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Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris
Born	William Thomas Harris III; September 22, 1940 (age 84); Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Alma mater	Baylor University
Period	1975–present
Genre	Crime, horror, suspense
Notable works	Black Sunday; Red Dragon; The Silence of the Lambs; Hannibal; Hannibal Rising; Cari Mora
Spouse	Harriet Anne Haley (m. 1961; div. 1968)
Partner	Pace Barnes
Children	1

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William Thomas Harris III (born September 22, 1940)^[1] is an American writer. He is the author of a series of suspense novels about Hannibal Lecter. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, including The Silence of the Lambs, which became only the third film in Academy Awards history to sweep the Oscars in all of the five major categories.^[2]

His novels have sold more than 50 million copies, with The Silence of the Lambs alone selling 10 million copies, as of 2019.

Biography

Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee,^[3] but moved as a child with his family to Rich, Mississippi. He was introverted and bookish in grade school and then blossomed in high school.^[4] He attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he majored in English and graduated in 1964. While in college, he worked as a reporter for the local newspaper, the Waco Tribune-Herald, covering the police beat. In 1968, he moved to New York City to work for the Associated Press until 1974 when he began work on his debut novel, Black Sunday.^[2]

Personal life

Harris avoids publicity and conducted few interviews between 1976 and 2019.^[5]^[6]^[7] At Baylor University, he met and married Harriet Anne Haley, a fellow student, in June 1961. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Anne, before they divorced in August 1968.^[8] Harris remained close to his mother Polly and called her every night no matter where he was. He often discussed particular scenes from his novels with her.^[9] Polly died on December 31, 2011.^[10]

Harris lives in South Florida and has a summer home in Sag Harbor, New York.^[7] His long-term domestic partner is Pace Barnes, a woman who, according to USA Today, "used to work in publishing and is as outgoing as he is quiet".^[11] Harris' friend and literary agent Morton Janklow said of him: "He's one of the good guys. He is big, bearded and wonderfully jovial. If you met him, you would think he was a choirmaster. He loves cooking—he's done the Le Cordon Bleu exams—and it's great fun to sit with him in the kitchen while he prepares a meal and see that he's as happy as a clam. He has these old-fashioned manners, a courtliness you associate with the South."^[9]

In his first major interview in 43 years, with The New York Times in 2019 to promote Cari Mora, he revealed himself to be a nature lover, and a long-time visitor and volunteer of the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, an animal rescue center in Miami, Florida, for 20 years. The staff were not aware of who Harris was until a few years prior to when the interview was conducted.^[12] He described fame as "more of a nuisance than anything else".^[12]

Approach to writing and critical reception

The Silence of the Lambs came out to a very positive critical reception. The Guardian described it thus: "The Silence of the Lambs stands alone in being, I personally believe, the only FBI-centred novel worth reading." The long-awaited Hannibal received high praise from Stephen King, but John Lanchester claimed that it had a "sense of discontinuity".^[13]

Harris has described his own writing process as difficult, "almost passive."^[14] Fellow novelist Stephen King remarked that if writing is sometimes tedious for other authors, to Harris it is like "writhing on the floor in agonies of frustration", because for Harris, "the very act of writing is a kind of torment". Novelist John Dunning said of Harris, "All he is is a talent of the first rank."^[15] In 2019, Harris elaborated on his process, as well as the difficulty, describing it thus: "...sometimes you really have to shove and grunt and sweat. Some days you go to your office and you're the only one who shows up, none of the characters show up, and you sit there by yourself, feeling like an idiot. And some days everybody shows up ready to work. You have to show up at your office every day. If an idea comes by, you want to be there to get it in."^[12]

Bibliography

Black Sunday (1975)
Cari Mora (2019)^[16]

Hannibal Lecter novels

Red Dragon (1981)
The Silence of the Lambs (1988)
Hannibal (1999)
Hannibal Rising (2006; prequel)

Filmography

Hannibal Rising (2007; screenplay)

