David Niall Wilson
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Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Clay County, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
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David Niall Wilson (born 1959 in Clay County, Illinois) is an American writer primarily known for his works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction.[1] He is also the founder and CEO of Crossroad Press, a publishing house for horror and science fiction/fantasy. He is the former President of the Horror Writers Association of America and a two time Stoker Award winning author (Short Fiction, Poetry Collection).
The Academic Study of Wilson's Novels
[edit]Scholars such as A. Asbjørn Jøn, at the University of Canterbury, have positively received Wilson's The Grails Covenant Trilogy (1997–1998) - even noting the way that it fits within a continuum of shifting popular culture portrayals of vampires.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- The Path of the Meteor (limited release - Re-released as Darkness Falling by Crossroad Press in 2010 - paperback edition 2016)
- Star Trek: Voyager #12: Chrysalis (1997, ISBN 0-671-00150-7)
- The Grails Covenant Trilogy (1997–1998)
- To Sift Through the Bitter Ashes (1997, ISBN 1-56504-995-0)
- To Speak in Lifeless Tongues (1998, ISBN 1-56504-996-9)
- To Dream of Dreamers Lost (1998, ISBN 1-56504-997-7)
- This is My Blood (1999, ISBN 0-9658135-3-3)
- Roll Them Bones (Cemetery Dance Publications' Novella #12, 2003, ISBN 1-58767-068-2)
- Dark Ages: Lasombra (2003, ISBN 1-58846-820-8)
- Deep Blue (2004, ISBN 1-59414-142-8, hardcover; 2005, ISBN 1-4104-0228-2, paperback)
- The Temptation of Blood (2004, ISBN 1-930997-69-8)
- Exalted: Relic of the Dawn (2004, ISBN 1-58846-860-7)
- The Mote in Andrea's Eye (2005, Thompson-Gale / Fives Star - 2013 Crossroad Press)
- Ancient Eyes (2007, Bloodletting Press Signed Limited HC)
- The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs & the Currently Accepted Habits of Nature (2009 limited edition HC from Bad Moon Books)
- The Orffyreus Wheel (Crossroad Press, 2010)
- Sins of the Flash (2010 digital release from Crossroad Press)
- Killer Green (2013 Crossroad Press)
- The Second Veil (2013 from Crossroad Press - Tales of the Scattered Earth Series)
- The Crazy Crazy Case of Foreman James - A Cletus J. Diggs Mystery - (2013 from Crossroad Press)
- Block 10 (With Stacy Childs - 2014 Crossroad Press)
- The Blackguards (With Richard Murphy - 2014 Crossroad Press)
- Remember Bowling Green - The Adventures of Frederick Douglass - Time Traveler (With Patricia Lee Macomber - 2017 from Crossroad Press)
- Gideon's Curse (2017 from Crossroad Press)
- The DeChance Chronicles (2009–present)
- Heart of a Dragon (2011 from Crossroad Press)
- Vintage Soul (2009 Thompson-Gale Five Star & Limited HC from Bad Moon Books)
- My Soul to Keep (2012 from Crossroad Press)
- Kali's Tale (2012 from Crossroad Press)
- Nevermore (2013 from Crossroad Press)
- A Midnight Dreary (2019 from Crossroad Press)
- Novels of the O.C.L.T.
- The Parting (2011 from Crossroad Press)
- The Temple of Camazotz (Novella 2011 from Crossroad Press)
- Crockatiel (2016 Crossroad Press)
Collections
[edit]- Spinning Webs and Telling Lies (Limited Trade Paperback 2002 - eBook / Audio from Crossroad Press 2009)
- The Subtle Ties That Bind (2002, Lone Wolf Publications CD Rom)
- Defining Moments (2007, Sarob Press Signed limited HC digital and audio 2009 from Crossroad Press)
- Ennui & Other States of Madness (2008 from Dark Regions Press)
- The Fall of the House of Escher & Other Illusions (1996 limited trade paperback - 2010 digital from Crossroad Press)
- The Taste of Blood & Roses (2010 Crossroad Press digital)
- The Whirling Man & Other Tales of Pain, Blood and Madness (2010 by Crossroad Press)
- The Call of Distant Shores (2011 from Crossroad Press)
- Etched Deep & Other Dark Impressions (2012 From Crossroad Press)
- Intermusings (Formerly Joined at the Muse - with various collaborators - 2012 from Crossroad Press eBook and Audible)
- An Unkindness of Ravens (With Patricia Lee Macomber 2013 from Crossroad Press)
Children's books
[edit]- Mars Needs Pumpkins (Illustrator - with Katie Mary Wilson 2011 from Crossroad Press)
- Perilous Pink PcGee (With Katie Mary Wilson 2012 from Crossroad Press)
- The Kingdom of Clowns (2013 from Crossroad Press)
- Bob Goes to Mars (Illustrator - with Katie Mary Wilson 2013 from Crossroad Press)
- The Skeleton Inside Me (2014 from Crossroad Press)
- The Halloween House & Others (2016 from Crossroad Press)
FILM
[edit]- GODHEAD - The Movie (2008 With Rosanna Jeran & Blurgirl Productions)
Stories and Poetry
[edit]- Poet Cabal: (one poem)
- The Essential World of Darkness: "Except You Go Through Shadow--Wraith"
- 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories: "Just Another Saturday Night"
- Robert Bloch's Psychos: "Blameless (1998, ISBN 0-671-88598-7)
- The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume I: "The Mole" (2000, ISBN 0-451-45804-4)
- Horrors! 365 Scary Stories: (seven short stories) (2001, ISBN 1-58663-240-X)
- The Gossamer Eye (2002, ISBN 1-892065-64-9, with Mark McLaughlin and Rain Graves) (winner of the 2003 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in the Poetry Collection category)
- All Hell Breaking Loose: "Burning Bridges" (2005, ISBN 0-7564-0289-1)
- Shadows over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror: "Death Did Not Become Him" (2005, ISBN 0-345-45273-9, with Patricia Lee Macomber)
- Cthulhu's Heirs: New Cthulhu Mythos Fiction: "Of Dark Things and Midnight Planes" (1994, ISBN 1-56882-013-5)
His short stories have appeared in more than thirty anthologies, in magazines, and on websites.
Notes
[edit]- ^ David Niall Wilson Talks Crossroad Press and More
- ^ Jøn, A. Asbjørn (2001). "From Nosteratu to Von Carstein: shifts in the portrayal of vampires". Australian Folklore: A Yearly Journal of Folklore Studies (16): 97–106. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
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[edit]- Living people
- 1959 births
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- People from Clay County, Illinois
- Novelists from Illinois
- American male short story writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers