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Author Jonathan Grisham

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Short Bio

Jonathan Grisham is an extreme horror and splatterpunk author based in East Tennessee. His fiction has appeared in Terror Tract alongside Edward Lee and Ray Garton, and in Deep Fried Horror: Father's Day Edition. His memoir Growing Up Independent Baptist is a first-person account of religious abuse inside the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement. He has published eight books.

He is a queer writer, a lay leader in the United Methodist Church, and an active member of New Life UMC in Knoxville. He also records and releases music under the name Rust and Redemption. His debut album Deconstruction Roots was released August 16, 2025.

He lives outside Knoxville with his husband David, six dogs, six cats, and chickens.

8Books published
2Anthology appearances
2025Debut album

Publication Credits

  • Terror Tract, alongside Edward Lee and Ray Garton
  • Deep Fried Horror: Father's Day Edition
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Cover Images

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Kept Warm for the Mountain cover Kept Warm for the Mountain Book page
SPUR cover SPUR Book page
The Big Orange Monster Fucked Up cover The Big Orange Monster Fucked Up Book page
My Baby cover My Baby Book page
Angels cover Angels Book page
The Devil Finds a Home cover The Devil Finds a Home Book page
Growing Up Independent Baptist cover Growing Up Independent Baptist Book page
When Obedience Becomes Harm cover When Obedience Becomes Harm Book page
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