Lord Ruthven Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1990) Winner
Nancy A. Collins
ナンシー・エー・コリンズ
Nanshī Ē Korinzusu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1959-09-10 （McGehee, Arkansas）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New Orleans, Louisiana → New York City → Atlanta, Georgia → coastal North Carolina and Virginia → Macon, Georgia
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Comic book writer
- Active Years
- 1989-
- Affiliations
- International Horror Guild
- Nominations
- 1990 Locus Award First Novel Sunglasses After Dark, 1990 Locus Award Horror Sunglasses After Dark, 1990 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, 1990 Compton Crook Award, 1991 Locus Award Horror/Dark Fantasy Tempter, 1992 Locus Award Horror/Dark Fantasy In the Blood, 1992 Eisner Awards Swamp Thing #113, 1995 Locus Award Horror/Dark Fantasy Wild Blood, 1995 Locus Award Collection Nameless Sins, 1996 Locus Award Horror/Dark Fantasy Paint it Black, 1996 Locus Award Anthology Dark Love, 1996 World Fantasy Award Anthology Dark Love, 1996 Bram Stoker Award Long Fiction The Thing from Lover's Lane, 1998 Seiun Award Translated Long Work Sunglasses After Dark, 2002 International Horror Guild Award Collection Knuckles and Tales, 2002 Bram Stoker Award Fiction Collection Knuckles and Tales
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Bram Stoker Award | Sunglasses After Dark | First Novel | Horror Writers Association | Won |
| 1990 | Lord Ruthven Award | Sunglasses After Dark | Fiction | — | Won |
| 1990 | British Fantasy Award | — | Sydney J. Bounds Award (Newcomer) | — | Won |
| 1996 | Deathrealm Award | Dark Love | Anthology | — | Won |
Bram Stoker Award
1989
Work:
Sunglasses After Dark
Category:
First Novel
Organization:
Horror Writers Association
Result:
Won
Lord Ruthven Award
1990
Work:
Sunglasses After Dark
Category:
Fiction
Result:
Won
British Fantasy Award
1990
Category:
Sydney J. Bounds Award (Newcomer)
Result:
Won
Deathrealm Award
1996
Work:
Dark Love
Category:
Anthology
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sunglasses After Dark
1989 HorrorFeatures Sonja Blue, a vampire hunter with demonic powers.
VampiresMonstersMythical creatures
Translations
- Japanese translation (Seiun nominee)
Tempter
1991 Horror/Dark FantasyIn the Blood
1992 Horror/Dark FantasyWild Blood
1993 HorrorDark Love
1995 AnthologyEdited horror anthology.
Love and Horror
Bibliography
- See Nancy A. Collins bibliography
Translations of Works
- Sunglasses After Dark (Japanese translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Depictions of Pretenders, monsters posing as humansVampire fiction with parasitic themes
- Recurring Motifs
- Sonja Blue vampire hunterMythical monsters as Pretenders
Legacy
Known for horror novels, especially Sonja Blue vampire series. Founder of International Horror Guild.
Trivia
- Founder of the International Horror Guild.
- Best known for the Sonja Blue series.