References

^ Hoban, Phoebe (April 15, 1991). "The Silence of the Writer". New York. pp. 48–50.
^ ^a ^b Conklin 1999
^ Cowley 2006 p. 45
^ Laughlin 1999
^ Tom Tivnan (May 15, 2019). "How Thomas Harris defined a genre and created fiction's most likeable villain". Penguin Books Limited.
^ Alexandra Alter (May 18, 2019). "Hannibal Lecter's Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b Hoban 1991
^ Streibling 2001
^ ^a ^b Cowley 2006 p. 45
^ Bolivar 2012
^ Minzesheimer 1999
^ ^a ^b ^c Alter, Alexandra (May 18, 2019). "Hannibal Lecter's Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
^ Lanchester, John (July 29, 1999). "Slapping the Clammy Flab". London Review of Books. Vol. 21, no. 15. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
^ "Hannibal Lecter's Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti) (Published 2019)". May 18, 2019. Archived from the original on August 24, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
^ Dunning 1992 p. 159
^ Cari Mora, by Thomas Harris. Grand Central Publishing. January 9, 2019. ISBN 9781538750131. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

Sources

"Polly Coleman Harris", The Bolivar Commercial, January 3, 2012, archived from the original on June 22, 2013, retrieved April 30, 2013
Conklin, Mike (April 18, 1999), "Hannibal is up to his old tricks in 'Silence' sequel", Lubbock Avalanche Journal, archived from the original on October 4, 2012, retrieved June 7, 2011
Cowley, Jason (November 19, 2006), "Creator of a Monstrous Hit", The Observer
Dunning, John. Booked to Die. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992.
Laughlin, Meg (August 15, 1999), "The hunt for Thomas Harris", Houston Chronicle, archived from the original on August 15, 2013, retrieved April 16, 2012
Minzesheimer, Bob (December 2, 1999), "Hungry fans eat up 'Hannibal'", USA Today, retrieved July 22, 2013
Sexton, David. The Strange World of Thomas Harris. London: Short Books, 2001.
Streibling, William (2001). "The Mississippi Writers Page; Thomas Harris". Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2010.

External links

Official website
Thomas Harris at IMDb

[1] Hoban, Phoebe (April 15, 1991). "The Silence of the Writer". New York. pp. 48–50.

[Conklin_1999-2] Conklin 1999

[3] Cowley 2006 p. 45

[4] Laughlin 1999

[5] Tom Tivnan (May 15, 2019). "How Thomas Harris defined a genre and created fiction's most likeable villain". Penguin Books Limited.

[6] Alexandra Alter (May 18, 2019). "Hannibal Lecter's Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti". The New York Times.

[Hoban_1991-7] Hoban 1991

[8] Streibling 2001

[Cowley_2006_p._45-9] Cowley 2006 p. 45

[10] Bolivar 2012

[11] Minzesheimer 1999

[nytimes-12] Alter, Alexandra (May 18, 2019). "Hannibal Lecter's Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2019.

[13] Lanchester, John (July 29, 1999). "Slapping the Clammy Flab". London Review of Books. Vol. 21, no. 15. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[14] "Hannibal Lecter's Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti) (Published 2019)". May 18, 2019. Archived from the original on August 24, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[15] Dunning 1992 p. 159

[16] Cari Mora, by Thomas Harris. Grand Central Publishing. January 9, 2019. ISBN 9781538750131. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

