Goodreads Choice Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2019) Winner
Blake Crouch
ブレイク・クラウチ
Bureiku Kurōchi
Aliases:
William Blake Crouch
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1978-10-15 （near Statesville, North Carolina）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- North Carolina
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 2004-2024
- Nominations
- Pines - International Thriller Writers Awards 2013 Best Original Paperback Novel, The Last Town - Goodreads Choice Award 2014 Horror, Dark Matter - Goodreads Choice Award 2016 Science Fiction, Good Behavior (audiobook) - Audie Awards 2018 Best Short Stories or Collections, Upgrade - Goodreads Choice Award 2022 Romance
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Iredell High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | — | English and creative writing | Bachelor's degrees | — | United States |
North Iredell High School
Country:
United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
English and creative writing
Degree:
Bachelor's degrees
Year of Graduation:
2000
Country:
United States
Graduated with degrees in English and creative writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Goodreads Choice Award | Recursion | Best Science Fiction Novel | Goodreads | won |
Goodreads Choice Award
2019
Work:
Recursion
Category:
Best Science Fiction Novel
Organization:
Goodreads
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dark Matter
2016 Science fictionA thriller involving parallel universes.
Parallel universesIdentity
Adaptations
- [Television series] Dark Matter (2024)
Recursion
2019 Science fictionA story about manipulating memory and time.
Time travelMemory
Wayward Pines Trilogy
2012 ThrillerTrilogy set in the mysterious town of Wayward Pines.
Isolated communitySurvival
Adaptations
- [Television series] Wayward Pines (2015)
Upgrade
2022 Science fictionNovel about human evolution.
Genetic engineeringEvolution
Bibliography
- Desert Places
- Locked Doors
- Break You
- Stirred
- Pines
- Wayward
- The Last Town
- Abandon
- Famous
- Snowbound
- Run
- Eerie
- Dark Matter
- Good Behavior
- Summer Frost
- Recursion
- Upgrade
Adaptations
- Wayward Pines (TV series, 2015)
- Good Behavior (TV series, 2016)
- Dark Matter (TV series, 2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fast-paced thrillersIntegration of scientific concepts
- Recurring Motifs
- Parallel realitiesTime manipulationIdentity crisis
Legacy
American bestselling science fiction thriller author whose works have been adapted into multiple TV series, winner of Goodreads Choice Award.
In Popular Culture
- Works adapted for TV on Apple TV+ and others
Trivia
- Began writing short stories and early novel drafts in middle school.