Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays. He is the author of over 100 short stories of psychological horror and magic realism which are gathered in over 150 major anthologies and in his critically hailed hardcover short story collections *Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks*, Amazon #1 bestseller *Dystopia* and *Zoopraxis*. He is the author of the suspense novel *Created By* and Hollywood novella of magic realism *The Ritual of Illusion*, and was the editor of the commemorative book *Stephen King's Battleground*. Matheson also adapted the short story which was made into an iconic episode of the TNT series "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" and won two Emmys. **Source**: [Richard Christian Matheson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christian_Matheson) on Wikipedia.