Joe Richard Harold Lansdale Born October 28, 1951 in Gladewater, Texas, USAWebsite: http://www.joerlansdale.com/Joe Richard Lansdale is an American writer, author, martial arts expert, and martial arts instructor. Lansdale is co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton.He now lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife Karen and is the writer in residence at Stephen F. Austin State University. He also teaches at his own Shen Chuan martial arts school Lansdale