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Sheldon Higdon, a Pleasant Hills resident is an award-winning author and screenwriter with nearly 50 published stories in anthologies and magazines. His latest book is a psychological suspense novel called ‘Dark Roots’. Published by Journalstone Publishing, the e-book price is $5.95 and the paperback is $15.95. The book is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites, and other popular book sites. Higdon said that the book may also be available in brick and mortar Barnes & Noble locations too.

Sheldon Higdon of Pleasant Hills is an award winning author and screenwriter.

Higdon’s latest book ‘Dark Roots’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites

Higdon provided a brief synopsis of what the book ‘Dark Roots’ is about.

“When Benjamin Cole’s 83-yr-old father commits suicide, he’s thrust into a dark, family secret that had been hiding in plain sight. With the task of selling the old family farm, repressed memories and chilling discoveries force him to confront the horrors that lie inside it. But when his girlfriend’s son is kidnapped, Benjamin must figure out what is reality and who is family. Because in order to save the child, Benjamin will have to learn the truth of his father—and who Benjamin is.”

Higdon has already received high marks and positive reviews for the new book.

• “Sheldon Higdon takes us down some shadowy roads with DARK ROOTS! This creepy thriller takes weird, wild, and shocking twists and turns. Grab this!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Red Empire and Ghosts of the Void.

• “This is a nasty coiled snake of a novel with plenty of venom in its bite.” — Four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tim Waggoner.

• “The twists keep coming! Mysterious family secrets. Small town tragedy. Revelations hidden in the walls. Dark Roots has a little bit of everything for those who like their crime fiction dark. It’s a page turner all the way through!” — Corey Farrenkopf, author of Living in Cemeteries and Haunted Ecologies

Higdon holds a BA in English from Point Park University and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. He is a member of both the Horror Writers Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Two years ago, Higdon’s debut middle grade novel, ‘The Eerie Brothers and The Witches of Autumn’ was released to some modest success, having appeared on the NASDAQ billboard in Times Square, and winning a few awards. He’s been contracted to write books 2, 3, and 4 in the Eerie Brothers series.

Higdon won a screenwriting award at The Eerie Horror Film Festival in 2009 for his short screenplay ‘Conundrum’ and wrote a short film called ‘The Giving Box’ that was filmed in London this past February and is preparing to have a run in the film festival circuit in the U.K. and here in the United States.

Higdon has worked as a Background Artist in such films as Adventureland, The Wonder Boys, The Temptations, and Inspector Gadget.

Higdon was born in Rockford, Illinois, but grew up in Amherst, Ohio outside of Cleveland.

“Lucky for me I was raised at an early age to be a Steelers fan by my uncle who was from Pennsylvania,” said Higdon. “I used to collect the old Iron City beer cans as a kid with the Steelers team photo on them. My uncle would take me to Steelers vs Browns basketball games at a local high school back then where’d I get autographs at half time.”

Higdon moved to Pittsburgh in the fall of 1995, attending the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and has been living in Pleasant Hills ever since.

To learn more about Sheldon Higdon, you can visit his website: www.sheldonhigdon.com.

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