He independently authored Wolf of Shadows (1985), a young adult novel set in the aftermath of a nuclear war. Collaborating with James Kunetka, he wrote Warday (1984), about the dangers of limited nuclear warfare, and Nature's End (1986), a novel about environmental apocalypse. Strieber then turned to speculative fiction with social conscience. Strieber began his career as a novelist with the horror novels The Wolfen (1978) and The Hunger (1981), both of which were made into feature films, followed by the less successful horror novels Black Magic (1982) and The Night Church (1983). He then worked for several advertising firms in New York City, rising to the level of vice president before leaving in 1977 to pursue a writing career. He was educated at the University of Texas at Austin and the London School of Film Technique, graduating from each in 1968. He attended Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, Texas. Strieber was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Kathleen Mary (Drought) and Karl Strieber, a lawyer. He has maintained a dual career of author of fiction and advocate of paranormal concepts through his best-selling non-fiction books, his Unknown Country web site, and his podcast, Dreamland. Louis Whitley Strieber ( / ˈ s t r iː b ər/ born June 13, 1945) is an American writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his alleged experiences with non-human entities. Social science fiction, Ufology, Horror novels
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