| ?, Cassandra |
Spoke to Lisa Landon on the phone regarding her sister Amanda |
| ?, Corey | Corey
and Mike worked for Bertram Partridge, and came to take the remaining
work from Scott Landon's study. She used the toilet, and must have
thought it odd that all the mirror's were covered |
| ?, Cynthia | Aunt of the
Debusher girls. Jodotha wanted to stay with her when she fell pregnant |
| ?, David | Taught
a seminar that was attended by Scott Landon |
| ?, Emma | Called Lisey Landon’s
answering machine and told her the advantages of switching her service
to MCI |
| ?, Gene |
Character in Scott Landon's book "The Coasters Daughter" |
| ?, Matt | Husband
of Darlene Debusher. Lectured in Canada on the migration of the North
American Indian tribes |
| ?,
Mike | Corey and Mike worked for Bertram Partridge,
and came to take the remaining work from Scott Landon's study |
| ?, Theo | Uncle
of Sparky Landon. He had really "Bad-Gunky" similar to what Paul had
before he was killed |
| Adams,
Ryan | Quoted at the start of the book |
| Ahab | It was said that
Sparky Landon could roar like Ahab |
| Alberness,
Hugh | Doctor at Greenlawn Recovery &
Rehabilitation. Cassandra forwarded Lisey Landon’s call to
him. Scott Landon had signed five of his books in October 2001, and
they were among his most treasured possessions. He accepted Amanda into
Greenlawn, and helped look after her recovery. Became worried when
Amanda went missing from Greenlawn, and called Lisey to find out what
had happened |
| Alston, Joe
(Plug) | Castle County Deputy who spent time
watching Lisey Landon’s house. He retrieved the dead cat from
her freezer. |
| Andrews, V C |
Author thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Angletons, ? | Cousins of the Debusher
family |
| Atwood, ? |
Author read by Scott Landon |
| Auel, Jean | Author read by Lisey Landon |
| Austen, ??? | Author
mentioned by Scott Landon to Lisey |
| Baumer,
Mr | Barber when Scott Landon was a young boy |
| Bergman, Ingmar | Actress
thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Bester,
Alfred | Author of "The Stars My Destination",
Scott Landon's favourite book |
| Big
& Rich | Singer thought of by Lisa Landon |
| Binchy, Maeve | Author
read by Lisey Landon |
| Bjorn,
Rick | Doctor who Lisey Landon suggested that Scott
Landon go and see in 1996, but he refused |
| Boeckman, Daniel | Castle County Deputy
who was sent to take pictures of the dead cat and retrieve the letter
from Lisey Landon |
| Borent,
Frederick | Grad student who met Scott Landon on a
plane not long before Scott died |
| Borges,
? | Author read by Scott Landon |
| Bottoms, Timothy | Actor in
"The Last Picture Show" |
| Bremmer,
George Wallace Arthur | Thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Bridges, Jeff | Actor
in "The Last Picture Show" |
| Buck |
Characters in the TV Show "Hee-Haw" thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Burrell, ? | Nurse
on the Ackley wing at Greenlawn when Amanda left with Lisey Landon |
| Bush, George W | President
mentioned |
| Cash, Johnny |
Singer heard on the WWVA radio station by Andrew Landon |
| Chapman, Mark David | Thought
of by Lisey Landon. She thought that Gerd Allen Cole intended to do a
Mark David Chapman on her husband. |
| Chords,
The | Band heard on the radio by Scott and Lisey.
