Tim Lebbon (born 28 July 1969, London) is a British
horror and
dark fantasy
Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate disturbing and frightening themes of fantasy. It often combines fantasy with elements of horror or has a gloomy dark tone or a sense of horror and dr ...
writer.
Life
Lebbon was born in London. He lived in
Devon
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until he was eight and then in
Newport until the age of 26. He now lives in
Goytre, Monmouthshire with his wife and two children.
Career
Lebbon's short story ″Reconstructing Amy″ won the
Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction The Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for short fiction.
Winners and nominees
This category was previously titled "best short story". Nomi ...
in 2001, his novel ''Dusk'' won the 2007
August Derleth Award The August Derleth Award is one of the British Fantasy Awards bestowed annually by the British Fantasy Society. The award is named after the American writer and editor August Derleth. It was inaugurated in 1972 for the best novel of the year, was n ...
from the
British Fantasy Society
The British Fantasy Society (BFS) was founded in 1971 as the British Weird Fantasy Society, an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association. The society is dedicated to promoting the best in the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres.
...
for best novel of the year. His
novelization
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of the film ''
30 Days of Night'' became a ''
New York Times
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'' bestseller and won a Scribe Award in 2008.
The film ''
Pay the Ghost
''Pay the Ghost'' is a 2015 American thriller supernatural horror film directed by Uli Edel. The screenplay was written by Dan Kay, based on a short story of the same name by Tim Lebbon. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Veronic ...
'' (2015) directed by
Uli Edel
Ulrich "Uli" Edel (; born 11 April 1947) is a German film and television director, best known for his work on films such as Last Exit to Brooklyn (film), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' and ''Body of Evidence (1993 film), Body of Evidence.''
His ''Ra ...
and starring
Nicolas Cage
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is based on Lebbon's short story of the same name. ''The Silence'' was made into a
film
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by
John R. Leonetti
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and was released 10 April 2019 on
Netflix
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. Lebbon also made a cameo as a corpse in the film.
His ''
Firefly
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'' novel ''Generations'' (fourth in series) won the 2021
Dragon Award for Best Media Tie-In Novel.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''Mesmer'' (1997)
* ''Flesh'' (1999)
* ''The Nature of Balance'' (2000)
* ''Hush'' (2000, with Gavin Williams)
* ''Face'' (2001)
* ''Until She Sleeps'' (2001)
* ''Berserk'' (2005)
* ''Desolation'' (2005)
* ''Hellboy Novels'' series:
*: 6. ''Hellboy: Unnatural Selection'' (2006)
*: 12. ''Hellboy: The Fire Wolves'' (2009)
* ''Tales of Noreela'' series:
*: 1. ''Dusk'' (2006) –
August Derleth Award The August Derleth Award is one of the British Fantasy Awards bestowed annually by the British Fantasy Society. The award is named after the American writer and editor August Derleth. It was inaugurated in 1972 for the best novel of the year, was n ...
winner
*: 2. ''Dawn'' (2007)
*: 2.5. ''After the War: Two Tales of Noreela'' (2008), collection of 2 novellas:
*:: "Vale of Blood Roses", "The Bajuman"
*: 3. ''Fallen'' (2008)
*: 4. ''The Island'' (2009)
*:* "Chanting the Violet Dog Down" (2006), short story
* ''30 Days of Night'' series:
** ''
30 Days of Night'' (2007)
** ''30 Days of Night: Fear of the Dark'' (2010)
* ''The Everlasting'' (2007)
* ''Bar None'' (2008)
* ''Hidden Cities'' series (with
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
):
*# ''
Mind the Gap
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'' (2008)
*# ''The Map of Moments'' (2009)
*# ''The Chamber of Ten'' (2010)
*# ''The Shadow Men'' (2011)
* ''Echo City'' series:
** ''Echo City'' (2010)
** "The Deification of Dal Bamore: A Tale from Echo City" (2010), short story
* ''The Secret Journeys of Jack London'' series (with
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
):
*# ''The Wild'' (2010)
*# ''The Sea Wolves'' (2012)
*# ''White Fangs'' (2013)
* ''The Cabin in the Woods'' (2011)
* ''Coldbrook'' (2012)
* ''The Heretic Land'' (2012)
* ''Toxic City'' series:
*# ''London Eye'' (2012)
*# ''Reaper's Legacy'' (2013)
*# ''Contagion'' (2013)
* ''Canonical Alien Trilogy'':
** 1. ''
Alien: Out of the Shadows'' (2013)
* ''Star Wars Legends'' series:
** ''Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi – Into the Void'' (2013)
* ''The Silence'' (2015)
* ''The Hunt'' (2015)
* ''Rage War'' series:
*# ''Predator: Incursion'' (2015)
*# ''Alien: Invasion'' (2016)
*# ''Alien Vs Predator: Armageddon'' (2016)
* ''The Family Man'' (2016)
* ''Indigo'' (2017, with
Kelley Armstrong
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Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
,
Charlaine Harris
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,
Jonathan Maberry
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...
