Glen Martin Hirshberg (born 1966 in

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Biography

Born to parents Linda Hirshberg (psychologist) and

Jerry Hirshberg Gerald Paul "Jerry" Hirshberg (June 30, 1940 – November 10, 2019) was an American automotive designer, industrial designer, musician and painter. Early life and education Hirshberg studied mechanical engineering at Ohio State University and re ...

(painter, founder of Nissan Design International, and author of ''The Creative Priority''), Hirshberg began telling stories at the age of three. "My mother was a psychologist, my father a designer and painter, and I think their influence still resonates through everything I write. I can’t draw a straight line, but I love painting with the language, and what interests me most in stories, even the spooky ones, is the way people respond to and discover one another as their lives unfold or unravel." Hirshberg was ten years old in 1976 when the Oakland County Child Killer began to kidnap and kill children in his neighborhood. This formative experience finds outlet in the plot of Hirshberg's first novel ''The Snowman's Children'' which, as ''Publishers Weekly'' relates, is the story of an adult coming to terms with his "1970s suburban childhood. In the winter of 1977, a serial killer dubbed "The Snowman" haunted a quiet Michigan neighborhood, preying on the town's children." In 1980, Hirshberg moved with his family to Southern California when his father, Jerry Hirshberg, took a job with Nissan Design. Hirshberg graduated from

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before earning his B.A. from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1988, where he won the Bennett Cerf Prize, and his M.A. and M.F.A. from the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...

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in 1991. Hirshberg then moved to Seattle where he worked as a music critic and writer for the

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among other publications. He currently teaches and lives with his family in the

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area.

Career

His works include the novel ''The Snowman's Children'', published in limited edition by

Earthling Publications Earthling Publications is an American small press run by Paul Miller and specialising in limited edition books in the horror and dark fantasy genres. In 2003, Earthling won the Horror Writers Association Specialty Press Award. Books published b ...

and reissued for wider distribution in 2002 by

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, a short story collection ''The Two Sams'', published in 2003 by Carroll & Graf; the collection ''American Morons'', published in 2006 by

; the collection ''The Janus Tree'', published in 2012 by

Subterranean Press Subterranean Press is a small press publisher in Burton, Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction. In addition to publishing novels, short stor ...

; the novel ''The Book of Bunk'', published in 2010 by Earthling Publications, and the novel ''Motherless Child'' which was first published in a limited run by Earthling in 2012. This book sold out before publication and was reissued for wider distribution in May, 2014 by

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as the initial book of a trilogy. The second book of the trilogy ''Good Girls'' was released February, 2016, and the third book of the series is in progress. ''The Two Sams'' received an

International Horror Guild Award The International Horror Guild Award (also known as the IHG Award) was an accolade recognizing excellence in the field of Horror fiction, horror/dark fantasy, presented by the International Horror Guild (IHG) from 1995 to 2008. The IHG Awards wer ...

for Outstanding Collection in 2003 and was selected as a

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Best Book for that same year. In addition, ''The Two Sams'' was also nominated for the 2004

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for Best Collection. Stories in the collection were also very well received. "Mr. Dark's Carnival" was nominated for the 2000 International Horror Guild Award for Long Story. and was a World Fantasy nominee for Best Novella of the year in 2001. "Dancing Men" won an International Horror Guild Award for Mid-Length Fiction in 2003 and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 2004. "Struwwelpeter," was nominated in the Best Novella category for the World Fantasy Award in 2002. The collection ''American Morons'' was nominated for the 2007 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection and for the Bram Stoker Award for Fiction Collection. It received an International Horror Guild Award for Outstanding Collection in 2006; "The Muldoon," one of the stories from that collection, was also nominated for the 2006 International Horror Guild Award for Mid-Length Fiction. The collection ''The Janus Tree'' was a finalist for a 2011

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. Its titular story, "The Janus Tree," was nominated for a 2007 International Horror Guild Award for Mid-Length Fiction and awarded a 2007

. The novel ''Motherless Child'' earned critical acclaim (the ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' states: “Always one of his generation’s finest stylists, its most able students of character, irshberghas written one of the best books of the year.”) and earned both a Booklist and a Publishers Weekly starred review. With Peter Atkins and

Dennis Etchison Dennis William Etchison (March 30, 1943 – May 29, 2019) was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction.