Sung "Sh-Boom" |
| Clide |
Cat of the Landon family when Paul Landon was a young child |
| Cloutier, Don | Got
Jodotha Debusher pregnant then ran off to the Navy |
| Clutterbuck, Andy | Castle
County deputy that was filling in for Norris Ridgewick, who was away on
his honeymoon. Lisey told him the story of Zack McCool (John Dooley)
and Joseph Woodbody. He organised police protection for her while the
investigation continued. |
| Cole,
Gerd Allen | The "Madman" who shot Scott Landon at
the groundbreaking ceremony of the Shipman Library in the University of
Tennessee in 1988. Blond hair, substandard biceps, and spent most of
his 17th year in a mental institution. |
| Cole, Jackson | Author of "Iron Man of
the Yankee's" |
| Cole, Mrs |
Scott Landon told Frank Hasley that Mrs Cole was looking
after them while his father was away looking after his dying sister |
| Colvette, John | Patient
on the third floor of hospital in a dream by Lisey Landon |
| Conran, Shirley | Author read
by Lisey Landon. Wrote "Savages" which Lisey read while Scott was
recovering from his gunshot wound in 1988 |
| Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | Sung
"Too Later to turn back now", a cover of which Scott and Lisey Landon
danced to at their wedding |
| Corriveau,
Amanda Georgette (Mandy) | Married name of Amanda
Debusher. Now divorced from Charlie Corriveau |
| Corriveau, Charles (Charlie) | Ex-Husband
of Amanda. He left her and re-married. He was seen back in town in
2006, and soon after, Amanda began hurting herself once again. |
| Corriveau, Intermezzo (Metzie) |
Child of Amanda and Charlie Corriveau. Left for Canada with a
long haul trucker in 1989 |
| Corriveau,
Mrs | New wife of Charlie Corriveau |
| Cruella, Madam | Thought of
by Lisey Landon |
| Curless,
Dick | Heard singing on WWVA radio station when
Frank Halsey visited the Landon House |
| Darbys, ? | Cousins of the Debusher family |
| Dashmiel, Roger C | Associate
Professor in the English Department at the University of Tennissee in
1988. He ran away when Scott Landon was shot |
| Debusher, Amanda Georgette (Mandy) | Eldest
sister of Lisey Landon, born July 1946. Once married to Charlie
Corriveau, but now divorced, and mother of Intermezzio (Metzie). When
he came back into town with his new wife in 2006, she began to cut
herself once again. She had been undergoing psychiatric treatment for
many years. She fell into a vegetative state and was placed into
Greenlawn Recovery & Rehabilitation. She left after a week when
Lisey managed to reach her and bring her back to reality. She helped
Lisey trap John Dooley, and then take him to Boo'ya Moon, where he was
killed by the creature |
| Debusher,
Cantana (Canty) | Sister of Lisa Landon. Married to
Rich Lawlor |
| Debusher,
Darlanna (Darla) | Second eldest sister of Lisa
Landon. Married to Matt ???? |
| Debusher,
Dave | Father of Lisa, Amanda, Cantana, Darla and
Jodotha. He had his first stroke 3 weeks after Jodotha announced she
was pregnant. |
| Debusher,
Granny | Thought of by Lisey Landon. She died while
feeding chickens |
| Debusher,
Jodotha (Jodi) | Sister of Lisa Landon. She got
pregnant and wanted to put the child up for adoption, Ran off to Miami.
