“… Wayelindele ukuthi ikhaya lakhe lakudala libukeke lihlukile — lingenalutho, mhlawumbe njengesikhumba esincibilikile sesirhubuluzi esisala ngemuva ebhuqwini, sengathi indlu ibingasenalutho olungayenza ngaphandle kokubuna nokufa…” - kusuka Amantombazane Amancane

Ngenyanga edlule, umbhali owesabekayo owine umklomelo, uRonald Malfi, ukhiphe inoveli yakhe yakamuva, Amantombazane Amancane. (Chofoza LAPHA uma ukuphuthele ukubuyekeza kwami) Omunye wababhali abahamba phambili, amandla kaMalfi asemandleni akhe okwenza izindaba ezithandekayo ngezincazelo ezimnandi ezinjengalezi ezingenhla. Bengingumuntu othanda le ndoda selokhu ngifunde i-creep-fest yakhe yokuqala enhle kakhulu, Snow emuva ezinsukwini ze-Leisure Book Horror. Ungishayise ngomoya ngokulandela, Izitebhisi Ezintantayo, futhi uye waqhubeka wangishiya ngishaqekile kusukela lapho. Amantombazane Amancane ukwengeza okuhle kakhulu emzimbeni womsebenzi kaMalfi.

Kuleli sonto, ngithole ithuba lokuxoxa noMnu Malfi. Wabelana ngamathonya akhe, amava akhe, uthando lwakhe lwezincwadi zamaphepha phezu kokuqhuma komhlaba kwe-elekthronikhi, izeluleko zakhe kubalobi abasebasha laphaya, nokunye okuningi.

UGlenn Rolfe: Sawubona Ronald, uyazi ukuthi ngimba umsebenzi wakho. Siyabonga ngokuthatha isikhathi sakho ukwenza lokhu.

URonald Malfi: Akunankinga, mngani. Siyabonga ngokuba nami.

GR: Uneminyaka emingaki ngenkathi ulunywa yimbungulu yokubhala? Ingabe uqale khona lapho?

RM: Cishe ngangineminyaka eyi-10 noma engu-11 ubudala lapho ngiqala ukubhala ngokungathí sina. Ngokuthi “ngokungathi sína,” ngiqonde ukuyala nokujwayela ukwenza njalo. Ngangibamba izandla zami kumshini wokubhala omdala we-Olympia futhi ngangibhala amakhasi amaningi nsuku zonke, imvamisa lapho ngibuya esikoleni. Le mizamo yokuqala ibibhalwe kabi kabi njengoba ubungalindela, kodwa bengikuthanda ukubhala futhi ngikhumbula izigigaba ezithile zakudala kusukela ngaleso sikhathi — ukushaya indaba yami yokuqala enamakhasi ayishumi, noma ukubhala okuthile okwedlula amakhasi ayi-100, okwakungowengane engangami, wumsebenzi omkhulu — ngothando olukhulu nomuzwa wokufeza okuthile, ngisho namanje. Lapho sengilunywe yimbungulu, ngazi ukuthi ngifuna ukukwenza ukuze ngiphile, futhi angizange ngiyekethise kulokho kuzimisela.

U-GR: Nginike izincwadi ezimbili ezaba nomthelela wokuqala / zaba nomthelela omkhulu kuwe.

