Richard Dean Starr
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Richard Dean Starr is an American
United States
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entrepreneur, editor, and author of fiction and graphic novels whose work has featured characters including Hellboy
Hellboy
Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...
, Zorro
Zorro
Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
, The Phantom
The Phantom
The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many media, including television, film and video games, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the fictional African country Bengalla.The Phantom is...
, Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter — Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin — who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly ones law...
, The Avenger, The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet is an American radio and television masked vigilante created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell, in 1936. Since his radio debut in the 1930s, the Green Hornet has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media...
's Kato
Kato (The Green Hornet)
Kato is a fictional character from The Green Hornet series. This character has also appeared with the Green Hornet in film, television, book and comic book versions. Kato was the Hornet's assistant and has been played by a number of actors...
, and Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was an American gambler, investor, and law enforcement officer who served in several Western frontier towns. He was also at different times a farmer, teamster, bouncer, saloon-keeper, miner and boxing referee. However, he was never a drover or cowboy. He is most well known...
, among others. He is also a former journalist and film critic who has written for both newspapers and magazines. In addition to his fiction and non-fiction he is a former leading copywriter and an expert on small-business marketing.
As of January, 2011, Starr is the CEO and co-founder of the parent company of eRead.com. Backed by the slogans, "The Ultimate eBook Store" and "Read and Change the World", eRead.com will feature one of the largest independent print and ebook inventories available anywhere. A portion of all sales from eRead.com will go directly to select non-profit literacy and environmental causes around the world, areas specifically championed by the company's founders. The official site launch for eRead.com will take place in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Biography
Starr was born in TorranceTorrance, California
Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring...
, California
California
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, but spent thirteen years in Florida
Florida
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. He returned to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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in 2006 and was named Special Projects Coordinator for Moonstone Books
Moonstone Books
Moonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales....
in 2007. Starr recently edited Tales of Zorro
Tales of Zorro
Tales of Zorro is a 2008 anthology of Zorro stories and is the first collection of original short fiction featuring pulp hero Zorro, edited by United States author, editor and copywriter Richard Dean Starr and published by Moonstone Books in 2008...
, the first anthology of original Zorro
Zorro
Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
short fiction ever authorized by Zorro Productions, Inc. The collection was released in September 2008 as a mass-market trade edition featuring cover art by Douglas Klauba. A limited, signed edition, illustrated by Ruben Procopio
Rubén Procopio
Rubén Procopio is an American animation and comic book artist. Long affiliated with Walt Disney Feature Animation as an animator and sculptor, Rubén is credited with restoring the maquette process to feature animation film production in the early 1980s...
and with cover art by Sergio Martinez
Sergio Martinez
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, was released in the fall of 2009. The second volume, More Tales of Zorro, was released as a mass-market trade paperback in the summer of 2011. A signed, limited edition hardcover of that book will be released in 2012.
Zorro
- Tales of ZorroTales of ZorroTales of Zorro is a 2008 anthology of Zorro stories and is the first collection of original short fiction featuring pulp hero Zorro, edited by United States author, editor and copywriter Richard Dean Starr and published by Moonstone Books in 2008...
(Moonstone Books, 2009) - More Tales of Zorro (Moonstone BooksMoonstone BooksMoonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales....
, 2011)
The Green Hornet
- The Green HornetThe Green HornetThe Green Hornet is an American radio and television masked vigilante created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell, in 1936. Since his radio debut in the 1930s, the Green Hornet has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media...
Chronicles (Moonstone Books, 2010) - The Green HornetThe Green HornetThe Green Hornet is an American radio and television masked vigilante created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell, in 1936. Since his radio debut in the 1930s, the Green Hornet has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media...
Chronicles 3 (Moonstone Books, 2012)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- Kolchak: The Night StalkerKolchak: The Night StalkerKolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter — Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin — who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly ones law...
Casebook (Moonstone Books, 2007) - Kolchak: The Night StalkerKolchak: The Night StalkerKolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter — Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin — who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly ones law...
