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Brian Keene (born September 22, 1967) is an American author and podcaster, primarily known for his work in horror, dark fantasy,
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, and comic books. He has won the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award and two
Bram Stoker Award The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. History The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
s. In addition to his own original work, Keene has written for media properties such as '' Doctor Who'', ''
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'', '' Alien'', '' Masters of the Universe'', and ''
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''.


Early life

Keene was born in 1967. He grew up in both
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and
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, and many of his books take place in these locales. After graduating high school, he served as a radioman in the
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aboard an LPD. After his enlistment ended, Keene worked a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Among them were stints as a foundry worker, truck driver,
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, dockworker, telemarketer, customer service representative, repo man, bouncer, disc jockey, salesman, store manager, daycare instructor, custodian. In interviews, he credits this diverse background as the key to the characters that populate his books.


Bibliography


The Rising Series

#'' The Rising'' ( April 2003):
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
( January 2004)
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
#'' City of the Dead'' ( January 2005):
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
( June 2005)
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
#''The Rising: Selected Scenes From the End of the World'' (
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) Deadite Press #''The Rising: Deliverance'' ( 2015) Deadite Press #''The Fall'' (Coming Soon)


Earthworm Gods Series

#'' Earthworm Gods'' ( September 2005):
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
, Republished as ''The Conqueror Worms''( May 2006):
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
, Republished again under its intended title ''Earthworm Gods'' ( December 2012) Deadite Press #''Earthworm Gods II: Deluge'' (
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
) Deadite Press (originally serialized on his website) #''Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes From the End of the World'' (
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) Deadite Press


Levi Stoltzfus Series

#'' Dark Hollow'' ( July 2006): (released in hardcover as ''The Rutting Season'')
Bloodletting Press Bloodletting Press was launched in 2002 by Larry Roberts to publish works in the horror genre specifically for the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for collectors and unique heirloom Lettered Editions for the h ...
. ( February 2008):
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
. #''Ghost Walk'' (
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):
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
#''A Gathering of Crows'' ( August 2010):
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
#''The Last of the Albatwitches'' ( 2015) Deadite Press


Clickers Series (with J. F. Gonzalez)

#''Clickers II: The Next Wave ( April 2007)
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
#''Clickers III: Dagon Rising'' ( 2010)
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
#''Clickers vs. Zombies'' (
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) Deadite Press


The Lost Level Series

#''Hole in the World'' (
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) Apex Publications #''The Lost Level'' ( 2015) Apex Publications #''The Chinese Beetle'' (
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) Thunderstorm Books (chapbook) #''Return to the Lost Level'' (
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) Apex Publications #''Beneath the Lost Level'' (Coming Soon)


The Labyrinth Series

#''The Seven'' (2015–18). Online serial. Self-Published through
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and physically in 2021 #''Submerged'' (Ongoing). Online serial. Self-published through
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The Rogan Series (w/Steven L. Shrewsbury)

#''King of the Bastards'' ( 2015) Apex Publications #''Throne of the Bastards'' (
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) Apex Publications #''Curse of the Bastards'' (
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) Apex Publications


Non-Series

*''Terminal'' ( June 2004):
Bloodletting Press Bloodletting Press was launched in 2002 by Larry Roberts to publish works in the horror genre specifically for the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for collectors and unique heirloom Lettered Editions for the h ...
Revised and expanded ( June 2005):
Bantam Spectra Bantam Spectra is the science fiction division of American publishing company Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House. According to their website, Spectra publishes "science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recogniza ...
*''
Ghoul A ghoul ( ar, غول, ') is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid. The concept originated in pre-Islamic Arabian religion, associated with graveyards and the consumption of human flesh. Modern fiction often uses the term to label a cert ...
'' ( February 2007)
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
( March 2007):
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
*'' Dead Sea'' ( August 2007)
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
( September 2007):
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
*''Shades'' (with Geoff Cooper) ( November 2007): (Out of Print)
Cemetery Dance Publications Cemetery Dance Publications is an American specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with ''Cemetery Dance'' magazine, which ...
* ''Kill Whitey'' ( April 2008):
Cemetery Dance Publications Cemetery Dance Publications is an American specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with ''Cemetery Dance'' magazine, which ...
( September 2008):
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
* ''Darkness On the Edge of Town'' ( October 2008): Infernal House Press ( February 2010):
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
. Revised and expanded version of previous edition. * ''Castaways'' ( February 2009):
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(
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):
Bloodletting Press Bloodletting Press was launched in 2002 by Larry Roberts to publish works in the horror genre specifically for the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for collectors and unique heirloom Lettered Editions for the h ...
* ''Urban Gothic'' ( August 2009):
Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
*''The Girl on the Glider'' ( 2010) Cemetery Dance Publications *''Entombed'' ( 2011) Deadite Press (takes place in same world as ''Dead Sea'' but not a direct sequel) *''Take the Long Way Home'' ( 2011) Deadite Press *''Jack's Magic Beans'' ( 2011) Deadite Press *''Scratch'' ( 2011) Cemetery Dance Publications *''The Damned Highway'' (
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) Dark Horse Publishing *''Alone'' (
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) Thunderstorm Books *''The Cage'' (
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
) Deadite *''Sundancing'' (
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) Thunderstorm Books *''An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley'' (
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
) Deadite Press *''Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road'' (
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
) Deadite Press *''The Complex'' (
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) Deadite Press *''Pressure'' (
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) Thomas Dunne Books *''School's Out'' (
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) *''White Fire'' (
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) Deadite Press


