In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947.

She is perhaps best known for her short story 'The Lottery.' Shirley Jackson (1916-1965), the author of The Haunting of Hill House, Hangsaman, Life Among the Savages, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, is considered one of the masters of modern gothic fiction. His short story 'Fancies and Goodnights' won an Edgar Award Collier's story collection of the same name later won the International Fantasy Award. John Collier (1901-1980) was an award-winning author best known for his short stories, many of which published in The New Yorker. Born in Waukegan, Illinois in 1920, Bradbury spent most of his life in Los Angeles, where he passed away in 2012. He was also an Emmy Award-winning screenwriter. The author of such classic, important works as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, Bradbury was honored in 2007 with a Pulitzer citation 'for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy.' Other distinctions include a 1954 honor from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation in 2000, and the National Medal of Arts, awarded by President George W. Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was one of science fiction's greatest luminaries.

in comparative literature from Columbia University, a winner of the Eaton Award, and has won three Hugo Awards for his editorial work. Among his many anthologies are the bestselling World Treasury of Science Fiction and the World Fantasy Award winner The Dark Descent. He is the author of Age of Wonders, a nonfiction study of the science fiction field. As an editor with Berkley Books, Pocket Books, William Morrow, and Tor Books, he has worked with many of the field's best authors and edited many award-winning works. Hartwell, called 'an editor extraordinaire' by Publishers Weekly, is one of science fiction's most experienced and influential editors. He has had much success in film, directing Hellraiser and Nightbreed.ĭavid G. Clive Barker is the best-selling author of more than twenty novels and collections of short stories that range from horror to fantasy.

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