Chronicles (Moonstone Books, 2005)
The Phantom
- The PhantomThe PhantomThe Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many media, including television, film and video games, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the fictional African country Bengalla.The Phantom is...
Chronicles (Moonstone Books, 2007) - The PhantomThe PhantomThe Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many media, including television, film and video games, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the fictional African country Bengalla.The Phantom is...
Chronicles 2 (Moonstone Books, 2010)
The Avenger
- The Avenger Chronicles (Moonstone Books, 2008)
Other Short Fiction
- "Fear Itself" (Cemetery Dance magazine, Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
Halloween issue, 2005) - "Eat Your Heart Out" (R. Allen Leider's Hellfire Lounge, 2009)
Novels
- The Hurricane Key (Forthcoming)
- Dead Beat: A Jack Switcher Auction Mystery (Forthcoming)
Non-fiction
- The Dean KoontzDean KoontzDean Ray Koontz is a prolific American author best known for his novels which could be described broadly as suspense thrillers. He also frequently incorporates elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire. A number of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with...
Encyclopedia (Moonstone BooksMoonstone BooksMoonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales....
, forthcoming) - The Zorro Trivia Book (forthcoming)
- The Art of Zorro (forthcoming)
Journalism
- "A Conversation with Piers AnthonyPiers AnthonyPiers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Best...
" (Science Fiction Chronicle, September 1994) - "A Conversation with Tim PowersTim PowersTimothy Thomas "Tim" Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare...
" (Science Fiction Chronicle, May 1994) - "A Conversation with John BarnesJohn Barnes (author)-Writing:Two of his novels, The Sky So Big and Black and The Duke of Uranium have been reviewed as having content appropriate for a young adult readership, comparing favorably to Robert A. Heinlein's "juvenile" novels...
" (Science Fiction Chronicle, date unknown) - "Fantasy's Technique" (Starlog Magazine, April 1991)
As editor
- Tales of ZorroTales of ZorroTales of Zorro is a 2008 anthology of Zorro stories and is the first collection of original short fiction featuring pulp hero Zorro, edited by United States author, editor and copywriter Richard Dean Starr and published by Moonstone Books in 2008...
(Moonstone BooksMoonstone BooksMoonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales....
, 2008) - Sex, Lies and Private Eyes (Moonstone BooksMoonstone BooksMoonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales....
, 2008) - More Tales of Zorro (Moonstone BooksMoonstone BooksMoonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales....
, 2011) - The Lost Tales of King Kong: Volume I (Moonstone BooksMoonstone BooksMoonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales....
, forthcoming 2012)
Filmography
- Storm Warning (alt. title: Storm Front) - screenplay - Four Score Films (option only), 1991
- Wednesday Again - production coordinator, 2007
- Shadowheart - production coordinator, 2007 (Uncredited)
- Space Reserved - co-producer and production coordinator, 2007 (Unproduced)
Professional Affiliations
- Horror Writers AssociationHorror Writers AssociationThe Horror Writers Association is a worldwide non-profit organization of professional writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of Horror and Dark Fantasy writers. It was formed in the 1980s with the help of many of the field's greats, including Joe Lansdale, Robert...
(HWAHWAHWA can stand for many things including:*Hemlock woolly adelgid*Heartland Wrestling Association*Horror Writers Association*Hardware acceleration*H.W.A. , an early '90s all-female rap group*Hwa, a type of traditional Korean boots...
), Active Member, 2007 - International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW), Active Member, 2007
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of AmericaScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers of AmericaScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, or SFWA is a nonprofit association of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. It was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America, Inc. and it retains the acronym SFWA after a very brief use of the SFFWA...
(SFWASFWASFWA may refer to:*Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America*Scottish Football Writers' Association...
), Former Member, 1991–1994 - Georgia Press Association, Former Member, 1989
External links
- Official Web Site
- eRead.com
- Former Copywriting and Marketing Web Site
- Tales of Zorro Interview with Richard Dean Starr and other contributors at The Pulse
- Interview with Richard Dean Starr at The Auden Interviews
- News Coverage of the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con Tales of Zorro Panel at Comic-Con International