Author
Jon Bassoff
Jon Bassoff is the author of ten novels, several of which have been translated into French and German. His mountain-gothic novel, Corrosion, was nominated for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, France’s biggest crime fiction award, and his debut novel, The Disassembled Man, was recently adapted for the big screen.
For his day job, Bassoff teaches high school English in Longmont, Colorado. He is a connoisseur of tequila, hot sauces, psychobilly music, and fleabag motels.
Find him online at JonBassoff.com
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Lafayette, CO
CORROSION
Date:
September 13, 2026
Time:
10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Venue:
The Read Queen
Denver, CO
CORROSION
Date:
September 18-20
Venue:
Colorado Festival of Horror
Long Beach, CA
CORROSION
Date:
November 14, 2026
Venue:
Men of Mystery
Author Praise
Bassoff is the king of creepy crime-horror fiction.”
“Bassoff confronts directly the traumatic stress disorder of our world today and tears off its mask, even if the face must follow."
“Jon Bassoff’s writing is as gritty as a bloodstained baby blanket."
"Bassoff skillfully portrays flawed characters as sympathetic truth-seekers caught in a world presenting a dangerously cheerful facade."
“No crime writer today does bleakness and despair as well as Jon Bassoff. He has the voice of a modern-day David Goodis, if Goodis had been influenced by Stephen King."
"Jon Bassoff is a master of that territory where pulp becomes poetry, crime fiction mates with horror, but this novel is very much its own self—an unnervingly individual piece of work.”
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