I-RM: Njengababhali abaningi besabekayo besizukulwane sami, ngizocaphuna iziqu ezimbili zikaStephen King—Amehlo eDrako, eyayiyincwadi yokuqala yeNkosi (futhi mhlawumbe inoveli yokuqala yabantu abadala) ngiyifunde ngiseyingane, bese kuthi kamuva, iKing's Into. Ngikhumbula ezinye izingane esikoleni zikhuluma ngale ncwadi, futhi ikakhulukazi indaba yocansi ephikisanayo encwadini. Sasifunda amabanga aphakathi, manje yini leyo? Uneminyaka eyishumi nanye ubudala? Ngakho-ke ngenza iphuzu lokuzingela ikhophi yale ncwadi bese ngicwaninga kuleyo ndawo eyimpikiswano. Kepha lapho ngiqala ukufunda le ncwadi, ngashaqeka ngokuphelele ubukhulu bayo nobuhle bayo futhi ngakhohlwa konke ngendawo engangithole ikhophi yayo ekuqaleni. Ngangicishe ngilingane nezingane kuleyo noveli futhi kwaba nethonya elikhulu kimi. Ngisenalo lelo phepha langempela, yize lidabukile esihogweni futhi lahlukaniswa laba izingxenye ezimbili. Sengiyifundile mhlawumbe kathathu noma kane. Inoveli enhle yokwesaba kwengane nobumsulwa ilahlekile.

GR: Nginike imisebenzi emibili yakamuva ebinomthelela ofanayo.

RM: Izincwadi ezimbili ezifika emqondweni yilezi Intombazane ecatshangwa ngeThuba nguLance Olsen noGlen Hirshberg's Izingane ZikaSnowman. Yize noma kungezona "ezakamuva" ncamashi, zombili lezo zincwadi zidlula futhi zinconywe kakhulu.

GR: Iningi lethu elihamba njengamanje kwi-biz horror kwakungabalandeli abakhulu beLeisure Book. Ukhiphe iqhwa nabo. Sasinjani isipiliyoni kuwe?

I-RM: Ngineshelufu lebhuku eliphelele elinikezelwe kulawo maphepha amadala e-Leisure, futhi kusangibeka ezingeni lokucabanga ngokwenzeka lapho. Ngaphandle kokuthola imininingwane ebucayi yokuqothuka, ngizosho ukuthi ngangijabule ukusayina neLeisure kanye noMhleli uDon D'Auria emuva… Ngicabanga ukuthi ngonyaka we-2008 noma ngaphezulu. UDon uqale wangisayinela incwadi eyodwa, Isithwathwa, okwenze kahle kubo. Kwakukuzo zonke izitolo zezincwadi futhi kwangilungiselela izethameli zanda kakhulu kunangaphambili. Uma kungekho okunye, ngizobabaza uLeisure noDon D'Auria ngokwethula umsebenzi wami ekufundeni okubanzi kakhulu kunalokho engingaba nakho ngingedwa. NgangiseNew York City, ngicabanga, i-BookExpo ngalowo nyaka — lokhu bekuzoba ekuqaleni kuka-2009, manje njengoba ngicabanga ngakho, ngoba ngangikhona ukuzothuthukisa IShamrock Alley—futhi ngahlangana noDon ngeziphuzo ezithile saya ehhovisi lakhe. Ndoda, bekuyilokho nje obekufuna ukuthi ihhovisi lakhe libukeke, nemibhalo yesandla ifakwe emibhoshongweni kuyo yonke indawo etholakalayo, iboshwe ngemuva komnyango wehhovisi, ifakwe ngaphansi kwamadeski namabhokisi ezincwadi. Nganginezinkanyezi emehlweni ami, ndoda. UDon wanginikeza izincwadi zamahhala — mhlawumbe ngabe ngahamba namapheshana angama-20, kodwa ngangingafuni ukubonakala ngiba nomhobholo, ngakho ngathatha kuphela ikhophi yencwadi ethi Wrath James White UMvusi nekaJeff Strand Ingcindezi. Kwakungohambo oluhle futhi uDon wayengumfana omuhle. Ngaphambi Snow ngase ngifikile ezitolo (ngiyakhumbula) uDon wangithumelela inkontileka yamanoveli amabili engeziwe. Laba kwakungu Izitebhisi Ezintantayo futhi ICradle Lake. Kodwa-ke, ngaphambi kokuba lezo zinkontileka zilethwe, ngangizwa iphunga lentuthu phezulu futhi ngaqala ukubuza imibuzo ngokukhokha kwami ​​sekwephuzile Isithwathwa. Ngamafuphi, angikaze ngiyilethe inkontileka ye- Izitebhisi Ezintantayo futhi ICradle Lake, futhi ngakwazi ukubayisa kumshicileli wami owayengumbhali ngaleso sikhathi, iMedallion Press, owenza umsebenzi omuhle ngalezo ziqu. Ngangifuna nokubuyisa amalungelo Isithwathwa, okwaphinde kwashicilelwa kabusha nge-Delirium Books futhi kuhlala kuphrintiwe ne-Darkfuse. I-Leisure book club ibiyindlela enhle yokungenisa ababhali abasha bangene kokujwayelekile futhi ukuphela kwayo kungaphezu kokumane kube yishwa-kuyadabukisa.

