lansdale has written numerous screenplays and teleplays, including the iconic Batman: The Animated Series. His novel The Thicket was adapted as a film starring Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis. Lansdale has won an Edgar Award for The Bottoms and ten Stoker Awards, and he has been designated a World Horror Grandmaster. Lansdale, like many of his characters, lives in East Texas, with his wife, Karen.