Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction

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The Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for non-fiction.

[edit] Winners and nominees

Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.

  • 1987: Mary Shelley by Muriel Spark
    • Joe Bob Goes To the Drive-In by Joe Bob Briggs
    • The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh by Paul A. Gagne
  • 1988: (no award)
  • 1989: Harlan Ellison's Watching by Harlan Ellison (tie)
  • 1989: Horror: The 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman (tie)
    • American Vampires: by Fans, Victims, Practitioners by Norine Dresser
    • Horror: A Connoisseur's Guide To Literature and Film by Leonard Wolf
    • H. P. Lovecraft by Peter Cannon
  • 1990: Dark Dreamers by Stanley Wiater
  • 1991: Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden by Stephen Jones
    • Vampires Among Us Rosemary by Ellen Guillen
    • Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice by Katherine Ramsland
    • The Shape Under The Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Spignesi
  • 1992: Cut! Horror Writers of Horror Film by Christopher Golden
    • Men, Women And Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover
    • Young Adult Horror Fiction by Cosete Kies
    • Scare Tactics by John Russo
    • Dark Visions by Stanley Wiater
  • 1993: Once Around the Bloch by Robert Bloch
    • The Diary of Jack the Ripper by Shirley Harrison & Michael Barrett
    • The Monster Show by David J. Skal
  • 1994: (no award)
  • 1995: The Supernatural Index by Michael Ashley & William Contento
  • 1996: H. P. Lovecraft: A Life by S. T. Joshi
    • Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula by Barbara Belford
    • The Great Pulp Heroes by Don Hutchison
    • The Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide by Stephen Jones
    • V is for Vampire by David Skal
  • 1997: Dark Thoughts: On Writing by Stanley Wiater
  • 1998: DarkEcho Newsletter Vol. 5, #1-50, edited by Paula Guran
    • Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and Beyond, edited by Clive Bloom
    • The Science of the X-Files by Jeanne Cavelos
    • A Writer's Tale by Richard Laymon
  • 1999: DarkEcho Newsletter, edited by Paula Guran
    • The Essential Monster Movie Guide by Stephen Jones
    • Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography by Victoria Price
    • Hellnotes, edited by David B. Silva & Paul F. Olson
  • 2000: On Writing by Stephen King
    • Hellnotes, edited by David B. Silva & Paul F. Olson
    • At the Foot of the Story Tree by Bill Sheehan
    • Horror of the 20th Century by Robert Weinberg
  • 2001: Jobs in Hell, edited by Brian Keene
    • If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
    • Personal Demons, edited by Brian A. Hopkins & Garrett Peck
    • Hellnotes, edtied by David B. Silva & Paul F. Olson
  • 2002: Ramsey Campbell, Probably by Ramsey Campbell
    • Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, Second Edition by Richard Bleiler
    • Ralan.com, Ralan Conley, ed.
    • Jobs in Hell, Brian Keene & Kelly Laymon, eds.
    • Hellnotes, David B. Silva, Paul F. Olson & Garrett Peck, eds.
  • 2003: The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone
    • Fear in a Handful of Dust by Gary A. Braunbeck
    • Ralan.com edited by Ralan Conley
    • Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, edited by Gary Spencer Millidge and Smoky Man
    • Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig
  • 2004: Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig
  • 2005: Horror: Another 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
    • More Giants of the Genre by Michael McCarty
    • Morbid Curiosity magazine #9 by Loren Rhoads
    • The Bradbury Chronicle by Sam Weller
    • Why Buffy Matters: The Art of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' by Rhonda Wilcox
  • 2006: Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo (tie)
  • 2007: Winners not yet announced.
    • Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying Truth About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More by Joshua Gee
    • The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich & Powerful Really Died by Michael Largo
    • The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer
    • Storytellers Unplugged by Joe Nassise and David Niall Wilson

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