Robert McCammon Interviews
Interviews with Robert McCammon
This collection of interviews with and articles by Robert McCammon comes from various sources and ranges over the years from 1981 to the present.
Most Recent Interviews
- NEW!!! The magic of youth never disappears completely – an interview with Robert McCammon, October 22, 2022
English version - An interview by Sebastian Rerak for the Polish book site Booklips
- Robert McCammon – People Never Really Change [Interview], May 18, 2022
English version - An interview by for the Polish pop culture site Badloopus
- The Crimson White: Then and Now: CW editors through the years, December 5, 2019
- An interview by the editorial staff of the student newspaper of the University of Alabama
- “Alabama’s Own ‘Great American Read'”, October 1, 2019
- An interview by Lenore Vickery at Alabama Living magazine
- “Interview: Robert McCammon (2019),” June 18, 2019
- An interview by Paul Simpson at Sci-Fi Bulletin
- “Robert McCammon im Interview,” April 8, 2017
English version - An interview by Luzifer Verlag, the German publisher of Speaks the Nightbird.
- Bookmark with Don Noble: Robert McCammon, June 2, 2016
- A video interview by Don Noble, recorded at Alabama Booksmith. It can be found on YouTube.
- Alabama News Center: Vestavia Hills’ Robert McCammon back with another in his Matthew Corbett series, May 31, 2016
- An article/interview by Alex Harvey.
- Available again! “Robert McCammon on Freedom of the Mask,” March 6, 2016 (restored 2020-01-16)
- An interview by Gwenda Bond at Subterranean Press.
- “Hidden in the Depths,” November 19, 2015
- Bulgarian interview by Diana Georgieva. Read it in Bulgarian here.
- Subterranean Press interview, July 7, 2014
- Interview by Kealan Patrick Burke about The River of Souls.
- Nightmare Magazine, August 2013
- Author Spotlight. Accompanied reprint of “Nightcrawlers”
- The Funky Werepig
- Audio interview by Gregory Hall, June 28, 2013.
- Nightmare Magazine
- Interview by Lisa Morton, June 2013.
- Sci-Fi Bulletin: Interview: Robert McCammon
- Interview by Paul Simpson, April 2013. Part 2
- Writer at Play website, May 2013
- Interview by Trish Sugarek. Part 2
- A 2013 Interview with Robert McCammon
- Audio interview by Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column, March 2013.
- Available again! An Interactive Interview with Mr. Robert McCammon (restored 2020-01-16)
- Interview by Bryann Aguilar, Out of Reality blog, December 29, 2012.
- Robert McCammon Interview
- Interview by Elitist Book Reviews, August 8, 2012.
- GraphicAudio interviews Robert McCammon
- Robert McCammon is interviewed by GraphicAudio’s Nanette Savard, director of the GraphicAudio production of The Wolf’s Hour. Audio interview.
- The Providence Rider: The Return of Horror Great Robert McCammon, Interviewed by Chuck Wendig
- Interview by Chuck Wendig, Omnivoracious, May 31, 2012.
- NEW!
Birmingham author Robert McCammon continues Matthew Corbett series with “The Providence Rider” - Interview by Alec Harvey, The Birmingham News, May 29, 2012.
- Exclusive Interview: Robert McCammon Talks About The Providence Rider
- Interview by Charles Tan, SFsignal.com, May 15, 2012.
- More 2 Read website, March 23, 2012
- New interview conducted by Lou Pendergrast for More 2 Read.
- Available again! Subterranean Press: An Interview with Robert McCammon, March 2012 (restored 2020-01-16)
- An interview by Gwenda Bond to promote The Providence Rider
- WHC 2012 Robert McCammon Interview, 2012
- Video interview conducted by Hal Bodner
- Italian website ThrillerCafé, July 14, 2010
- Italian website interview by Arianna and Selena Mannella, twin Italian journalists. An English version of the interview can be found here.
- Mountain Eagle, March 18, 2010
- Newspaper article/interview by David Lazenby.
- Available again! The Funky Werepig, January 10, 2010 (restored 2020-01-16)
- Audio interview by Greg Hall.
