Family Portrait (based on Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.Masterton currently lives with his wife, Wiescka, in Cork, Ireland. A number of his novels have also been adapted into films.

In addition to his novels Masterton has written a number of sex instruction books, including How To Drive Your Man Wild In Bed and Wild Sex for New Lovers. Masterton's novels often contain visceral sex and horror. is also the only non-French winner of the prestigious Prix Julia Verlanger for his novel Family Portrait. Masterton was also the editor of Scare Care, a horror anthology published for the benefit of abused children in Europe and the USA. Graham Masterton is a British horror author. He is also the only non-French winner of the prestigious Prix Julia Verlanger for his novel Family Portrait, an imaginative reworking of the Oscar Wilde novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Further works garnered critical acclaim, including a Special Edgar award by the Mystery Writers of America for Charnel House and a Silver Medal by the West Coast Review of Books for Mirror. This novel was adapted in 1978 for the film The Manitou. Originally editor of Mayfair and the British edition of Penthouse, Graham Masterton's first novel, The Manitou was released in 1976. See our wiki for past AMAs.Graham Masterton (born 16 January 1946 in Edinburgh) is a British horror author. The story jumps right out of the gates Someone is skinning people alive for reasons unknown, and the only thing that the police can gather is that they are very intricate as a professional would be. It centers around the Gray family, and an art dealer, Victor, and his lineage. If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. Family Portrait is not a flat out copy of Wilde’s work.

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Family Portrait by Graham Masterton