GR: Ubhala indaba enhle yesipoki (Indlu Yokulila, Izitebhisi Ezintantayo), kepha awunamathele kulolo hlobo olungaphansi. Wenze abafokazi, izitshalo ezimbi, iCthulu, nokwesabeka kwabantu. Ngisesikebheni esifanayo nakanjani. Angikuboni ukukhanga ngokubhala into efanayo kaninginingi. Yini izizathu zakho ngokwahluka kwezihloko noma izilo?

RM: Mhlawumbe yilokho okushilo-ukuthi ngizoba nesithukuthezi ngokubhala into efanayo kaninginingi. Abanye ababhali bathola ukubhala kwe-niche… angazi… i-vampire noma i-werewolf noma i-zombie fiction… nendoda, uma ibasebenzela, kuhle lokho. Kepha ngilahlekelwe intshisekelo yokwenza into enjalo. Angikwazi ngisho nokubiza umuzwa wokuthi ngibhale enye inkondlo kunoma iyiphi yezincwadi zami, ingasaphathwa eyokubhala ngohlobo olufanayo lwezincwadi eziyisithupha, eziyisikhombisa, eziyishumi.

GR: Ikhona incwadi ofuna ukuyibhala engamangala abalandeli bakho?

RM: Abafundi abaziyo ngemisebenzi yami yangaphambilini bangasho ukuthi sengizibhalile lezo zincwadi. Inoveli yami yesithathu, Uhlobo Lwezilo, kwakuyinoveli ejwayelekile mayelana nomlobi oxosha umngani wakhe, umbongi ophenduke umklomelo, kusuka edolobheni elincane laseKentucky kuya eBaltimore. Akukho okwethusayo ngakho, ngaphandle kwezinombolo zokuthengisa. Ngokufanayo, abantu ababuyele emuva bafunda inoveli yami yesine, Nge-Dolorosa, baphawule ukuthi kubonakala sengathi kubhalwe umlobi ohlukile. Ngangibhala izincwadi nge-spec emuva ngaleso sikhathi futhi ngingaboni noma yiziphi izinkontileka, ngakho-ke ngandlela thile, ngangikhululekile ukubhala noma yini engiyifunayo. Futhi yilokho kanye engikwenzile.

GR: Lapho ngifunda i-Floating Staircase, yaba nomthelela ofanayo kimi njengoBoy's Life. Bengikade ngibhala isikhathi esingaphansi konyaka futhi kucishe kwangethusa nokuzama. Kwakukuhle lokho. Indaba yakho ejulile, imfihlakalo, abalingiswa, izincazelo ezinhle ozisebenzisayo ngaphandle kokuzitika ngokweqile njengabanye ababhali. Ngabe kwake kwaba nencwadi enjalo kuwe. Esikwenze wathi, “shaya, angikwazi ukukwenza ukuthi. "

