Nancy Holder

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Nancy Holder
BornNancy Lindsay Jones
(1953-08-29) August 29, 1953 (age 70)
Los Altos, California, U.S.
Pen nameMelissa J. Morgan
Occupation
  • writer
  • editor
NationalityAmerican
Education
Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel
(1994)
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (r. 2022)
SpouseWayne Holder
Website
nancyholder.com

Nancy Holder (born August 29, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series

Smallville
.

Personal life and education

Holder was born Nancy Lindsay Jones in

University of California at San Diego
with a Communications degree.

Holder is married to Wayne Holder, with whom she has a daughter, Belle Claire Christine Holder (born October 28, 1996).

Career

Holder is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in horror writing. She won Best Short Story in 1991 for "Lady Madonna," in 1993 for "I Hear the Mermaids Singing," and in 1994 for "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain." She won Best Novel in 1994 for Dead in the Water. Other books by Nancy Holder (and Debbie Viguié) include the "Wicked" series, about a family feud between a coven of witches called the Cahors and a coven of warlocks called the Devereux.

Holder contributed to the design of Dungeon Master, developed and sold by her husband Wayne Holder's company FTL Games.[1] She has also begun collaborating with her daughter, Claire Holder, when published short stories.

Holder contributed the original story concept to the 2018 Firefly novel Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove.

She occasionally teaches courses in writing and on Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the

University of California at San Diego
.

In 2014, Holder stepped into the position of Vice President of the Horror Writers Association.[2]

Awards

Awards for Holder's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1991 "Lady Madonna" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [3]
1993 "I Hear the Mermaids Singing" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [4]
1994 "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [5]
1994 Dead in the Water Bram Stoker Award for Novel Winner [6]
1994 Making Love Locus Award for Horror Novel 9th [7]
1995 Dead in the Water Locus Award for Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel 15th [7]
1999 The Angel Chronicles: A Novelization Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers Finalist [7]
2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Immortal Listen Up Award for Popular Culture Winner [8]
2005 Outsiders Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology Finalist [9]
2011 The Screaming Season Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel Winner [10][11][12][13][14]
2016 Crimson Peak Scribe Award for Adapted Novel — General and Speculative Finalist [15]
2019 Faust Award Winner [16]
2019 Firefly: Big Damn Hero Dragon Award for Best Media Tie-In Novel Finalist [7][17]
2020 Mary Shelley Presents Bram Stoker Award for Best Graphic Novel Winner [18][19]
2021 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement Winner [20][21][22]

Bibliography

Novels

Collections

  • Wings and Other Poems (poems) (1972)

Series

Gambler's Star
  • The Six Families (1998)
  • Legacies and Lies (1999)
  • Invasions (2000)
Wicked
  • Witch (2002) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Curse (2002) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Legacy (2003) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Spellbound (2003) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Resurrection (2009) (with Debbie Viguié)
RSVP
  • Camp Confidential (2005) (as Melissa J. Morgan)
Possessions
  • Possessions (2009)
  • The Evil Within (2010)[24]
  • The Screaming Season (Mar 2011)
Crusade
  • Crusade (2010) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Damned (2011) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Vanquished (2012) (with Debbie Viguié)
Wolf Springs Chronicles
  • Unleashed (2011) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Hot Blooded (July 9, 2012) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Savage (2013) (with Debbie Viguié)

Buffyverse works

Novels

Short stories

She has also written short stories in:

Non-Buffyverse:

  • Tales of Zorro
  • The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Furry Fantastic (with Belle Holder)
  • Pandora's Closet (with Belle Holder)

Anthologies

Anthology or Collection Contents Publication

Date

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance[25] Vampire Unchained 2008
An Apple for a Creature[26] VSI Aug 2012

Non-fiction

  • Angel: the Casefiles, Volume 1 (with Jeff Mariotte and Maryelizabeth Hart) (1999)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to the Buffyverse (2017)

Comics

Beginning in 2009 she has contributed a number of stories for the Domino Lady comics published by Moonstone Books.

See also

References

  1. ^ Maher, Jimmy (December 11, 2015). "Dungeon Master, Part 1: The Making of". The Digital Antiquarian. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  2. Locus Online
    . December 17, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "1991 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees – The Bram Stoker Awards". Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "1993 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees – The Bram Stoker Awards". Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "1994 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees – The Bram Stoker Awards". Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "1994 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "Nancy Holder Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  8. ^ Zinsser, John; Rosenblum, Trudi M.; Maughan |, Shannon (January 3, 2000). "PW: Listen Up Awards". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "2005 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "2011 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  11. ^ "Awards: Bram Stoker; Donner Prize". Shelf Awareness. April 5, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  12. ^ "Bram Stoker Awards 2012". Science Fiction Awards Database. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  13. Locus Online. April 2, 2012. Archived
    from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  14. Tor.com. April 2, 2012. Archived
    from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  15. Locus Online
    . July 25, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  16. Locus Online
    . April 29, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  17. Locus Online
    . September 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  18. Bram Stoker Awards. Archived
    from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  19. Locus Online. May 24, 2021. Archived
    from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  20. ^ "Bram Stoker Awards 2022". Science Fiction Awards Database. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  21. ^ "HWA Announces 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Jo Fletcher, Nancy Holder, and Koji Suzuki". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on February 28, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  22. Locus Online. April 7, 2022. Archived
    from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  23. ^ "Crimson Peak: The Official Movie Novelization".
  24. ISBN 978-1595142917
  25. ^ The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance. Ottawa Library. 2008. pp. Table of Contents.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  26. ^ "An Apple for a Creature".

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