- Available again! Subterranean Press, January 4, 2010 (restored 2020-01-16)
- Interview by Hunter Goatley in PDF format.
- Horror World’s Pod of Horror #58, December 27, 2009 (restored 2019-11-17)
- Audio interview by Mark Justice.
- T’ma (Darkness), March 2008
- Russian fans interview Robert McCammon. Translated by M. Parfenov.
- The Rap Sheet, 7-FEB-2008
- “The Man of Mystery,” by Ali Karim. A 4-part interview/article/review.
- Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
- Horror World’s Pod of Horror #41, 23-DEC-2007
- Audio Interview by Mark Justice. The link above is just the McCammon interview. The entire podcast can be downloaded from the LibSyn site.
- David’s Book Talk with guest Robert McCammon
- Audio Interview by David English.Posted on LeisureTalk.net on 10-DEC-2007.
- Discussing The Queen of Bedlam
- Interview by Hunter Goatley, October 15, 2007. Posted on the Robert McCammon website on 26-NOV-2007.
- Back in the game
- Interview by Alec Harvey, November 9, 2007. Published in The Birmingham News, November 9, 2007.
- No Imitation Here: Writing the books he wants to read
- Interview by Julie A. Pierce and Rowdy Rhodes for Inkwell Newswatch, a monthly online publication by the Freelance Writing Organization – International, May 2007.
- Robert McCammon Interview
- Italian horror site SplatterContainer.com, January 2006
- Exclusive 2005 Update from Robert McCammon
- Interview by Hunter Goatley, January 27, 2005.
2002 Interviews
- “McCammon vows writing days are over”
- Interview by Shawn Ryan, October 2002.
Originally published in the Birmingham Post-Herald newspaper on October 7, 2002. - Publishers Weekly Talks with Robert McCammon
- Interview by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Summer 2002.
Originally published in the August 5, 2002, issue of Publishers Weekly. - Exclusive Online 2002 Interview: Part 1
- Interview by Hunter Goatley, January 23, 2002.
- Exclusive Online 2002 Interview: Part 2
- Interview by Hunter Goatley, January 23, 2002.
Archival Interviews
- Robert R. McCammon Interview
- Interview by Roger Smith, 1981.
Originally published in State of Shock, issues 7 and 8, 1981. This is the earliest McCammon interview the webmaster has been able to find so far. - Come Midnight McCammon Is Scaring the Tar Out of Himself
- Originally published in The Birmingham News, June 9, 1983, page D1.
Written by News staff writer Carl Carter. - First H.O.W.L. Meeting Slated for Halloween
- The article announcing the formation of H.O.W.L (later HWA).Originally published in Publishers Weekly, July 22, 1983.
- Interview with Robert R. McCammon
- Interview conducted by William J. Grabowski, 1985. Originally published in The Horror Show, Summer 1985.
- Interview: Robert R. McCammon
- Interview conducted by Joe R. Lansdale, 1986.
Originally published in The Twilight Zone Magazine, October 1986. - Interview: Robert R. McCammon
- Originally published in Our Glass, the newsletter of the HWA, in Issue 1, July 1986.
- Interview: Robert McCammon
- Interview by Joe Lansdale, 1987.
Originally published in Mystery Scene, January 1987. - Interview with Robert R. McCammon
- Interview conducted by William J. Grabowski, 1987. Originally published in The Horror Show, Spring 1987.
- Robert R. McCammon
- Interview by J.R. Taylor, 1987.
Originally published in I Cover The War, October 1987. - An Interview with Robert McCammon
- Interview by Rodney Labbe, 1987.
Originally published in Footsteps, number 8, November 1987. - “Who knows what evil lurks in the shadows of our minds? Writer Rick McCammon does”
- Interview by Shawn Ryan, 1988.
Originally published in The Birmingham News, March 13, 1988. - Interview with Horror Master Robert R. McCammon
- Interview by James Kisner, 1988.
Originally published in Mystery Scene, March/april 1988. - Available in Supermarkets Now!
- Interview by J.R. Taylor, 1988.
Originally published in I Cover The War, October 1988. - Interview with Robert R. McCammon
- Interview by Jodi Strissel, 1988.