The favourite child of Dave Debusher |
| Debusher, Lincoln | Brother of Dave
Debusher. He gave Lisey away at her wedding to Scott Landon |
| Debusher, Lisa (Lisey) | Maiden
name of Lisa Landon |
| Debusher,
Mrs | Mother of Lisa, Amanda, Cantana, Darla and
Jodotha, and wife of Dave |
| Dooley,
? | Older sister of John Dooley. Died in a fire
caused by faulty Christmas lights in 1974. Detectives thought that John
may have had something to do with the fire |
| Dooley, John | The real name of "Zack
McCool". He met Joseph Woodbody in "The Place" bar and agreed to
persuade Lisey Landon to give Scott Landon's unpublished work to
Woodbody. After the first calls, he then killed a cat and placed it in
her letterbox. Later he kidnapped and tortured her, severely cutting
her breasts. He was tricked by Lisey, and taken over to "Boo'ya Moon"
where he was attacked and killed by the creature. He said he did time
in jail, but in fact had spent time in a mental asylum along with Gerd
Allen Cole. His email was zack991@sail.com but it started bouncing, so
Joseph Woodbody had no way of contacting him. He was born in Shooters
Knob, Tennessee about 1965 |
| Dooley,
Mr | Father of John Dooley. Died in a fire caused
by faulty Christmas lights in 1974. Detectives thought that John may
have had something to do with the fire |
| Dooley, Mrs | Mother of John Dooley. Died
in a fire caused by faulty Christmas lights in 1974. Detectives thought
that John may have had something to do with the fire |
| Dostovsky, ??? | Author
mentioned by Scott Landon to Lisey |
| Drayton,
Franklyn | Patient on the third floor of hospital
in a dream by Lisey Landon |
| Dumbarton,
Adrian | Patient on the third floor of hospital in
a dream by Lisey Landon |
| Dylan,
Bob | Singer listened to by Scott Landon when he
worked |
| Earle, Steve |
Scott Landon listened to his music while working |
| Eastwood, Clint | Sparky
Landon took Scott and Paul to one of his movies |
| Eddington, C Anthony (Tony) III | At
the University of Tennessee when Scott Landon was shot in 1988. Poet
and university student, he lived at 748 Coldview Avenue, Nashville
North, Nashville, Tennessee, 37235. He wrote up the story on the
groundbreaking for the library |
| Eliot,
? | Poet thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Fargo, Donna | Singer heard
on the WWVA radio station by Andrew Landon |
| Faulkner, ??? | Author mentioned by Scott
Landon to Lisey |
| Flanders,
Smiley | Plumber (Note P209 Chap 7, subchapter 2
says Electrician)******* |
| Foray,
Carson | Scott Landon's editor |
| Foyle, Gully | Main character
in Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" |
| Galloway, Herb | Neighbour of Lisey
Landon. It was one of the Galloway's cats that Zack McCool (John
Dooley) killed and stuffed in Lisey's letterbox |
| Gendron, Chuckie | Short
Order cook at Pats Pizza and Café in Cleaves Mills where
Scott Landon stole the bell from, and took it the "Boo'ya Moon" world |
| God | Biblical
character mentioned |
| Gosling,
? | County Sheriff who was approached by Scott
Landon after his brother and father had both died. Scott told him that
his father had taken Paul and left him alone at home. |
| Guthrie, Woody | Singer
mentioned in passing |
| Haddonfield,
Charlie | Scott Landon's agent |
| Halsey, Frank | Head of
Personnel for U S Gypsum. Visited the Landon house to see when Andrew
was returning to work. Scott told him that his father was away looking
after his sister, who was dying of Lou Gehrig's disease, but there was
no such sister |
| Hardy,
Thomas | Mentioned in passing |
| Hayes, Isaac | Greenlawn
Recovery and Rehabilitation had his song "Theme from Shaft" played on
the phone system |
| Heffernan,
S | Captain of the University of Tennessee Security
in 1988 when Scott Landon was shot |
| Hegstrom,
? | Professor at the University of Tennessee. He
went into hospital for a Gall Bladder attack shortly before the ground
breaking ceremony for the Shipway Library where Scott Landon was shot
in 1988 |
| Hitchcock, Alfred |
Author thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Holbrook, Hal | Mentioned in passing by
Lisey Landon |
| Holmes,
Sherlock | Mentioned by Hal Munsinger |
| Husky, Ferlin | Singer heard
on the WWVA radio station by Andrew Landon |
| Jantzen, Dr | Wanted to do a thoracotomy
on Scott Landon in a premonition by Lisey Landon |
| Jennings, Shooter | Singer
thought of by Lisa Landon |
| Jennings,
Waylon | Singer heard on the WWVA radio station by
Andrew Landon |
| Jesus |
Biblical character mentioned |
| Jones, George | Heard on WWVA radio
station |
| Jones, Mrs |
Lived opposite Amanda Debusher. She called Darla when she
heard strange noises coming from Amanda's house |
| Joseph | Biblical character
mentioned |
| Joyce, James |
Mentioned in passing |
| Klein,
Anne | Lisey Landon was wearing a dress by Anne
Klein in a photo from the "Push-Pelt" |
| Landon, Andrew (Sparky) | Father of Paul
and Scott. Told Scott about "Blood Bools". He used to regularly beat
the children, and once Paul Landon went mad with "Bad-Gunky", he was
forced to chain him in the cellar, and once he did not get better, he
shot and killed him. He later tried to kill Scott with a pick axe, but
Scott had hid under his bed, and then transported to Boo'ya Moon to
escape. He was killed by Scott using the same pick axe, and his body
was dumped into the dry well near the house |
| Landon, Lisa (Lisey) | Husband of Scott
Landon, and the main character of the book. Born Lisa Debusher, she has
sisters Amanda, Darla, Cantina, and Jodotha and her father is Dave
Debusher. She deals with the shooting of her husband in 1988, and later
his death after 25 years of marriage, as well as her sister Amanda
cutting herself when she thinks about her ex-husband Charlie Corriveau.
