Nancy A. Collins

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Nancy A. Collins

Nancy A. Collins
Born (1959-09-10) September 10, 1959
McGehee, Arkansas, United States
Pen name Nanzi Regalia[1]
Occupation Novelist
Short story writer
Genres Horror fiction
Fantasy
Science fiction

Nancy A. Collins (born September 10, 1959) is a United States horror fiction writer best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonja Blue. [2] Collins has also written for comic books, including the Swamp Thing series, Jason Vs. Leatherface, Predator: Hell Come A Walkin and her own one-shot Dhampire: Stillborn.[1]

Collins was born in McGehee, Arkansas, United States. She lived in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1980s; after time in New York City and Atlanta, Georgia she settled in Wilmington, North Carolina in the late 2000s.

Writing

Collins has written fourteen novels since 1989, most of which refer to and directly include races of creatures the author calls Pretenders, monsters from myth and legend passing as human to better hunt their prey. She is best known for her vampire character, Sonja Blue.[3]

Bibliography

Novels

Collections

  • Nameless Sins (1992)
  • Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection (1995)
  • Avenue X (2000)
  • Knuckles and Tales (2002)
  • Dead Roses For A Blue Lady (2002)
  • Dead Man's Hand: Five Tales of the Weird West (2004)

Chapbooks

  • The Tortuga Hill Gang's Last Ride: The True Story (1991)
  • Cold Turkey (1992)
  • Voodoo Chile (2002)
  • The Thing From Lover's Lane (2003)

Movie tie-ins

Anthologies edited

  • Forbidden Acts (1995) (with Martin H Greenberg and Edward E Kramer)
  • Dark Love (1995) (with Martin H Greenberg and Edward E Kramer)
  • Gahan Wilson's the Ultimate Haunted House (1996) (with Gahan Wilson)

Non-fiction

  • The Big Book of Losers (1996)

Comic books

  • Swamp Thing (DC/Vertigo, 1991–1993)
  • Jason vs. Leatherface (Topps Comics, 1995)
  • Sunglasses After Dark (Verotik Publications, 1995–1997)
  • Machina Jones (Marvel Comics, 1995)
  • Dhampire: Stillborn Vertigo, 1996; DC Comics, 1997, ISBN 978-1-56389-256-1
  • Predator: Hell Come A'Walkin (Dark Horse, 1996)

Screen plays

  • Dead Town (1999, unproduced)
  • Sonja Blue written w/Eric Wallace (2006,unproduced)
  • Devil Head (2006, unproduced)

Awards

  • Bram Stoker Award First Novel winner (1990) : Sunglasses after Dark
  • Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1997) : The Thing from Lover's Lane
  • Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (2003) : Knuckles and Tales
  • International Horror Guild Best Collection nominee (2003) Knuckles and Tales

Other

Founder International Horror Guild

See also

  • List of horror fiction authors

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Nancy A Collins". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved November 1, 2010. 
  2. Monica I. O'Rourke "Nancy Collins" in: Richard Bleiler, Ed. Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror. New York: Thomson/Gale, 2003. (p. 221-226). ISBN 9780684312507
  3. "Nancy A. Collins - about the author". Retrieved November 1, 2010. 

Further reading

  • David Mathew, "Collins, Nancy A(verill)", in David Pringle, ed., St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic Writers (Detroit: St. James Press, 1998) ISBN 1558622063

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