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Seanan McGuire
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,
James A. Moore
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In 2003, he was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, "Best Novel" for his book ''Serenity Falls''. In 2006, the novell ...
,
Mark Morris,
Cherie Priest
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Kat Richardson
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)
* ''Kong: Skull Island'' (2017), novelization of film
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
* ''Relics / Angela Gough'' series:
*# ''Relics'' (2017)
*# ''The Folded Land'' (2018)
*# ''The Edge'' (2019)
* ''Blood of the Four'' (2018, with
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
)
* ''
Firefly
The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...
'' series:
*:4. ''Generations'' (2020)
* Eden (2020)
Short stories
Collections:
* ''Faith in the Flesh'' (1998), collection of 2 novellas:
*: "The First Law", "From Bad Flesh"
* ''As the Sun Goes Down'' (2000), collection of 15 short stories and 1 novella:
*: "The Empty Room", "Life Within", "The Butterfly", "Endangered Species in C Minor", "Dust", "Fell Swoop", "Recent Wounds", "The Repulsion", "Unto Us", "The Last Good Times", "King of the Dead", "Recipe for Disaster", "The Beach", "Reconstructing Amy", "The Unfortunate" (novella), "Bomber's Moon"
* ''White, and Other Tales of Ruin'' (2002), collection of 3 short stories and 3 novellas:
*: "White" (novella), "From Bad Flesh" (novella), "Hell", "The First Law" (novella), "The Origin of Truth", "Mannequin Man and the Plastic Bitch"
* ''Fears Unnamed'' (2004), collection of 4 novellas:
*: "Remnants", "White", "Naming of Parts", "The Unfortunate"
* ''After the War: Two Tales of Noreela'' (2007), collection of 2 novellas of ''Tales of Noreela'' series:
*: "Vale of Blood Roses", "The Bajuman"
* ''Last Exit for the Lost'' (2010), collection of 12 short stories and 7 novellas/novelettes:
*: "Last Exit for the Lost", "The Cutting", "Pay the Ghost" (novelette), "Kissing at Shadows", "Hell Came Down", "Black" (novelette), "The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking", "Life Rained Off", "Skins", "The Horror of the Many Faces" (novelette), "Making Sense", "In Perpetuity" (novella), "Casting Longer Shadows", "A Ripple in the Veil", "Forever" (novelette), "Old Light", "Body", "The Evolutionary" (novelette), "Nothing Heavenly" (novella)
* ''Nothing as it Seems'' (2012), collection of 12 short stories and 3 novellas/novelettes:
*: "Discovering Ghosts", "The God of Rain", "Bleeding Things", "Falling Off the World", "Making Room", "Chanting the Violet Dog Down", "Meat", "The Glass Road" (novelette), "In the Valley, Where Belladonna Grows" (novella), "The Flames Beneath the Light", "The Body Lies", "Slaughterhouse Blues", "Into The Trees", "Just Breathe", "The Reach of Children" (novella)
* ''Borrowed Time'' (2015), collection of 3 novellas of The Apocalypse trilogy:
*: 1. "Naming of Parts", 2. "Changing of Faces", 3. "Shifting of Veils"
Uncollected short stories:
* "Everyday Folk" (1994)
* "Floaters" (1994)
* "Slipstream: Caged" (1994)
* "The Rep" (1994)
* "Unwilling Blood" (1994)
* "Simon Says" (1994)
* "Old Treasure" (1994)
* "Grieving the Bone" (1994)
* "How Do You Eat?" (1994)
* "First Taste" (1994)
* "Breeding Ground" (1995)
* "Arm" (1996)
* "Tumblers" (1996)
* "Companions" (1996)
* "Redemption, Resurrection and the Priest" (1996)
* "The Guilty" (1996)
* "In Puris Naturalibus" (1997)
* "Sordid Limbs" (1997, with D. F. Lewis)
* "Tales of Woe" (1997)
* "Paula" (1997)
* "Bolt" (1997)
* "Wasted Meals" (1998, with D. F. Lewis)
* "Bonded in Fire" (1998)
* "Dead Echoes" (1998)
* "Mr Sneakalong" (1998)
* "Song" (1998)
* "Loved Ones" (1999)
* "Clear Thinking" (1999)
* "Spiteful Tables" (1999, with D. F. Lewis)
* "Dirty Pipes" (1999, with D. F. Lewis)
* "Pelts" (1999)
* "Detection Perfection" (1999)
* "Wordless Waffles" (1999, with D. F. Lewis)
* "Curves and Sharp Edges" (2000)
* "Going Gently" (2000)
* "Three" (2000)
* "Empty Breakfasts" (2000, with D. F. Lewis)
* "Devil Walking" (2001)
* "Inky Stories" (2001, with D. F. Lewis)
* "Cemetery Snake" (2002, with John B. Ford)
* "Fodder" (2002, with
Brian Keene
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)
* "Exorcising Angels" (2003, with
Simon Clark), novella
* "Fruiting Body Syndrome" (2003)
* "Shoes" (2004, with
Brett Alexander Savory
Brett Savory is a freelance writer, editor, and web designer. He lives in Canada with his wife, writer and editor, Sandra Kasturi.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''A Perfect Machine'' (Angry Robot Books, February 2017)
* ''In and Down'' (Brindle & Gla ...