RM: Kuyahlekisa okukhulumayo Impilo Yomfana, njengoba leyo ncwadi ingenye yamathonya emsebenzini wami wokubhala, futhi ikakhulukazi inoveli yami UDisemba Park—uMnu. McCammon ayenomusa ngokwanele ukuhlinzeka isifinyezo. Khuluma ngokushaywa inkanyezi! Kodwa, impela, ngiyabona ukuthi uthini; Ngifunde inqwaba yezincwadi ezisemandleni azo. Bengihlala ngishawa uvalo ngababhali abanjengoHemingway, Thomas Pynchon, Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Dan Simmons. Ngangisemusha ngesikhathi ngiqala ukufunda Lolita, futhi noma ngicabanga ukuthi amanye ama-nuances alahlekile kimi ngaleso sikhathi, ngabona ukuthi ngangifunda okuthile okubhalwe unkulunkulu, nokuthi kwakuyinto engangingeke ngikwazi ukuncintisana nayo. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lelo iqhinga — awukwazi ukuzama ukubhala ukuze uzuze kangcono ukubheja kwakho. Kuzohlala kukhona incwadi lapho ungatholakali khona, futhi uzomane uvuselele ingalo yakho uyibambe. Izincwadi ezinhle kakhulu zithembekile, izincwadi ezilula, ezibhalwe ngezwi lakho leqiniso futhi zitshela izindaba ozithandayo. Yilokho, ngempela. Leyo yimfihlo.

GR: Yiziphi ezincwadini zakho ezinendawo ekhethekile enhliziyweni yakho futhi ngani?

I-RM: Izitebhisi Ezintantayo futhi UDisemba Park, zombili ziphethe izinto ezithile zomlando oqinile. Futhi bekuyizincwadi ezimbili lapho umkhiqizo wokugcina ubusondele kakhulu endleleni engangikucabanga ngayo ekuqaleni ekhanda lami. Imvamisa izincwadi zishintsha zibe maphakathi nenqubo yokubhala - ukulimala kokubhala ngaphandle kohlaka noma amanothi - kepha lezo zinto ezimbili zihlala kahle enkambweni, okungenani kuze kufinyelele kwithoni jikelele nokuzizwa kwezincwadi, uma kungenjalo ngesakhiwo esithile- amaphuzu ngaphakathi.

GR: Yimaphi amafilimu owathandayo? Okuthusayo noma okunye.

RM: Abahlaseli boMkhumbi Olahlekile; Buyela Esikhathini Esizayo; Ama-Gremlins; Imihlathi; Ukuhlangana Okuseduze Kwenhlobo Yesithathu; Iqembu Lokulwa; IBig Lebowski; I-star wars.

GR: Izinqumo ezinhle kakhulu! Yini enye yezinto ozithandayo ongayenza ngaphandle kwempilo yokubhala?

RM: Ukuchitha isikhathi nomndeni wami.

GR: Ungumsekeli omkhulu wokunganaki. Utshele ababhali ukuthi bafinyelele phezulu. Umbhali osemncane wazi kanjani ukuthi ukulungele ukufinyelela kulelo zinga elilandelayo?

I-RM: Ababhali abaningi abasha abashicilelwa ngomshini omncane wokushicilela, bathi, inoveli yabo yokuqala bavela sengathi bashayiswe yibhasi. Bashaqekile ngezitatimende ezisizwayo zasebukhosini, ukungabi nenhlonipho abakutholayo kuwo wonke umkhakha, ukungabi nentshisekelo kwabathengisi bezincwadi abangenayo intshisekelo yokuthi uphathe incwadi yokusayina ezitolo zabo. Lokhu kuyiqiniso kwabanye balabo babhali, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi isincomo sami kulabo babhali ukungazami ukukhuluma ngempumelelo yakho (nomshicileli wakho, ongenzi lutho ukukwazisa) bese uzenza umkhulu kunawe, kepha ukukhulisa amakhono akho, thola abantu abafanele okufanele ngabe ukhuluma nabo, futhi ekugcineni uzifake endaweni obukade uzenza kuyo phambilini. Ingabe lokho kunengqondo? 

GR: Uyaluleka ukuthi uthole i-ejenti? Uma unayo noma ubunayo, ngabe waba yini isipiliyoni sakho ngomunye onjengaye?

