Joe R. Lansdale, Author

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In this episode, I chat with author Joe R. Lansdale about his new novel Born For Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard, Texas life, his creative family, political correctness, and martial arts. Join us; it's a fun episode!

Joe R. Lansdale is the internationally bestselling author of more than fifty novels, including the popular, long-running Hap and Leonard series. 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 and has won the Edgar Award and ten Stoker Awards.  He has also been designated a World Horror Grandmaster. Lansdale, like many of his characters, lives in East Texas, with his wife, Karen, and their pit bull, Nicky.

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