)
* ''Assassin'' series (novellas):
*# "Dead Man's Hand" (2004)
*# "Pieces of Hate" (2005)
*# "A Whisper of Southern Lights" (2007)
* "Looking Glass" (2006, with
Gary A. Braunbeck,
Kealan Patrick Burke
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, Dominick Cancilla,
Ray Garton
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Per ...
,
Joe Hill,
Brian Keene
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Thomas F. Monteleone
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, Robert Morrish,
Thomas Piccirilli
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Career
Piccirilli sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Some of his stories were include ...
,
Al Sarrantonio
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John Skipp
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Bev Vincent
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Selected bibliography
*''The Road to the Dark Tower'' (2005, Cemetery Dance Publications) ...
), novella
* "Children of the New Disorder" (2009, with Lindy Moore), novella
* "Every Wrong Turn" (2009)
* "The Language of the Land" (2009)
* "In the Dust" (2010)
* "The Thief of Broken Toys" (2010), novella
* "Another Hope" (2010), novella
* "Zmbs" (2010)
* "Trick of the Light" (2011)
* "Into the Death Zone" (2012)
* "Sleeper" (2012)
* "The Gleeful Ones" (2013)
* "Still Life" (2013), novella
* "Branches, Curving" (2014, with
Michael Marshall Smith
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Biography
Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Smith moved with his family a ...
)
* "The Flow" (2014)
* "Embers" (2014)
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* "Skin and Bone" (2015)
* "Fault Lines" (2015, with Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
), novelette
* "Strange Currents" (2015)
* "Flotsam" (2015)
* "May the End Be Good" (2015)
* "Clown's Kiss" (2015)
* "Catatonia" (2015)
* "The Protector" (2016)
* "RIME" (2016), novella
* "A Hole in the World" (2016, with Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
), novelette
* "Everybody Hates a Tourist" (2016)
* "In Stone" (2017)
* "Strings" (2017)
* "Spite" (2017)
* "Devil Dogs" (2017)
* "Spite" (2017)
* "Devil Dogs" (2017)
* ''Joe Ledger'' series:
** "Target Acquired" (2017, with Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
)
* "Emergence" (2018)
* "A Man Walking His Dog" (2018)
*" Home" (2018)
* ''Firefly'' series:
*: 3. "Firefly: Generations" (2019), novella
Poems
* "A Meal Made Raw" (1998)
Novelizations
* '' 30 Days of Night'', novelization of film '' 30 Days of Night'' (2007)
* ''The Cabin in the Woods
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'', novelization of film ''The Cabin in the Woods
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'' (2012)
* '' Kong: Skull Island'', novelization of film '' Kong: Skull Island'' (2017)
Adaptations
* ''Pay the Ghost
''Pay the Ghost'' is a 2015 American thriller supernatural horror film directed by Uli Edel. The screenplay was written by Dan Kay, based on a short story of the same name by Tim Lebbon. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Veronic ...
'' (2015), film directed by Uli Edel
Ulrich "Uli" Edel (; born 11 April 1947) is a German film and television director, best known for his work on films such as Last Exit to Brooklyn (film), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' and ''Body of Evidence (1993 film), Body of Evidence.''
His ''Ra ...
, based on novelette "Pay the Ghost"
* '' The Silence'' (2019), film directed by John R. Leonetti
John Robert Leonetti, (born July 4, 1956) is an American cinematographer and film director. He is known for his collaborative work with director James Wan, with whom he has acted as cinematographer on five films. He is the younger brother of cin ...
, based on novel ''The Silence''
References
External links
Author website
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1969 births
Living people
English horror writers
20th-century English novelists
21st-century British novelists
People from Newport, Wales
English male novelists