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+{{Short description|American author and screenwriter}}
-'''Thomas Harris''' (born [[1940]] in [[Jackson, Tennessee]]) is an author, most famous for his book ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'', which was made into a [[motion picture]] starring [[Jodie Foster]] as trainee [[FBI]] agent Clarice Starling and [[Anthony Hopkins]] in an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning portrayal of [[psychopath|psychopathic]] [[serial killer]] Dr. [[Hannibal Lecter]].  This book (and movie) is the [[sequel]] to the book (and movie) ''[[Red Dragon]]'' (which has also been filmed under the title ''[[Manhunter (film)|Manhunter]]'') which also included Lecter as a minor character.
+{{other people|Thomas  Harris}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
+{{Infobox writer
+| name             = Thomas Harris
+| birth_name       = William Thomas Harris III
+| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1940|9|22}}
+| birth_place      = [[Jackson, Tennessee]], U.S.
+| occupation       = Novelist
+| nationality      =
+| alma_mater       = [[Baylor University]]
+| period           = 1975&ndash;present
+| genre            = Crime, horror, suspense
+| notableworks     = ''[[Black Sunday (novel)|Black Sunday]]''<br>''[[Red Dragon (novel)|Red Dragon]]''<br>''[[The Silence of the Lambs (novel)|The Silence of the Lambs]]''<br>''[[Hannibal (Harris novel)|Hannibal]]''<br>''[[Hannibal Rising]]''<br>''[[Cari Mora]]''
+| spouse           = {{marriage|Harriet Anne Haley|1961|1968|end = divorced}}
+| children         = 1
+| partner          = Pace Barnes
+}}
+'''William Thomas Harris III''' (born September 22, 1940)<ref>{{cite magazine| last = Hoban| first = Phoebe| title = The Silence of the Writer| magazine = New York| pages = 48–50| date = April 15, 1991| url =   https://books.google.com/books?id=aukCAAAAMBAJ&q=The+Silence+of+the+Writer+Hoban%2C+Phoebe&pg=PA48}}</ref> is an American writer. He is the author of a series of suspense novels about [[Hannibal Lecter]]. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, including ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'', which became only the third film in [[Academy Awards]] history to sweep the Oscars in all of the five major categories.<ref name="Conklin 1999">Conklin 1999</ref>
-Harris was born in Tennessee but moved as a child with his family to Rich, [[Mississippi]].  He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas]], where he majored in English and graduated in [[1964]]. While in college,  he worked as reporter for the local newspaper, the ''Waco Tribune-Herald'', covering the police beat.  In [[1968]], he moved to [[New York]] to work for the [[Associated Press]].
+His novels have sold more than 50 million copies, with ''The Silence of the Lambs'' alone selling 10 million copies, as of 2019.
-The [[Munich massacre|deaths]] of eleven [[Israel|Israeli]] athletes at the [[1972]] [[Munich Olympics]] compelled Harris to write the [[1975]] best-selling book ''[[Black Sunday]]'', a fictional novel about the plans of a [[terrorism|terrorist]] group to seize control of a [[blimp]], place a [[shrapnel]] bomb on board, and explode it during the [[Super Bowl]].  This book was also made into a movie starring [[Robert Shaw]] and [[Bruce Dern]].
+==Biography==
-Harris' latest novel, ''[[Hannibal]]'', came out in [[2000]], once again featuring Starling and Lecter. The novel received mixed reviews, with most critics panning the ending, in which Starling and Lecter become lovers.
+Harris was born in [[Jackson, Tennessee]],<ref>Cowley 2006 p. 45</ref> but moved as a child with his family to [[Rich, Mississippi]]. He was introverted and bookish in grade school and then blossomed in high school.<ref>Laughlin 1999</ref> He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas]], where he majored in [[English studies|English]] and graduated in 1964. While in college, he worked as a reporter for the local newspaper, the ''[[Waco Tribune-Herald]]'', covering the police beat. In 1968, he moved to New York City to work for the [[Associated Press]] until 1974 when he began work on his debut novel, ''[[Black Sunday (novel)|Black Sunday]]''.<ref name="Conklin 1999"/>
+==Personal life==
-''Hannibal'' was inevitably made into a movie, in which Hopkins reprised his role as Lecter. Foster decided to pass on the new movie, allegedly for its unfavorable portrayal of Agent Starling. The character was instead played by [[Julianne Moore]]. The movie adaptation was as much of a love/hate phenomenon (with more people falling in the latter category) as the novel had been, and both Harris and [[Dino De Laurentiis]], who had produced both films, were accused of trying to turn the series into a cash cow.
