Bev Vincent

Leben und Werk

Bev Vincent ist der Autor von Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life and Influences, The Dark Tower Companion, The Road to the Dark Tower, das für den Bram Stoker Award nominierte Begleitbuch zu Stephen Kings Dunkler-Turm-Reihe, und The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, das für einen Edgar® Award 2010 und einen Bram Stoker Award 2009 nominiert wurde.

Zu den weiteren Preisnominierungen gehören die 18. jährlichen Rondo Awards für "Doctor Sleep: The World Will Shine Again' in SCREEM #38 und die Locus Awards 2023 für Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences. Im Jahr 2018 war er Mitherausgeber der Anthologie Flight or Fright mit Stephen King, die für den Goodreads Choice Award nominiert wurde.

Sachbücher

• The Road to the Dark Tower (2005)
• The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (2005)
• The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book (2005, co-editor)
• The Stephen King Illustrated Companion (2009)
• The Dark Tower Companion (2013)

Belletristik

• Flight or Fright (2018)
• Wächter der Gerechten (2001)
• Das geheime Zimmer (2006)
• Ruf der Toten - Inferno 1 (2006)
• Schwester der Toten - Inferno 2 (2006)
• Macht der Toten - Inferno 3 (2006)

Auszeichnungen

• Harming Obsession (first place): The Harrow Halloween contest, October 30, 2000
• Quietly (honorable mention): Woodlands Writers Guild 2000 writer’s contest
• The Rendezvous (third place): Woodlands Writers Guild 2001 writer’s contest
• Special Delivery (second place): Weird Tales Contest, World Horror Convention 2003
• Stephen King’s Gotham Café, Best Adaptation – International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival, 2004
• Sufficiently Advanced (first place): Apex Digest Halloween Contest, 2006
• Therapy (winner): Wee Small Hours contest, Hellnotes, April 2006
• Charlie’s Voice (honorable mention): Apex Digest Halloween Contest, 2007
• The Fingernail Test (first place): Apex Digest Halloween Contest, 2009
• Rule Number One: Selected as a Distinguished Mystery Story in The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
• The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, winner: non-fiction category, The London Book Festival 2009
• The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction (Reader’s Choice), Black Quill Awards
• The Bank Job, winner of the 2010 Al Blanchard Award, November 2010
• New Scientist 2010 Flash Fiction Contest – Forgotten Futures: finalist
• The Best Defense (third place): Hofstra Law School/Mulholland Books Mystery Writing Competition

Weblinks

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