DiLeo's father died in 1992 when Chris was 11, and he left behind a coffin-shaped bookcase filled with horror novels.
Young DiLeo read them—and fell in love.
Below: Young DiLeo, the bookcase coffin today, the coffin in the 1980s, and the coffin on Halloween, 1985.
Young DiLeo read them—and fell in love.
Below: Young DiLeo, the bookcase coffin today, the coffin in the 1980s, and the coffin on Halloween, 1985.
Even before all that, DiLeo wrote his first story in second grade—it was about a raindrop that lives an entire life in the time it takes for the drop to plummet and splash to its death.
Kids can be strange.
Below: DiLeo, 38, and that coffin again. (Yes, there's now two coffins.) And DiLeo, 42, at AuthorCon 3, April 2023
Kids can be strange.
Below: DiLeo, 38, and that coffin again. (Yes, there's now two coffins.) And DiLeo, 42, at AuthorCon 3, April 2023