RM: Yileso chestnut esidala, akunjalo? Umenzeli omubi mubi kakhulu kunokungabi namuntu nhlobo, kepha imvamisa awukwazi ukuthola i-ejenti enhle uze ungayidingi. Njengamanje ngine-ejenti, futhi waba neqhaza ekutholeni isivumelwano sami samabhuku noKensington. Sibe nohlelo lomdlalo ofanayo lwencwadi yami yakamuva, Amantombazane amancane, futhi sasihlala sisekhasini elilodwa ngaso sonke isikhathi — asikho isijeziso esasihloselwe. Ubuye abe yibhodi elimnandi lokukhala lapho ngiqala ukubuza imibhalo yami yesandla, engikwenza kaningi. Lezi izimfanelo ezibaluleke kakhulu kumenzeli. Ngaphandle kokuthi ujabulile ngemishini emincane noma ye-indie — noma uma ukhetha ukuzishicilela — ekugcineni uzodinga umenzeli ukuze enze isivumelwano nendlu enkulu yokushicilela. Lokho kube yisipiliyoni sami, noma kunjalo. Ngingancoma ukuthola ukuthi ngubani ophendula abalobi othanda ukubafunda enkampanini ethile yokushicilela futhi uxhumane nabo. Bathumele umsebenzi wakho omuhle kakhulu, ohlelwe kahle kakhulu, futhi ungabi ngumuntu ongaqeqeshiwe ngakho. Uma umsebenzi wakho muhle, othile uzofuna ukuwuphendula.

GR: Isipiliyoni esibi kakhulu nesikahle empilweni yakho yokubhala kuze kube manje.

RM: Izinto zihle kakhulu ngokubhalwa kulezi zinsuku. Ngisebenze kanzima kakhulu ukufika lapho ngikhona, futhi ngemuva kwamanoveli ayi-13, idlanzana lama-novellas, nezinganekwane ezimfishane ezingashicilelwa ezishicilelwe, ngijabule kakhulu ngengikuzuzile. Ngibhala engifuna ukukubhala futhi angyekethisi. Ngibe nokuhlangenwe nakho okuhle lapho ngimenyelwa ukuba ngikhulume ezingqungqutheleni ezweni lonke, ngihlangane nabalandeli abahle futhi ngikhulume namaqembu okubhala, ngikhulume nabafundi kuwo wonke amazinga, futhi ngikwazi ukubhala nokubhala nabafundi bami ngenganekwane yami. Zonke lezi zinto ziyizinto ezinhle. Mhlawumbe isikhathi esiphansi kunazo zonke lapho ngizithola ngise-funk, ngihlupheka kancane ngebhulokhi lomlobi, ngicabanga kanjalo. Yilapho ngiqala khona ukuba nomona ngalabo bafana abangabhali lutho ngaphandle kwenganekwane ye-vampire, ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe ngingavele ngishintshele ku-autopilot bese ngikhipha enye incwadi ukube bekunjalo. Kepha ngizama ukwenza okwehlukile ngencwadi ngayinye entsha, futhi kuyakhokha. Ukungasho ukuthi nginezingane ezimbili ezisencane kakhulu nazo ezithatha isikhathi sami esiningi. Yize kunjalo, bengilokhu ngishicilela inoveli eyodwa ngonyaka eminyakeni eminingana edlule, futhi ngihlela ukuqhubeka nokwenza njalo.

GR: Ngiyazi ukuthi awuyena umfana we-eBook. Yini enikezayo? Kungenzeka yini ukuthi uthonywe?

RM: Anginalutho olumelene nama-e-book. Ngokwami, ngincamela ukuphatha incwadi ezandleni zami. Ngikhathazeka ngokweqile mayelana nemidwebo ethile yezincwadi, njengofonti osetshenzisiwe, isikhala, amamajini, indlela amakhasi asikwe ngayo — lezi zinto ziyingxenye enkulu nje, noma cishe ziyingxenye, ukungifundela incwadi njengendaba. Uma omunye umuntu ekunikeze iphilisi elizokugcwalisela usuku lonke futhi awusoze wadinga ukuchitha isikhathi udla ukudla, ungaliphuza lelo philisi? Noma uyakujabulela ukunambitheka kwesiteki kanye ne-pizza namathosi aseFrance kakhulu? Kimi, lowo umehluko.

