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Jude S. Walko

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in The United States

Website

https://www.theunhallowedhorseman.com

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Genre

Horror, Fiction, Thriller

Influences

Washington Irving
Charles Dickens
Edgar Allan Poe
Roald Dahl
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August 2009

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Jude S. Walko is a member of the esteemed Horror Writers Association. He is also a film producer (Producers Guild of America), director, screenwriter, and actor (Screen Actors Guild). Among notable works is his 2018 award-winning film "The Incantation". Walko won the 2018 Eclipse award for Best Direction, among several other awards, for the film.

Jude has been a lifelong fan of classic literature and has a special love of all things Washington Irving. He even owns a grave plot at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York. Jude is passionate about Halloween, Tim Burton, stop motion animation and all things dark and mysterious.

He spends his time between Los Angeles and Thailand, where his family now resides, and has multiple film and writing project ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 46 ratings · 38 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Unhallowed Horseman by Jude S. Walko (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Kruk (Foreword By), Elizabeth A. White (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poker Is Fun: Foreword By Jude S. Walko Edited By Kelly Muskas Thunstrom by Anthony Raymond Muskas Sr., Kelly Muskas-Thunstrom (Editor), Jude S. Walko (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jude S. Walko's Blog: The Unhallowed Horseman

2024 Gothic Horror Novel of the Year

"The Unhallowed Horseman" has been awarded the 2024 Gothic Novel of the Year by audiobookreviewer.com

"Congratulations! The selection team here at Audiobookreviewer.com has selected you to receive the 2024 Best Horror Award in the Gothic genre for the Unhallowed Horseman. As a fan of horror, I found this to be spine-chilling!" - Charla White

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Jude is Currently Reading

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Crossroads, Inc

by Andrew Adams (Goodreads Author)

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The Importance Of Being Ernest: The Life of Actor Jim Varney

by Justin Lloyd (Goodreads Author)

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Finnegans Wake: Centennial Edition 14th Printing edition by Joyce, James (1982) Paperback

by James Joyce

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A morality play dipped in the syrupy sweet saccharine of Christian naïveté. 200 pages of cyclical regurgitation and 15 good ones.
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A wonderful time capsule of the very first years of the Hollywood Bowl. This is a venue I truly love and have seen Dolly Parton there along with the Jazz Fest and of course Danny Elfman signing Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” on many oc ...more
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