Local Author Connie Wilson Scares Up Fun With ‘Color Of Evil’ Series
A real-life literary scream queen of horror could be haunting a book store near you.
Prolific local author Connie Corcoran Wilson has written dozens of books in various genres, although the ones that have scared up the most attention, sales and awards have been those in the horror genre, particularly her “Color of Evil” series, which is available worldwide in bookstores and online stores.
“I’ve written the books as novels and screenplays, which have won multiple awards, and I’m in the process of pitching them around trying to get them made into films,” Wilson said. “It’s been one of my most successful series and one which always seems to do especially well around this time of year.”
The Color Of Evil series presents you with characters who live, breathe and die in small town Cedar Falls, Iowa. Tad McGreevy, the focus of the series, has a paranormal power, Tetrachromatic Super Vision, that allows him to see auras that tell him whether a person is good or evil. At night, in horrifying nightmares, Tad relives the crimes of the evil-doers. Eventually, becomes the target of a particularly lethal antagonist, Michael Clay (aka Pogo the Clown) who wants to eliminate the teen-aged boy. In three books, we witness the power of evil faced off against a good-hearted young boy who just wants to protect those he loves.
Beginning with the first manifestations of this supernatural power at the age of 8, the book quickly takes us forward to the high school years of Tad and the band of friends we come to know well. We follow their progress from their junior year of high school through graduation with danger always lurking in the background. As others have said, it’s quite a ride.
Shelf Unbound magazine named the screenplay for Color as one of the best of the year. As Wilson added, “Set in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 2003-2005, the books are right in touch with today’s mania of the moment, and I hope those of you in a position to see for yourself check out the e-book boxed set and find out for yourselves.”
Wilson isn’t the only one tooting her horn. Other authors have stepped up to praise the local scribe.
“The Color of Evil series is old-school psychological horror, artfully blended with new-school shocks and twists. Bravo!” –Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author, multiple Bram Stoker winner.
If you go to www.thecolorofevil.com, you can read about the 3 books in the series and the organizing principle of the series.
Sean Leary is an author, director, artist, musician, producer and entrepreneur who has been writing professionally since debuting at age 11 in the pages of the Comics Buyers Guide. An honors graduate of the University of Southern California masters program, he has written over 50 books including the best-sellers The Arimathean, Every Number is Lucky to Someone and We Are All Characters.
