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Barry Lyga

Biography

Barry Lyga

Barry Lyga is the author of more than 25 books for teens and adults in a variety of genres, including the New York Times bestselling I HUNT KILLERS and THANOS: TITAN CONSUMED, the origin of the greatest villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He won the Kentucky Bluegrass Award for I HUNT KILLERS and was named a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Steven Beshear in 2015. His novel BOY TOY was lauded as “an astounding portrayal of what it is like to be the young male victim,” and yet has been banned in multiple districts throughout the United States for its unflinching portrayal of child abuse.

Barry Lyga

Books by Barry Lyga

by Barry Lyga - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Brides are being murdered on their wedding nights. The FBI’s only desperate hope is to convince Jasper Dent, the son of two serial killers and a former teen prodigy at hunting down such monsters, to emerge from his self-imposed exile. When he was a teenager, both of Jasper’s parents were members of a secret society of serial killers. Today, his father is in prison, and his mother is in a coma, both results of their final confrontation with Jasper years ago. Now wealthy from a bestselling memoir about his parents, Jasper still carries the scars from their parenting --- and the uncanny, unwanted ability to understand killers that they instilled in him. Jasper wants nothing more than to hide from his past. But he knows the only way to find any meaning or redemption in his life is to face his demons once again.

by Barry Lyga - Fiction, Young Adult 12+

Sebastian Cody did something horrible, something no one --- not even Sebastian himself --- can forgive. At the age of four, he accidentally shot and killed his infant sister with his father's gun. Now, 10 years later, Sebastian has lived with the guilt and horror for his entire life. With his best friend away for the summer, Sebastian has only a new friend --- Aneesa --- to distract him from his darkest thoughts. But even this relationship cannot blunt the pain of his past. Because Sebastian knows exactly how to rectify his childhood crime and sanctify his past. It took a gun to get him into this. Now he needs a gun to get out.

by Barry Lyga - Fiction, Mystery

For Jazz, the son of the world’s most infamous serial killer, Take Your Son to Work Day was year-round. Now, in an effort to clear his name, he joins the police in a hunt for a new serial killer. But Jazz may be more like his father than anyone first thought.