Collections

*''No Rest For The Wicked'' ( 2001): (Out of Print) Imaginary Worlds Publishing. *''No Rest For The Wicked Redux'' ( October 2001): (Out of Print) Vox 13 Publishing. *''Fear of Gravity'' ( 2004) Delirium Books *''A Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories'' ( 2007) Borderlands Press *''Unhappy Endings'' (
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) Delirium Books *''A Conspiracy of One'' (
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
) Thunderstorm Books *''Blood on the Page'' (
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
) Self-Published *''Apocrypha'' (
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
) Thunderstorm Books *''Libra Nigrum Scienta Secreta (The Black Book of Secret Knowledge)'' with J. F. Gonzalez ( 2015) Arcane Wisdom (Limited release) *''Where We Live and Die'' ( 2015) Lazy Fascist Books *''The Cruelty of Autumn'' ( 2015): Thunderstorm Books. Published as a limited hardcover. *''All Dark, All the Time'' (
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) Self-Published *''Good Things for Bad People'' (
2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...
) Thunderstorm Books. Published as a limited hardcover.


Novellas & novelettes

*''Tequila's Sunrise'' ( 2007):
Bloodletting Press Bloodletting Press was launched in 2002 by Larry Roberts to publish works in the horror genre specifically for the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for collectors and unique heirloom Lettered Editions for the h ...
*''Redemption (with Shane Ryan Staley)'' (
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): HM *''Dead Man Living'' (Ongoing). Self published through
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Non-Fiction

*''End of the Road'' (2016): Cemetery Dance. Weekly column. *''Brian Keene's Complete History of Horror Fiction'' (2017-Ongoing): Cemetery Dance. Ongoing column.


Anthologies edited

*''In Delirium'' ( January 2006): (
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
). Published as a 26-copy leather-bound and a hardcover 274-copy limited hardcover. *''New Dark Voices II'' ( January 2009): (
Delirium Books Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Ri ...
). Published as a hardcover 150-copy limited hardcover. *''The Daughters of Inanna'' ( 2015): Thunderstorm Books. Published as a limited hardcover. *''Clickers Forever: A Tribute to J.F. Gonzalez'' (2018): Thunderstorm Books.


Awards

2001
Bram Stoker Award The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. History The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction (for "Jobs In Hell") 2003
Bram Stoker Award The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. History The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
for Superior Achievement in First Novel (for "The Rising") 2004 Shocker Award for Non-Fiction (for "Sympathy for the Devil") 2014 World Horror Grand Master Award 2015 Imaginarium Film Festival Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Short Film Genre, and Best Short Film Overall (for "Fast Zombies Suck") 2016 Imadjinn Award for Best Fantasy Novel (for "King of the Bastards") In 2004 and 2005, Keene spearheaded a Books For Troops program, in which various horror authors supplied free, signed books to American troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere around the world. Keene was honored for this in 2005 by the 509th Logistics Fuels Flight Squadron based at Whiteman A.F.B. in Missouri. In 2014, an American flag was flown in Keene's honor in Afghanistan and presented to him by the United States Army International Security Assistance Force.


Comics and graphic novels

In 2006, three stories from Keene's ''Fear of Gravity'' were adapted in the
graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...
''Brian Keene's FEAR''. The stories were "Castaways", "Red Wood", and the award-winning "The King, in: Yellow". In 2008,
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announced that Keene would be writing for them. His first project for the company was the four-issue
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for their MAX imprint: '' Dead of Night: Devil-Slayer''. Keene wrote the 25-issue series "The Last Zombie" for
Antarctic Press Antarctic Press is a San Antonio-based comic book publishing company which publishes " Amerimanga" style comic books. The company also produces "how-to" and "you can" comics, instructing on areas of comic book creation and craft. Beginning in ...
. Keene's work for
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has included
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, the 2010 "DCU Halloween Special", and "Masters of the Universe: The Origin of Hordak". He was originally part of the writing team for
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but left the project along with writer
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, also walking away from writing Animal Man and
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. In 2017, Keene returned to DC Comics to spearhead "DC House of Horror".


Film adaptations

*In 2006, the short story "The Ties That Bind" was turned into a short film, and it had its world premiere on April 4, 2009 at the Garden State Film Festival. *In 2009, ''Dark Hollow'' was optioned for film by director Paul Campion. *''Ghoul'' was made into a TV movie directed by Gregory Wilson and starring
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and debuted on the Chiller Network on April 13, 2012. *In July, 2015, a film adaptation of Keene's short story "Fast Zombies Suck" was released for free via YouTube. *In December, 2016, ''
The Naughty List ''The Naughty List'' is a 2016 Black comedy short film written and directed by Paul Campion, about two American mobsters who come face to face with Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, and discover what it really takes to get on his Naughty or Nice li ...
'', a film adaptation of Keene's short story "The Siqquism Who Stole Christmas" was released for free via YouTube and Vimeo.


Podcast

Keene hosts a weekly podcast called ''The Horror Show With Brian Keene''. Keene and co-hosts Dave Thomas and Mary SanGiovanni discuss horror-related news and events, writing and publishing, and interview various horror authors, publishers and filmmakers.


Personal life

Keene currently lives in
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. Since 2012, he has been in a romantic relationship with fellow author
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. On June 5, 2018, he suffered first and second degree
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s to his face, and second and third degree burns to his arm after an accident while burning brush on a friend's property (during flood clean-up), and was sent to recuperate in a burn unit. Due to a lack of insurance, a
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was set up to pay the medical bills.


Philanthropy

Keene is actively involved in fundraising for the Scares That Care charitable organization. In August 2017, Keene was made a member of the Board of Directors for the Scares That Care charitable organization.


References


External links

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