The Bram Stoker Award for Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

Winners and nominees

The following are the winners and nominees. Finalists (nominees) are listed under the winner(s) for each year, respectively. The year of eligibility listed in the table is the year that the work was published; the ceremony when the honor was awarded happening the following year.

Multiple winners

Ordered first by wins and then by alphabetical order. *

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

(6) * Peter Straub (5) * Robert R. McCammon (3) * Stephen Graham Jones (2) *

Sarah Langan Sarah Langan (born 1974) is an American horror author and three-time Bram Stoker Award winner. Langan was also one of the judges for the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award and is currently on the Board of Directors. Biography Langan was raised in ...

(2) * Paul Tremblay (2)

Multiple nominees

Ordered first by nominations, then by at least one win, and finally by alphabetical order. † indicates that the writer also won the award in exactly one occasion (up-to-date as of the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards). *

(15) * Peter Straub (7) * Tom Piccirilli (6)† * Robert R. McCammon (5) *

Joe McKinney Joseph Anthony McKinney (born 12 May 1967) is an Irish stage, film and television actor and voice-over artist. Rathfarnham-born McKinney trained and worked as a hairdresser for four years, before joining fringe theatre. He trained at Inchicore ...

(4)† * Dan Simmons (4)† *

Gary A. Braunbeck Gary A. Braunbeck (born 1 July 1960) is an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror author. Biography Braunbeck was born in Newark, Ohio (the city that serves as the model for the fictitious Cedar Hill in many of his stories). He w ...

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Jonathan Maberry Jonathan Maberry (born May 18, 1958) is an American suspense author, anthology editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator and writing teacher/lecturer. He was named one of the Today's Top Ten Horror Writers. ...

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Owl Goingback Owl Goingback (born 1959) is an American author of horror fiction. Works He served as a jet engine mechanic in the Air Force. In 2020 Goingback's novel ''Coyote Rage'' was awarded the Bram Stoker Award for Novel. Bibliography Novels *''Crota' ...

(3)† * Stephen Graham Jones (3) *

Richard Laymon Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. Life and career Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then li ...

(3)† * Joe Hill (3) *

Dean R. Koontz Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as Thriller (genre), suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror fiction, horror, fantasy, science fiction, Mystery fiction, mystery, and satir ...

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Josh Malerman Josh Malerman is an American novelist, short story writer, film producer, and one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. He is best known for writing horror and his post-apocalyptic novel, '' Bird Box'', which was the inspir ...

(3) * Paul Tremblay (3) * Thomas Harris (2)† *

Steve Rasnic Tem Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950) is an American author. He was born in Jonesville, Virginia. Rasnic attended college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and also at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned a B.A. in English educ ...

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Poppy Z. Brite Billy Martin (born May 25, 1967), formerly Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author. He initially achieved fame in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s by publishing a string of successful novels and short story collections. He i ...

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Patrick Freivald Patrick Freivald (born October 5, 1976 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American horror and thriller author who has published six novels and more than a dozen short stories. He lives in western New York with his wife. Awards In 2015, the Horror Writers ...

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Gregory Lamberson Gregory Lamberson (born April 19, 1964) is an American filmmaker and author. He is known for writing novels such as ''Johnny Gruesome'' and the series ''The Jake Helman Files'', and for directing the 1988 film ''Slime City''. He is also one of th ...

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Joe R. Lansdale Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres - Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense - he's also written comic books and screenplays. Se ...

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Bentley Little Bentley Little (born 1960 in Mesa, Arizona) is an American author of horror fiction. Publishing an average of a novel a year since 1990, Little avoids publicity and rarely does promotional work or interviews for his writing. Early life Little i ...

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S. P. Miskowski S. P. Miskowski is an American horror writer and playwright. Biography S. P. Miskowski was born in Decatur, Georgia. She later moved to the west coast of the US, including Washington and California though she now lives in Canada. She attende ...

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Chuck Palahniuk Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (; born February 21, 1962) is an American freelance journalist and novelist who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adul ...

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Christopher Rice Christopher Travis Rice (born March 11, 1978) is an American author. Rice made his fiction debut in 2000 with the bestselling ''A Density of Souls'', going on to write many more novels, including ''The Snow Garden'', ''The Heavens Rise'', ''The V ...

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Jeff Strand Jeff Strand (born December 14, 1970) is an American writer, best known for his works of horror-comedy. He has written novels, short stories, screenplays and comedy sketches. In addition to his adult-oriented horror works, Strand also writes you ...

(2) * Lee Thomas (2) *

Chet Williamson Chet Williamson (born 19 June 1948) is the author of nearly 20 books and over 100 short stories published in ''Esquire'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Playboy'', and many other magazines and anthologies. Biography Chet Williamson was born and raised in ...

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F. Paul Wilson Francis Paul Wilson (born May 17, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of literary fiction. His books include the Repairman Jack n ...

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References

External links

Stoker Award on the HWA web page

Graphical listing of all Bram Stoker award winners and nominees
{{Bram Stoker Award

Novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

Bram Stoker Award for Novel winners