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Marcus Kliewer
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Marcus Kliewer

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Marcus Kliewer is a writer and stop-motion animator. His debut novel We Used to Live Here began life as a serialized short story on Reddit, where it won the Scariest Story of 2021 Award on the NoSleep forum (eighteen million members). Film rights were snapped up by Netflix, and it was acquired for publication even before it had been extended into a full-length novel. His second novel, The Caretaker, is coming in Spring 2026. Marcus Kliewer lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Books by Marcus Kliewer

We Used to Live Here

The Turn of the Key meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit — soon to be a Netflix original movie starring Blake Lively — about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit - has received the most astonishing acclaim and has been hailed as one of the most exciting horror debuts of recent years.

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The Caretaker

From Marcus Kliewer, the new 'titan of the macabre and unsettling' (Erin A. Craig, No.1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a spine-tingling supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist only to discover the position has consequences far greater — and more dangerous — than she ever could have imagined . . .

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