Blue eyes. Puts Amanda into Greenlawn Recovery and Rehabilitation, and
then went across to the Boo'ya Moon world and helped her return to
normal life. Amanda and Lisey then hatched a plan to trap the evil John
Doolin, who had been threatening Lisey into giving Scott's unpublished
work to Joseph Woodbody. They cornered him and took him into the Boo'ya
Moon world, where he was eaten by the creature there. She married Scott
on 19 November 1979. |
| Landon, Mrs |
Mother of Scott and Paul. She died during childbirth of Scott |
| Landon, Paul |
3 years older than his brother Scott. He died at 13 years old after going "Bad-Gunky" and being chained in the cellar for some time. Once Scott could not get
through to him, his father had no choice but to shoot and kill him. Scott transported his body to Boo'ya Moon, and buried him there. He used to make up riddles for Scott to follow, and once he deciphered the
final clue he would be awarded a prize, usually a bottle of drink or a chocolate. |
| Landon, Scott
(Scooter) | Published author and husband of Lisa
Landon. Dies in 2004. He had won the National Book award and Pulitzer
prize. Author of "The Coasters Daughter", "Relics", "Empty Devils",
"Outlaws Honeymoon", and "The Secret Pearl" which was published 1 month
after his death. Shot in 1988 by Gerd Allen Cole while at the
University of Tennissee, breaking ground for the Shipman Library. Hazel
Eyes. On the day he proposed to Lisey, he ran off, cutting himself
badly, but the next day his wounds were much better, and he said he was
a quick healer. He could visit the world he called Boo'ya Moon, much
like Jack Sawyer did when he flipped to the Territories in the
Talisman. While he was in the world, his injuries would rapidly heal.
He taught Lisey some things about the strange world, including the
dangerous creature that lived in the woods. He told Lisey about the
death of his brother Paul, who was shot and killed by their father
Andrew (Sparky) Landon, and how he had killed his own father. He left a
story on how and why he had killed his father, in a box in Boo'ya Moon,
and Lisey read it years after his death |
| Lawlor, Cantana (Canty) | Married name of
Cantana Debusher. Wife of Richard Lawlor |
| Lawlor, Richard (Rich) | Husband of
Cantana Debusher. Owns a wholesale Auto business |
| Lawrence, D H | Author quoted
at the start of part 1 of the book |
| Lemke,
Lisa | Girl at the groundbreaking of the Shipman
Library in 1988. She went for ice to cool him down. |
| Lennon, John | Thought of by
Lisey Landon |
| Luttrell, ? |
Hired by Herb Galloway to cut his lawn |
| Lynne, Loretta | Singer likd
by Scott Landon |
| Madison,
Oscar | Character from the Odd Couple TV show.
