PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
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Edition 21 (2011) Winner
John Lee Farris
ジョン・リー・ファリス
Jon Rī Farris
Pen Names:
Steve Brackeen（Pseudonym for hardboiled crime novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-07-26 （Jefferson City, Missouri）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Memphis, Tennessee → New York → Southern California → Puerto Rico → Near Atlanta, Georgia
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, screenwriter, playwright
- Active Years
- 1956-2024
- Influenced
- Stephen King
- Nominations
- Scare Tactics (nominated for Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection, 1988)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhodes College | — | Department of Literature | — | — | United States |
Rhodes College
Department of Literature
Country:
United States
Attended Southwestern College (now Rhodes College)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement | — | — | Horror Writers Association | won |
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
2001
Organization:
Horror Writers Association
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Fury
1976 Suspense/HorrorA story revolving around a boy with psychic powers.
Psychic powersFamilyConspiracy
Adaptations
- [Film] The Fury / Brian De Palma (1978)
Bibliography
- The Corpse Next Door (1956)
- The Body on the Beach (1957, as Steve Brackeen)
- Baby Moll (1958, as Steve Brackeen)
- Danger in My Blood (1958, as Steve Brackeen)
- Harrison High (1959)
- Delfina (1962, as Steve Brackeen)
- The Long Light of Dawn (1962)
- The Guardians (1964, as Steve Brackeen)
- King Windom (1967)
- When Michael Calls (1967)
- The Girl from Harrison High (1968)
- The Captors (1969)
- A Sudden Stillness (1970)
- The Trouble at Harrison High (1970)
- Shadow on Harrison High (1972)
- Happy Anniversary, Harrison High (1973)
- Crisis at Harrison High (1974)
- Sharp Practice (1974)
- The Fury (1976)
- Bad Blood (1977)
- All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By (1977)
- Shatter (1980)
- Catacombs (1981)
- The Uninvited (1982)
- Son of the Endless Night (1984)
- Minotaur (1985)
- Wildwood (1986)
- Nightfall (1987)
- Scare Tactics (1988)
- The Axeman Cometh (1989)
- Fiends (1990)
- Demonios (1991)
- Sacrifice (1994)
- Dragonfly (1995)
- Soon She Will Be Gone (1997)
- Solar Eclipse (1999)
- The Fury and the Terror (2001)
- The Fury and the Power (2003)
- Phantom Nights (2004)
- Elvisland (2004)
- Avenging Fury (2008)
- You Don't Scare Me (2007)
- High Bloods (2009)
Adaptations
- Harrison High adapted as Because They're Young (1960)
- When Michael Calls (1972)
- The Fury (1978)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Southern GothicSuspenseHorror
- Recurring Motifs
- Supernatural elementsFamily dramaPsychological terror
Legacy
Renowned American horror novelist, famous for The Fury, recipient of Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award.
In Popular Culture
- Influenced Stephen King.
Trivia
- Achieved best-seller status at age 23.
- Guest of Honor at World Horror Convention (1995, 2015).