He was an editor at print magazines Shift and Future Sex, and at online magazines Signum and Stim. Kadrey hosted a live interview show on HotWired in the 1990s called Covert Culture. Kadrey's non-fiction books as a writer and/or editor include The Catalog of Tomorrow (2002), From Myst to Riven (1997), The Covert Culture Sourcebook and its sequel (19). Kadrey's short story 'Carbon Copy: Meet the First Human Clone' was filmed as After Amy, a 2001 made-for-television movie starring Bridget Fonda. 'Carbon Copy: Meet the First Human Clone' On October 29, 2013, Kadrey released Dead Set, a novel dealing with an uninvited presence that has entered dreams of Zoe and her lost brother Valentine. It has been referred to in reviews as 'one of the quintessential 1980s cyberpunk novels'. Metrophage, first published in 1988, is a cyberpunk novel set in a dystopic future Los Angeles. In February 2018, it was announced that Chad Stahelski would be directing an adaptation of the first novel, with Kerry Williamson set to write the latest draft of the script.

In 2016, it was reported that Studio 8 acquired the rights to the series and were hoping to launch a franchise. Further Sandman Slim novels were published between 20. After 11 years of combat as a gladiator against demons in Hell, he is more than prepared to fight back. He wanders a dark Los Angeles haunted by vampires and demons. The story's main character, James 'Sandman Slim' Stark, escapes from Hell to take his revenge on the people that killed his lover. The first Sandman Slim novel was published in 2009. Kadrey's other works include collaborative graphic novels and over 50 published short stories. Kadrey has written nineteen novels, including fifteen New York Times Best Sellers. Richard Kadrey (born August 27, 1957) is a novelist, freelance writer, and photographer based in Austin, Texas.

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