, Hirshberg co-founded the Rolling Darkness Revue, a reading and dramatic production which appears (like the carnival in "Mr. Dark's Carnival") in different venues and with appearances by different horror authors every year. Stories from the Rolling Darkness Revue (2005–Present) have been anthologized by

Publications

Novels

* Motherless Children Trilogy #2014 ''Motherless Child'' (expanded and revised) (Tor) #2016 ''Good Girls'' (Tor) #2018 ''Nothing to Devour'' (Tor) * 2012 ''Motherless Child'' (Earthling) *2010 ''The Book of Bunk'' (Earthling); reprinted 2012 (Ash-Tree) *2002 ''The Snowman's Children'' (Carroll and Graf); special edition 2007 (Earthling). Awards and nominations: International Horror Guild nominee, 2002.

Collections

*2018 ''The Ones Who Are Waving'' (Cemetery Dance) *2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories'' (Subterranean Press). *2006 ''American Morons'' (Earthling). Awards and nominations: 2006 International Horror Guild Award; 2006 Stoker Award nominee; 2007 World Fantasy Award nominee *2003 ''The Two Sams: Ghost Stories'' (Carroll and Graf). Awards and nominations: 2003 International Horror Guild Award; 2004 World Fantasy Award nominee

Novellas and Novelettes

*2014 "Hexenhaus." ''Dark Discoveries 29''. *2012 "His Only Audience." ''Rolling Darkness Revue 2012: The Raven of October''. Reprinted as "His Only Audience: A Normal and Nadine Adventure.
2013 ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 24''
*2012 "You Become the Neighborhood.
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
Reprinted ''The Best Horror of the Year: Volume 4''. *2011 "After-Words." ''Cemetery Dance #65.'' Reprinte
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
''Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2012''. *2009 "The Pikesville Buffalo." ''Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy and Horror''. Reprinte
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
*2007 "The Janus Tree." ''Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural''. Awards and nominations: 2007 Shirley Jackson Award; 2007 International Horror Guild nominee. Reprinte
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
*2006 "The Muldoon." ''American Morons''. Awards and nominations: 2006 International Horror Guild Award nominee. Reprinted 2007 ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20'', 2010 ''People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy'', 2012 ''Ghosts: Recent Hauntings''. *2006 "Devil's Smile." ''Alone on the Darkside: Echoes from Shadows of Horror''
2006 ''American Morons''
2007 ''Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18'', 2010 ''Mammoth Book of the Best of the Best New Horror'', 2011 ''Very Best of Best of New Horror''. *2004 "Safety Clowns." ''Acquainted with the Night''. Reprinted 2005
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2006 ''American Morons''
2014 '' Darker Magazine'' (Russian translation). *2003 "Dancing Men." ''The Dark: New Ghost Stories''. Awards and nominations: 2003 International Horror Guild Award; 2004 World Fantasy Award nominee. Reprinte
2003 ''Two Sams''2004 ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 17''2004 ''Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 15''2010 ''Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror''
*2003 "Flowers on Their Bridles, Hooves in the Air." ''SciFi.com''. Reprinted 2004 ''Mammoth Book of New Terror''
2006 ''American Morons''
*2003 "Shipwreck Beach." ''Trampoline''. Reprinte
2003 ''Two Sams''
*2001 "Struwwelpeter." ''Scifi.com''. Awards and nominations: World Fantasy nominee. Reprinte
2002 ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 15''2002 ''Mammoth Book of New Horror 13''2003 ''Two Sams''2011 ''Halloween''2012
*2000 "Mr. Dark's Carnival." Awards and nominations: Stoker Award preliminary nominee; International Horror Guild Award nominee; World Fantasy Award nominee. Reprinte
2003 ''Two Sams''2012 ''The Century's Best Horror Fiction''2014 ''October Dreams 2''

Short fiction

*2016 "Freedom is Space for the Spirit", A Tor.Com Original *2015 "The Ones Who Are Waving: A Last Rolling Darkness Revue Story." ''The Rolling Darkness Revue 2015: The Voyage of the Dead''. *2013 "Pride." (AKA "Pride: A Collector's Tale") ''Rolling Darkness Revue 2013: The Impostor's Monocle''. Reprinte
2014 ''The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2014''
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"People Who Can't."
''Clocktower''. *2010 "Shomer." ''Rolling Darkness Revue 2010: Curtain Call''. Reprinted 2010 ''The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three''
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
*2009 "The Nimble Men." ''Rolling Darkness Revue 2009: Bartlett: A Centenary Symposium''. Reprinted 2010 ''Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two''
''Pseudopod #210''2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
*2008 "Like Lick-em Sticks, Like Tina Fey." ''Rolling Darkness Revue 2008: Welcome to the Ether''. Reprinted 2010 ''Shivers VI''
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''2014 ''Postscripts to Darkness''
*2008 "Esmerelda" (AKA "Esmerelda: The First Book Depository Story"). Reprinted 2008 ''Shades of Darkness'', 2009 ''Best Horror of the Year: Volume One''
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
*2007 "Miss Ill-Kept Runt." ''Rolling Darkness Revue 2007: Twilight Limited'' Reprinted 2008 ''Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19'',
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''

