New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.
When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world.
Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market.
But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…
Like his novels The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House is classic Hendrix: equal parts heartfelt and terrifying—a gripping new read from “the horror master” (USA Today).
New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.
When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world.
Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market.
But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…
Like his novels The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House is classic Hendrix: equal parts heartfelt and terrifying—a gripping new read from “the horror master” (USA Today).
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Blending satirical humor with genuine horror, contemporary fiction has found a distinctive voice in stories that juxtapose domestic routines and pop culture with supernatural dread. Grady Hendrix made a notable impact on the horror genre with his 2014 debut novel Horrorstör, set inside a haunted Swedish flat-pack furniture superstore, and has since written multiple bestselling novels that re-examine classic horror tropes through relatable social settings.
From suburban book clubs confronting undead threats to teenage friendships tested by demonic possession, his stories ground terrifying scenarios in detailed, humorous, and emotionally resonant realities. His work spans bestselling fiction, award-winning nonfiction on horror literature history, and feature film screenplays.
Born in 1972 in Charleston, South Carolina, Grady Hendrix eventually relocated to New York City, where he established a career as a New York Times bestselling novelist and screenwriter. Before achieving wide recognition for his fiction, he developed a deep knowledge of genre history, which later informed his Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction history of the 1970s and 1980s horror paperback boom, Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction. In addition to his novels, Hendrix expanded his creative work into film, writing the screenplays for the horror film Mohawk, set during the War of 1812, and Satanic Panic, which follows a pizza delivery worker confronting wealthy cultists.
His fiction career expanded rapidly as several of his titles were optioned and adapted for screen media, including feature film and television development for My Best Friend's Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and How to Sell a Haunted House. By pairing sharp narrative pacing with research-backed subgenre tropes, Hendrix has published a diverse bibliography that includes the heavy metal horror story We Sold Our Souls and the slasher homage The Final Girl Support Group, published on July 13, 2021. His books have reached broad international audiences, selling millions of copies and appearing in over twenty translations.
Hendrix's writing style is characterized by a balance of absurdist wit, nostalgic detail, and intense emotional warmth mixed with body horror. He frequently places ordinary people—such as retail employees, suburban mothers, or teenage best friends—into extraordinary supernatural danger, exploring how personal relationships, grief, and institutional pressures shape human resilience. Whether examining suburban domesticity or corporate consumerism, his narratives treat characters' emotional bonds with sincere gravity while maintaining an irreverent, fast-paced comic tone.
8 books in catalog
Blending satirical humor with genuine horror, contemporary fiction has found a distinctive voice in stories that juxtapose domestic routines and pop culture with supernatural dread. Grady Hendrix made a notable impact on the horror genre with his 2014 debut novel Horrorstör, set inside a haunted Swedish flat-pack furniture superstore, and has since written multiple bestselling novels that re-examine classic horror tropes through relatable social settings.
From suburban book clubs confronting undead threats to teenage friendships tested by demonic possession, his stories ground terrifying scenarios in detailed, humorous, and emotionally resonant realities. His work spans bestselling fiction, award-winning nonfiction on horror literature history, and feature film screenplays.
Born in 1972 in Charleston, South Carolina, Grady Hendrix eventually relocated to New York City, where he established a career as a New York Times bestselling novelist and screenwriter. Before achieving wide recognition for his fiction, he developed a deep knowledge of genre history, which later informed his Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction history of the 1970s and 1980s horror paperback boom, Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction. In addition to his novels, Hendrix expanded his creative work into film, writing the screenplays for the horror film Mohawk, set during the War of 1812, and Satanic Panic, which follows a pizza delivery worker confronting wealthy cultists.
His fiction career expanded rapidly as several of his titles were optioned and adapted for screen media, including feature film and television development for My Best Friend's Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and How to Sell a Haunted House. By pairing sharp narrative pacing with research-backed subgenre tropes, Hendrix has published a diverse bibliography that includes the heavy metal horror story We Sold Our Souls and the slasher homage The Final Girl Support Group, published on July 13, 2021. His books have reached broad international audiences, selling millions of copies and appearing in over twenty translations.
Hendrix's writing style is characterized by a balance of absurdist wit, nostalgic detail, and intense emotional warmth mixed with body horror. He frequently places ordinary people—such as retail employees, suburban mothers, or teenage best friends—into extraordinary supernatural danger, exploring how personal relationships, grief, and institutional pressures shape human resilience. Whether examining suburban domesticity or corporate consumerism, his narratives treat characters' emotional bonds with sincere gravity while maintaining an irreverent, fast-paced comic tone.
