Jonathan Dylan Barker (born 1971) is a New York Times and international bestselling American author of suspense thrillers, often incorporating elements of horror, crime, mystery, science fiction, and the supernatural.

Gallotta reached out to Barker and asked him to join the staff of 25th Parallel, where he worked alongside the man who would later become Marilyn Manson.

[6] Assignments dropped him into the center of pop culture, and by 1991 Barker had branched out, interviewing celebrities for the likes of Seventeen, TeenBeat, and other national and local publications.

In 1992, Barker syndicated a small newspaper column called "Revealed" which centered on the investigation of haunted places and supernatural occurrences.

The original film, written by Peter Filardi, released in 1990 by Columbia Pictures, was directed by Joel Schumacher, and starred Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Billy Baldwin, and Oliver Platt.

[17] In an exclusive interview with LA Weekly, Barker later revealed the email was inadvertently sent to the wrong mailing list due to an error by a member of his staff.

[19] After previously collaborating with James Patterson, Barker announced a new line of co-authored titles to be distributed by Simon & Schuster.

The first book, Heavy Are The Stones, was released in November 2024, and paired Barker with author and neuropsychologist, Christine Daigle.