Robert Dunbar

Robert Dunbar is an American horror author best known for the Pines Trilogy -- The Pines, The Shore, and Willy -- a horror sequence tied to the folklore of New Jersey's Pine Barrens region. His other fiction includes Martyrs & Monsters, Dark Forest, and The Streets, continuing his interest in isolated, folklore-steeped American settings as a backdrop for horror. Dunbar's novels are generally positioned toward the more literary end of contemporary horror fiction, emphasizing mood, place, and psychological unease over graphic set pieces, distinguishing his work within a genre often defined by more overtly commercial horror writing.