Originally published in Castle Rock, November 1988. - An Interview with Rick McCammon
- Interview by William G. Raley, 1989.
Originally published in After Hours, Winter 1989. - The Robert R. McCammon Interview (with photo)
- Interview conducted on January 28, 1989, by Hunter Goatley.
Originally published in Lights Out! Vol. 1 No. 1, July 1989. - The Perils and Profits of Mixing Genres: The Work of Robert R. McCammon
- Interview by Matt Adler, 1989.
Originally published in How to Write Horror and Get It Published, October 1989. - In the Light: An Interview with Robert McCammon
- Interview conducted by Steve Spignesi, October 1989?. Originally published in The Shape Under the Sheet: The Stephen King Encyclopedia, 1991.
- Robert R. McCammon
- Interview conducted by Stanley Wiater. Originally published in Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror, Avon Books, 1990.
- Limited Editions, PCs, and Stuff
- Interview with Robert R. McCammon and Joe R. Lansdale.
Conducted in October 1989 by Hunter Goatley. Originally published in Lights Out! Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1990. - Horror Novelist McCammon Thirsts For Character
- Interview by George Smith. Originally published in The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, June 8, 1990.
Can also be read on The Morning Call website.
- The State of Where
- Open letter written by Robert McCammon for the February 1991 issue of Lights Out!
- PW Interviews: Robert R. McCammon
- Interview conducted by Sam Skaggs. Originally published in Publishers Weekly, August 2, 1991.
- Defying genres, Robert McCammon uncovers the magic in the ordinary
- Interview by T. Liam McDonald. Originally published in Super Crown Book News, August 1991.
- Exclusive Interview: Robert R. McCammon (with photo)
- Interview conducted on August 31, 1991, by Hunter Goatley.
Originally published in Lights Out! Vol. 2 No. 2, October 1991. - Exclusive Online Robert R. McCammon Interview
- Interview conducted on January 6, 1997, by Hunter Goatley.
Exclusive to the online Lights Out! pages! - A Letter from Robert McCammon
- Open letter written in December 1998 by Robert McCammon.
Exclusive to the online Lights Out! pages!
Interviews conducted by Robert R. McCammon
One of the planned ongoing features of Lights Out! was a series of author interviews conducted by McCammon. Two such interviews were completed before Lights Out! disappeared:
- Robert McCammon interviews Chet Williamson at WFC 1990
- Interview conducted by Robert McCammon on November 3, 1990.
Never before published. - Robert McCammon interviews Tom Monteleone at WFC 1990
- Interview conducted by Robert McCammon on November 3, 1990.
Never before published. - Joe R. Lansdale interview (with photo)
- Interview conducted by Robert R. McCammon in October 1989
First appeared in Lights Out! Vol. 1 No. 3, January 1990. - Al Sarrantonio interview (with photo)
- Interview conducted by Robert R. McCammon in October 1990
First appeared in Lights Out! Vol. 2 No. 1, January 1991. - New!!! The original, unexpurgated audio for this interview can be heard here.
- Kazue Tanaka interview (with photo)
- Interview with Kazue Tanaka, who translated several McCammon stories to Japanese. Conducted by Robert R. McCammon in October 1990.
First appeared in Lights Out! Vol. 2 No. 1, January 1991.
Convention Session Transcripts
- Bestsellers Deconstructed
- Surrey International Writers’ Conference, October 23, 2009.
Featuring Robert McCammon, Michael Slade, Robert J. Sawyer, Terry Brooks, Diana Gabaldon, Anne Perry, Robert Dugoni, and Donald Maass. - Shapechangers
- Continuity 1990, Birmingham, AL, February 10, 1990.
Featuring Robert R. McCammon and Jennifer Roberson. - World Building 101
- Continuity 1990, Birmingham, AL, February 10, 1990.
Featuring Robert R. McCammon and Jennifer Roberson.
Miscellaneous
- “Meeting an Inspiration”
- An essay by Athena Workman about Robert McCammon’s appearance at the 2002 Southern Festival of Books in 2002. It includes tidbits of information from the Q&A session during his presentation.