GR: Barker, Straub, King, McCammon — Yikuphi kulokhu okuthandayo?

RM: Christ, ngingaphendula kanjani? Inkosi iyinkosi. Izandla phansi. Kepha uStraub noMcCammon banobuhle obukhulu emazwini abo. I-Straub ikakhulukazi ihlala ingishiya ngicabanga ukuthi yikuphi ukukhanya engikuphuthele phakathi kwemigqa yombhalo, ngoba ubhala njengomuntu ongcwaba izinto zesihlabathi. Awusoze wazithola zonke lezo zinto zakudala, kepha ungathola okwanele ukuhlanganisa iphazili. Angikaze ngibe umlandeli omkhulu weBarker, yize ngangihlale ngizijabulela zonke izincwadi zakhe. Izincwadi Zegazi bekumnandi kakhulu, futhi bengilokhu ngithanda inoveli yakhe Isakramente, okuyinto abalandeli bakhe abaningi abavame ukungayinaki.

GR: Yisho izincwadi ezimbalwa zalaba bantu ozibheka njengezingahlonishwa kangako.

RM: Awu, Isakramente nguBarker, njengoba ngishilo. Ngokuqondene noMcCammon, ngisamangazwe yinani labantu abangakafundi Impilo Yomfana. Kuyi-classic ngempela, kungenzeka impela the iseminal coming-of-age genre novel. Ngabe iNkosi ayithokoziswa nakancane? Ngizovuma ukuthanda Amehlo eDrako, ngoba leyo bekuyiNkosi yokuqala engiyifunde ngiseyingane futhi inendawo ekhethekile enhliziyweni yami. Ababaningi abayifundile. Ngabe inoveli yeBachman ingabala? Ngihlale ngicabanga Uhambo olude kwakukhazimula. Okokugcina, ngicabanga ukuthi konke okubhalwe nguPeter Straub akubalulekile. Inoveli yakhe Julia kwaba nethonya elikhulu kokusha kwami, Amantombazane Amancane. Inoveli yakhe I-Throat impumelelo emangazayo, ebusweni bayo, ehlangana njengenoveli yabaseshi be-post-noir, kepha empeleni kuyinto enkulu kakhulu futhi elambile kakhulu kunalokho. Ngiphinde ngafunda I-Throat izikhathi ezingenakubalwa. Abantu abaningi bayathanda Indaba Yezipoki, njengoba ngenza, kodwa I-Throat NguPeter Straub kukho konke ukugcwala kwakhe okugcwele.

U-GR: Okokugcina, ngabe ungake ubhale ngokubambisana inoveli noma i-novella nomunye umbhali? Mhlawumbe othile waseMaine?  

RM: Ha! Akukho bucayi lapho, ha? Ngike ngacabanga ngomqondo wokusebenzisana nabanye ababhali abambalwa esikhathini esedlule, kepha uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, kimi ukubhala incwadi kungumsebenzi womuntu siqu, owesabekayo, okhathazayo, futhi angazi ukuthi ngizohamba kanjani mayelana nokwabelana ngesihluku esinjalo nomunye umuntu.

GR: Siyabonga ngesikhathi sakho, Ronald. Ngiyakwazisa lokho.

RM: Noma kunini, Glenn. Siyabonga ngokuba nami.

