С. Крэйг Залер

S. Craig Zahler is the author of the western novel A Congregation of Jackals, which was nominated for both major western writing awards, The Spur and The Peacemaker.

His dark western script The Brigands of Rattleborge won the #1 top position on the Black List for best unproduced screenplay.

Two people fainted at the Toronto International Film Festival during the premiere screening of the horror movie Asylum Blackout (originally known as Incident at Sans Asylum), which is a script that Zahler wrote while he was still in college. The film was immediately picked up for distribution by IFC Midnight.

He wrote scripts for 9 years while working as a catering chef.