J.D Barker: From Books to Business Success

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J.D Barker (Jonathan Dylan Barker) is a New York Times and international bestselling American author whose work has been broadly described as suspense thrillers, often incorporating elements of horror, crime, mystery, science fiction, and the supernatural.
J.D continued with his corporate profession and being ghost writer untill in 2012 when he wrote a novel of his own, titled Forsaken.
Stephen King read portions of Forsaken prior to publication and granted Barker permission to utelize the character of Leland Gaunt of King's Needful Things in the novel. The book went on to hit several major milestones. Forsaken was also nominated for a Bram Stoker Award (best debut novel) and won a handful of others including a New Apple Medalist Award. After reading Forsaken, Bram Stoker's family reached out to Barker and asked him to co-author a prequel to Dracula utelizing Bram's original notes and journals, much of which has never been made public. The novel, titled Dracul sold at auction to G.P Putnam & sons, with film rights going to Paramount. Andy Muschietti (IT, Mama) is attached to direct.
J.D has since gone to write numerous titles which have appeared on bestseller lists around the world. He is also a frequent collaborator with James Patterson.

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