 

Amantombazane Amancane, Ulwazi kanye ne-Synopsis

 

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• Umshicileli:I-Kensington (Juni 30, 2015)
• Usuku lokushicilelwa:June 30, 2015

 

Oqokwa kwi-Bram Stoker Award uRonald Malfi uza noveli ebabazekayo yobuntwana ebukezwe kabusha, izinkumbulo zivusiwe, nokwesaba ukuzalwa kabusha…

 

Lapho uLaurie eseyintombazanyana, wayenqatshelwa ukungena egumbini eliphezulu lezitebhisi. Kwakungenye yemithetho eminingi eyabekwa ngubaba wakhe owayengenamizwa, futhi ekude. Manje, esenzweni sokugcina sokuphelelwa yithemba, ubaba wakhe ukhiphe amadimoni akhe. Kepha lapho uLaurie ebuya ukuyofuna ifa nomyeni wakhe nendodakazi eneminyaka eyishumi ubudala, kuba sengathi okwedlule kuyenqaba ukufa. Uyayizwa icathama ekubunjweni okuphukile, ayibone isigqolozela kohlaka lwesithombe olungenalutho, futhi ayizwe ihleka kuluhlaza okhuntile olutshisayo ehlathini…

 

Ekuqaleni, uLaurie ucabanga ukuthi ucabanga izinto. Kepha lapho ehlangana nomlingani omusha wendodakazi yakhe, u-Abigail, uvele aqaphele ukufana kwakhe okungaqondakali nenye intombazanyana ebihlala kwamakhelwane. I-WHO wafa kwamakhelwane. Usuku ngalunye oludlulayo, ukungakhululeki kukaLaurie kuyaqina, imicabango yakhe iphazamisa kakhulu. Njengoyise, ingabe uya ngokuya alahlekelwe yingqondo? Noma ingabe kukhona okungachazeki okwenzekayo kulawo mantombazane amancane amnandi?

 

Ukunconywa kukaRonald Malfi namanoveli akhe

"Umuntu ucabanga nje ngababhali abanjengoPeter Straub noStephen King."
—Ukwesaba

“UMalfi ungumbalisi onekhono.” -Ijenali Yezincwadi yaseNew York

“Indaba eyinkimbinkimbi nethusayo… .yesabisa.” - URobert McCammon

“Isingisi esishaywayo sikaMalfi sakha isimo se-eerie claustrophobia… esabekayo.” -Abashicileli Weekly

“Ukugibela okuthokozisayo, okusika esihlalweni sakho okungafanele kuphuthelwe yikho.” -I-Suspense Magazine

Izixhumanisi Zoku-odwa ngaphambilini noma Ukuthengwa

Ama-Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Girls-Ronald-Malfi/dp/1617736066

UBarnes noNoble:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/little-girls-ronald-malfi/1120137979?ean=9781617736063

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URonald Malfi, uBiography

URonald Malfi ungumbhali ozuze umklomelo wamanoveli amaningi nama-novellas ezigabeni ezethusayo, eziyimfihlakalo, nezisusa amadlingozi ezivela kubashicileli abahlukahlukene, kufaka phakathi Amantombazane Amancane, kuleli hlobo lika-2015 likhishwa eKensington.

Ngo-2009, idrama yakhe yobugebengu, IShamrock Alley, uzuze umklomelo weSiliva IPPY. Ngo-2011, indaba yakhe yesipoko / inoveli eyimfihlakalo, Izitebhisi Ezintantayo, waba ngowamanqamu weHorror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award yenoveli ehamba phambili, iGold IPPY Award yenoveli ehamba phambili ethusayo, kanye neVincent Preis International Horror Award. Inoveli yakhe ICradle Lake yamklomelisa ngeBenjamin Franklin Independent Book Award (isiliva) ngo-2014. UDisemba Park, Indaba yakhe ebabazekayo yobuntwana, uzuze iBeverly Hills International Book Award ngokusola ngo-2015.

Okudume kakhulu ngesitayela sakhe sokukhathaza, sokubhala kanye nezinhlamvu ezingakhohlwayo, inganekwane emnyama kaMalfi ithole ukwamukelwa phakathi kwabafundi bazo zonke izinhlobo.
Wazalelwa eBrooklyn, eNew York ngo-1977, wagcina ethuthele endaweni yaseChesapeake Bay, lapho ahlala khona nonkosikazi wakhe nezingane zakhe ezimbili.

Vakashela noRonald Malfi ku-Facebook, Twitter (@RonaldMalfi), noma ku-www.ronmalfi.com.

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