Joseph Woodbody and John Dooley were likened to Oscar and Felix from
the Odd Couple |
| Mary |
Biblical character mentioned |
| McCool, Zack | Called Lisey Landon and
threatened her to let Joseph Woodbody have access to Scott Landon's
unpublished papers. Lisey said no. This turned out to be John Dooley,
and he signed the notes and calls Zack, until Lisey found out his real
name from Joseph Woodbody. |
| McCullough,
Colleen | Author read by Lisey Landon |
| McKinney, Mrs | Worked in
reception at the Nashville Memorial Hospital in 1988 |
| Meade, Professor | Professor
from Pratt College's English Department |
| Mellencamp, John | Singer on the jukebox
at "The Place" bar where Joseph Woodbody met John Dooley |
| Minnie | Characters in the TV
Show "Hee-Haw" thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Montano, Jacob | Lawyer of Lisey Landon.
From Portland |
| Munsinger,
Hal | Doctor in St Stephens Memorial Hospital ER.
Treated the wounds on Amanda's hands in 2006 |
| Noonan, Michael | Author. Darla Lawlor
had one of his books on tape and wanted to listen to it |
| North, Oliver | Was indicted
on conspiracy charges in March 1988 |
| Oates, Joyce Carol | Author read by Lisey
Landon |
| Oswald, Lee Harvey |
Mentioned in passing |
| Partridge,
Bertram | Head of the Special Collections at the
Fogler Library. Lisey Landon called him and asked about giving the rest
of Scott Landon's work to the library. He sent Corey and Mike to
retrieve the work |
| Patel,
? | One of two teenage daughters of Naresh Patel |
| Patel, ? | One
of two teenage daughters of Naresh Patel |
| Patel, Mr | Father of Naresh. He owned a
market in New Jersey, and Naresh used to work there before opening his
own business |
| Patel, Mrs |
Wife of Naresh |
| Patel,
Naresh | Owner of Patels Market. He wore a t-shirt
that clamed he loved Dark Score Lake. Lisey bought 2 packets of
cigarettes from him |
| Phelan, Josh |
In charge of the campus security at Greenlawn when Amanda left with Lisey Landon |
| Pluto | Dog that lived next door to Scott and Lisey |
| Poe, Edgar Allan |
Mentioned by Scott Landon at the Shipman Library groundbreaking in 1988 |
| Poindexter, John | Vice Admiral indicted
on conspiracy charges in March 1988 |
| Powell, Dick | Actor in old Black
& White movies that was thought of by Lisey Landon when she was
removing the dead cat from her letterbox |
| Presley, Elvis | Singer mentioned in
passing |
| Pride, Charlie |
Singer heard on the WWVA radio station by Andrew Landon |
| Pynchon, ? | Author
read by Scott Landon |
| Queen
Elizabeth | Amanda Debusher sounded like her when
she was talking to Hal Munsinger |
| Queensland,
Stefan | Photographer at the groundbreaking for the
Shipman Library in 1988. He worked for the "Nashville American" |
| Ralph | In a
newspaper article. Border collie that found its own way home after 3
years |
| Ricardo, Lucy |
Mentioned in passing |
| Rice,
Condi | Mentioned in passing by Lisey Landon |
| Ridgewick, Mrs | New
wife of Norris Ridgewick. They had been married only a week and were on
their honeymoon when Lisey Landon called about John Dooley (Zack McCool) |
| Ridgewick, Norris | Castle
County Sheriff when Lisey Landon called for help regarding John Dooley
(Zack McCool). He was away on his honeymoon at the time, and Andy
Clutterbuck was filling in for him. |
| Roy | Characters in the TV Show "Hee-Haw"
thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Sam
the Lion | Owned a pool hall in "The Last Picture
Show" |
| Sattherwaite, Dr |
Doctor of Scott Landon at the Nashville Memorial Hospital
after he was shot in 1988 |
| Sawyer,
Tom | Often mentioned by Scott Landon |
| Scotty | Character from the
original Startrek series. Someone yelled out the name at the
groundbreaking for the Shipman Library in 1988 |
| Shakespeare, William | Mentioned by
Andrew Landon |
| Silver, Max |
