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Justin Cronin

ジャスティン・クロニン

Jasutin Kuronin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1962 （New England）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
New England, United States → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Houston, Texas

Career

Occupations
Novelist, English professor
Active Years
1990-2024
Affiliations
La Salle University, Rice University

Education

Harvard University
Country: United States
University of Iowa
Writers' Workshop
Degree: MFA
Country: United States
Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Awards

PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
2002
Work: Mary and O'Neil
Category: Debut Novel
Organization: PEN America
Result: Winner
Stephen Crane Prize
2001
Work: Mary and O'Neil
Organization: Book of the Month Club
Result: Winner
Whiting Award
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mary and O'Neil

2001 Literary fiction

The Summer Guest

2004 Literary fiction

The Passage

2010 Horror

Post-apocalyptic vampire story.

ApocalypseVampires
Adaptations
  • [TV series] The Passage (2019)

The Twelve

2012 Horror

The City of Mirrors

2016 Horror

The Ferryman

2023 Science fiction

Bibliography

  • A Short History of the Long Ball (1990)
  • Mary and O'Neil (2001)
  • The Summer Guest (2004)
  • The Passage (2010)
  • The Twelve (2012)
  • The City of Mirrors (2016)
  • The Ferryman (2023)

Adaptations

  • The Passage TV series

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed world-buildingTense narrative
Recurring Motifs
Post-apocalyptic worldsSupernatural beings

Legacy

American author renowned for his post-apocalyptic horror Passage trilogy.