Author guide
Craig DiLouie Books in Order
Craig DiLouie (born 1967) is an American-Canadian author based in Calgary. He writes horror, speculative, historical, and military fiction, including the Infection, Retreat, Front, Crash Dive, ARMOR, Aviator, and Slasher Season series. He has also written professional books on lighting management, lighting controls, and energy-efficient building design.
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Craig DiLouie's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Paranoia
Career debut and an accessible psychological thriller.
The Infection
The opening volume of his completed zombie-apocalypse trilogy.
Crash Dive
The entry point to his six-book Pacific War military-thriller series.
Episode Thirteen
A standalone paranormal horror novel.
The Lighting Management Handbook
An early entry point to his technical nonfiction on lighting management.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · complete
The Infection
A zombie-apocalypse trilogy about the spread of Infection and humanity's struggle to survive it.
novel-series · complete
The Retreat
A collaborative six-book apocalyptic horror series about a plague that turns its victims into laughing psychopaths.
novel-series · complete
The Front
A collaborative alternate-history military horror series about an undead Nazi army during World War II.
novel-series · complete
Crash Dive
A six-book military thriller series set during the Pacific War and centered on naval warfare.
novel-series · complete
The Aviator: Stories of Future Wars
A two-book military thriller series about future conflicts and their human cost.
- 1 The Summer Fun MassacreAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2026
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (24)
- The Lighting Management HandbookAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1994
- ParanoiaAmazon ↗
novel · 2001
- Advanced Lighting Controls: Energy Savings, Productivity, Technology and ApplicationsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2006
- Lighting Redesign for Existing BuildingsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2007
- Lighting Controls HandbookAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2008
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The Thin White Line: A History of the 2012 Avian Flu Pandemic in CanadaAmazon ↗novel · 2008
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The Great Planet RobberyAmazon ↗novel · 2008
- Quality Lighting for High Performance BuildingsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2010
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Tooth and NailAmazon ↗novel · 2010
- Lighting & Controls: Transitioning to the FutureAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2012
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The End of the RoadAmazon ↗novella · 2013
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Suffer the ChildrenAmazon ↗novel · 2014
- The AlchemistsAmazon ↗
novel · 2015
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One of UsAmazon ↗novel · 2017
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Our WarAmazon ↗novel · 2019
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The Children of Red PeakAmazon ↗novel · 2020
- StrikeAmazon ↗
novel · 2022
- Episode ThirteenAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
- DjinnAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
- Q.R.F.: A Novel of the Iraq WarAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
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How to Make a Horror Movie and SurviveAmazon ↗novel · 2024
- Hell's EdenAmazon ↗
novel · 2025
- Castles in the SkyAmazon ↗
novel · 2025
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My Ex, the AntichristAmazon ↗novel · 2025
Poetry (1)
- Children of God: Poems, Dreams and Nightmares from the Family of God CultAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 2016