Brian A. Hopkins

Brian A. Hopkins (born December 29, 1960) is an American horror writer. His works include the novel The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club and the novellas El Dia De Los Muertos and Five Days in April, all of which received Bram Stoker Awards. He edited the Stoker-winning horror anthology Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth, as well as three other Extremes anthologies.[2][3] His works have also been nominated for the Nebula Awards, Theodore Sturgeon Awards, Locus Awards, and International Horror Guild Awards.[4]

Brian A. Hopkins
Born (1960-12-29) December 29, 1960
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States[1]
OccupationElectronics engineer
Alma materUniversity of Memphis, Oklahoma State University
GenreHorror fiction
Science fiction
Notable awardsBram Stoker Award
2002 El Dia De Los Muertos
2001 Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth
2000 The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club
1999 Five Days in April

Biography

Hopkins was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1960. He has lived in the Oklahoma City area since 1983. In October 2018, he retired as the deputy director of the 76th Software Maintenance Group at Tinker Air Force Base, culminating a 35-year civil service career.[5]

His first short story was published in Dragon magazine in 1990.[6]

Awards

From 1999 to 2002, Hopkins was nominated for a total of seven Bram Stoker Awards, winning four.[2]

In 1999, his novella Five Days in April, set in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, tied for the 1999 Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction and was nominated for both a Nebula Award for Best Novelette and a Sturgeon Award for best short science fiction story.[4]

In 2000, he received three Stoker Award nominations. The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club was nominated for Best Novel and won Best First Novel, defeating a field including Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves. The Hopkins-edited anthology Extremes: Fantasy & Horror from the Ends of the Earth was nominated for Best Anthology but did not win.

In 2001, his second Extremes anthology Extremes 2: Fantasy & Horror from the Ends of the Earth won the Stoker Award for Best Anthology. Along with Garrett Peck, he also co-edited the nonfiction book Personal Demons, which was nominated for a Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction but did not win.

In 2002, his novella El Dia De Los Muertos tied with Thomas Ligotti's My Work is Not Yet Done for another Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction, defeating a field of nominees that included Neil Gaiman's novella Coraline. El Dia De Los Muertos was also nominated for a Locus Award for Best Novella (losing to The Tain by China Miéville) and for an International Horror Guild Award (losing to My Work is Not Yet Done).

Hopkins also wrote two stories which were nominated for 1996 International Horror Guild Awards: the short story "Dead Art" and (with David Niall Wilson) the novella La Belle Dame Sans Merci.[7]

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References
  1. "Homepage for author Brian A. Hopkins". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. "Horror Writers Association - Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". Horror Writers Association. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. "Summary Bibliography: Brian A. Hopkins". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. "Brian A. Hopkins Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  5. "Former GM plant in Oklahoma is now hub for aerospace jobs". NewsOK.com. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2017. Brian Hopkins, deputy director for the 76th Software Maintenance Group...
  6. "Interview: Brian A. Hopkins". Strange Horizons. 26 May 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  7. "Award Bibliography: Brian A. Hopkins". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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