2015 ''The Monstrous''
*2007 "I Am Coming to Live in Your Mouth." ''Dark Delicacies II: Fear''. Reprinte
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
''Nightmare Magazine #18''. *2006 "Sisters of Baikal (excerpt)." ''Cemetery Dance #56''. *2006 "Transitway." ''Cemetery Dance #56''. Reprinte
2006 ''American Morons''
*2006 "Millwell." ''Rolling Darkness Revue 2006: At the Sign of the Snowman's Skull''. Reprinted 2007 ''Summer Chills: Tales of Vacation Horror''
2012 ''The Janus Tree and Other Stories''
*2005 "American Morons." ''Rolling Darkness Revue 2005: Darkness Rising''. Reprinted 2006 ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19''
2006 ''American Morons''
2006 ''Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 17''. *2004 "Like a Lily in a Flood." ''Cemetery Dance #50'', Reprinte
2006 ''American Morons''
*2002 "The Two Sams." ''Dark Terrors 6.'' Reprinted 2003 ''Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14''
2003 ''Two Sams''
2008 ''Poe's Children'', 2015 ''Darker Terrors''.

Essays

*2013 "Forward
''Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror''
*2011 "Introduction
''Rumours of the Marvellous''
*2006 "Roll, Dark" ''Cemetery Dance #56'' *2006 "Glen Hirshberg Bibliography" ''Cemetery Dance #56'' (with Rick Kleffel) *2006 "Story Notes
''American Morons''
*2004 "Introduction

References

External links

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Hirshberg's Macmillan Author SiteHirshberg's Goodreads Site
*Interviews **200

**2006 Septembe
''Cemetery Dance #56: Glen Hirshberg Special'' "A Conversation with Glen Hirshberg" by Rick Kleffel. Print.
**2009 October 2
''Cemetery Dance'' "Interview with Hirshberg" by Paul Miller
**2012 September 1

**2012 July 2 ttp://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2012/07/02/charles-tan-interviews-glen-hirshberg/ ''The Shirley Jackson Awards'' "Charles Tan Interviews Glen Hirshberg" by Charles Tan**2013 January 1
''Gingernuts of Horror'' "Interview: 5 Minutes with Glen Hirshberg"
**2014 Marc
''Nightmare: Horror and Dark Fantasy'' "Author Spotlight: Glen Hirshberg" by Britt Gettys.
**2014 May 2

**2014 May 2
''Dr. Alvin: The Most Trusted Name in Wisdom'' "Motherless Child By Glen Hirshberg chats with Dr. Alvin" (Audio)
**2014 June
''SFsignal.com'' "Interview: Glen Hirshberg, author of ''Motherless Child''" by Kristin Centorcelli
**2014 August 2

**2014 October 1
''Books of Blood'' "Author Interview: Glen Hirshberg"
**2014 October 20 '' Darker Magazine'
"Glen Hirshberg: 'It Seems I Always Write about Death'" (Russian) by Vlad Zhenevsky
**2014 Novembe
''Dark Discoveries 29'' "A Teller of Storied Tales: Interviewing Glen Hirshberg" by Joel B. Kirkpatrick. Print.
**2014 November 1
''Postscripts to Darkness'' "Interview with Glen Hirshberg" by Sean Moreland
**2014 December 1
''Blogtalkradio.com'' "Glen Hirshberg joins Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE!"
by

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and Alistair Cross (Audio) **2015 June 23 ''Examiner.com'' "Author Spotlight: Glen Hirshberg" by Meagan Meehan **2016 February 2
''Fiction Fare'' "Good Girls by Glen Hirshberg"
**2016 February 2
''SF Signal'' "Glen Hirshberg, Author of GOOD GIRLS, on Vampire Culture, Horror, and What Makes a Good Story" by Kristen Centorcelli
**2016 February 2

**2016 February 2
''Blogtalkradio.com'' "Glen Hirshberg Returns to Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE!"
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and Alistair Cross (Audio) *Rolling Darkness Revue (with Peter Atkins) **2005 October 2
''Metroactive Books'' "Rolling Darkness Revue Brings its Ghost Writers to Capitola" by Rick Kleffel
**2006 October 2
''NPR'' "The 'Rolling Darkness Revue'" interview by Rick Kleffel
**2014 February 1
''Postscripts to the Darkness'' "An Interview with Peter Atkins and Glen Hirshberg" by Sean Moreland and James Greatrex. Originally published October 24, 2010.
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