Owner of a potato grader that Lisey Debusher used to help
with when she was 12 years old |
| Simmons,
Mr | RFD 3 mailman who delivered to the Landon
house in 2006 |
| Simon, Paul |
Greenlawn Recovery and Rehabilitation had his song "Homeward
Bound" played on the phone system |
| Soames,
? | Castle County Police Communications Officer
that took the call from Lisey Landon, and then directed her to Andy
Clutterbuck as Norris Ridgewick was away on his honeymoon |
| Sovine, Red | Singer heard on
the WWVA radio station by Andrew Landon |
| Springer, Jerry | TV Show host |
| Springsteen, Bruce | Mentioned
in passing by Lisey Landon |
| Stanchfield,
Richie | Darla and Amanda Debusher had a fight over
him. Darla ended up in hospital with 6 stitches over her left eye |
| Stein, Dr | On-Call
physician at Greenlawn when Amanda left with Lisey Landon |
| Stein, Peter Mark | Author of
"Cutting Behaviour" which was read by Scott and Lisey Landon |
| Stone, Robert | Author
of "Dog Soldiers" |
| Summer,
Donna | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Swinging Johnsons, The | Band
that played at the wedding reception of Scott and Lisey Landon |
| Towson, (??) Richard | Patient
on the third floor of hospital in a dream by Lisey Landon |
| Tritt, Travis | Singer on the
jukebox at "The Place" bar where Joseph Woodbody met John Dooley |
| Twain, Shania | Watched
by Naresh Patel on the Country Music Channel when Lisey Landon bought
cigarettes from him |
| Twitty,
Conway | Singer heard on the WWVA radio station by
Andrew Landon |
| Tyler, ? |
Author read by Scott Landon |
| Ungar, Felix | Character from the Odd
Couple TV show. Joseph Woodbody and John Dooley were likened to Oscar
and Felix from the Odd Couple |
| Van
Gogh, Vincent | Artist who removed an ear. Thought
of by Lisa Landon |
| Van
Morrison | Band mentioned in passing |
| Vanderveaux, Elizabeth | Patient
on the third floor of hospital in a dream by Lisey Landon |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | He said that
mirrors were not reflective, but actually leaks into another dimension |
| Washburns, ? | Cousins
of the Debusher family |
| Wendlestadt,
Dr | Doctor at the Nashville Memorial Hospital
wheere Scott Landon was taken after being shot in 1988 |
| Whitlow, Jane | Psychiatrist
that Amanda Debusher used to visit. She moved to Montana |
| Wiggenses, ? | Cousins of the
Debusher family |
| Williams,
Arthur | Accountant of Lisey Landon. From New York |
| Williams, Deke | Builder
who turned the haylofts in the barn to offices for Scott Landon. Also
remodelled the second floor of the house |
| Williams, Hank | Country singer thought
of by Lisey Landon |
| Williams,
Tennessee | Thought of by Lisey Landon |
| Woodbody, Joseph | Professor
from the university of Pittsburgh English Department. Alma Mator of
Scott Landon, and teaches an American Myth lecture class. Visited Lisey
Landon after Scott's death, and asked for permission to look at his
unpublished work. In 2006 he got Zack McCool to threaten Lisey into
giving him the papers, but Lisey still said no. Lisey confronted him on
the phone, and he admitted that John Dooley, a person he met in "The
Place" bar, was the real name of Zack McCool. He had tried to stop
Jacks threats towards Lisey, but the only means of contact he had, an
email address zack991@sail.com, no longer worked. He agreed to tell the
police everything that had happened. His home number is 412-298-8188 |
| Woodbody, Mrs | Wife
of Joseph Woodbody |
| Worley,
Darryl | Watched by Naresh Patel on the Country
Music Channel when Lisey Landon bought cigarettes from him |
| Yanez, Thomas | Patient on
the third floor of hospital in a dream by Lisey Landon |
| Yeates, William | Author
quoted by Scott Landon at the Shipman Library groundbreaking in 1988 |
| Yoakam, Dwight | Singer
that was playing when Lisey Landon was handcuffed in the study by John
Dooley |
