Stuart Land

Hi there!

I began writing while working as a sculptor in Los Angeles on many well-known films such as Aliens, Predator, The Abyss, Poltergeist 2, Beetlejuice, Independence Day, and many others. I was mentored in film directing and producing by industry professionals. I pick the minds of the various actors, directors, and writers from the movies I worked on for creative insight. I wrote/produced/directed/edited four short student films, and a spec TV series. I’ve written 20 screenplays to date.

I write narrative fiction with 14 novels in various genres. A short story is in the anthology, Lost in Thailand. The book, How to Write Dialogue, includes dialogue samples from several of my novels.

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I ran a writing workshop for global writers at Content Castle, a writers' retreat on Ko Samui, an island in the Gulf of Thailand.

I made a Thai ghost story movie trailer. Come check it out!

Won the Grand Prize in two international screenplay contests: Todd McCoy's Adventure West, a YA screenplay about a 12-year-old street boy from 1872 NYC, who's sent out west on the Orphan Train, only to find an adventure he could never have imagined.

I've finished writing the first book (of two) of a historical memoir novel based on real events. CURRENTS OF WAR is a story about a German Jew growing up in the Weimer Republic and pre-war Nazi Germany, and his eventual incredible journey of escape. This isn’t a story about soldiers at war, but of normal people caught up in the throes of war, of fear, courage, and survival. Book one goes from 1923 to 1940. Book two from 1940 to 1948.

My novels:

BACK FROM THE DEAD: the true sequel to Frankenstein

SHADOW HOUSE

ORIGINAL BLOOD SERIES

ECHOES OF SHADOWS

DUST AND SHADOW

TEARS OF MEMORY

TEARS OF RECKONING

BLOOD SORROW

DAUGHTERS

CROSSING THE DOUBLE YELLOW

CLAIMING LIVE

ENDLESS SKY: Covenant

DRIVEN

CURRENTS OF WAR

UNTIL LOVE