+Harris avoids publicity and conducted few interviews between 1976 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Thomas Harris defined a genre and created fiction's most likeable villain|date=May 15, 2019|author=Tom Tivnan|publisher=[[Penguin Books Limited]]|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/may/how-thomas-harris-defined-a-genre-and-created-fiction-s-most-likeable-villain.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hannibal Lecter's Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti|author= Alexandra Alter|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 18, 2019|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/books/thomas-harris-new-book.html)}}</ref><ref name="Hoban 1991">Hoban 1991</ref> At Baylor University, he met and married Harriet Anne Haley, a fellow student, in June 1961. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Anne, before they divorced in August 1968.<ref>Streibling 2001</ref> Harris remained close to his mother Polly and called her every night no matter where he was. He often discussed particular scenes from his novels with her.<ref name="Cowley 2006 p. 45">Cowley 2006 p. 45</ref> Polly died on December 31, 2011.<ref>Bolivar 2012</ref>
+Harris lives in [[South Florida]] and has a summer home in [[Sag Harbor, New York]].<ref name="Hoban 1991"/> His long-term domestic partner is Pace Barnes, a woman who, according to ''[[USA Today]]'', "used to work in publishing and is as outgoing as he is quiet".<ref>Minzesheimer 1999</ref> Harris' friend and literary agent [[Morton L. Janklow|Morton Janklow]] said of him: "He's one of the good guys. He is big, bearded and wonderfully jovial. If you met him, you would think he was a choirmaster. He loves cooking—he's done the [[Le Cordon Bleu]] exams—and it's great fun to sit with him in the kitchen while he prepares a meal and see that he's as happy as a clam. He has these old-fashioned manners, a courtliness you associate with the South."<ref name="Cowley 2006 p. 45"/>
-Harris' next novel, ''[[Behind the Mask (novel)|Behind the Mask]]'', centers around Lecter as a young man. It is due for release in late [[2005]].
+In his first major interview in 43 years, with ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 2019 to promote ''[[Cari Mora]]'', he revealed himself to be a nature lover, and a long-time visitor and volunteer of the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, an animal rescue center in Miami, Florida, for 20 years. The staff were not aware of who Harris was until a few years prior to when the interview was conducted.<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/books/thomas-harris-new-book.html|title=Hannibal Lecter's Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti)|last=Alter|first=Alexandra|date=May 18, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 3, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He described fame as "more of a nuisance than anything else".<ref name="nytimes"/>
-Books by Thomas Harris:
+==Approach to writing and critical reception==
-*[[Black Sunday]] (1975)
+''The Silence of the Lambs'' came out to a very positive critical reception. ''[[The Guardian]]'' described it thus: "''The Silence of the Lambs'' stands alone in being, I personally believe, the only FBI-centred novel worth reading." The long-awaited ''Hannibal'' received high praise from [[Stephen King]], but [[John Lanchester]] claimed that it had a "sense of discontinuity".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lanchester |first=John |date=1999-07-29 |title=Slapping the Clammy Flab |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v21/n15/john-lanchester/slapping-the-clammy-flab |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=London Review of Books |language=en |volume=21 |issue=15 |issn=0260-9592}}</ref>
-*[[Red Dragon]] (1981)
-*[[The Silence of the Lambs]] (1988)
-*[[Hannibal (movie)|Hannibal]] (1999)
-*[[Behind the Mask (novel)|Behind the Mask]] (2005)
+Harris has described his own writing process as difficult, "almost passive."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-18 |title=Hannibal Lecter’s Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti) (Published 2019) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/books/thomas-harris-new-book.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240824003634/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/books/thomas-harris-new-book.html |archive-date=2024-08-24 |access-date=2024-12-18 |language=en}}</ref> Fellow novelist [[Stephen King]] remarked that if writing is sometimes tedious for other authors, to Harris it is like "writhing on the floor in agonies of frustration", because for Harris, "the very act of writing is a kind of torment". Novelist [[John Dunning (detective fiction author)|John Dunning]] said of Harris, "All he is<!--not a mistake--> is a talent of the first rank."<ref>Dunning 1992 p. 159</ref> In 2019, Harris elaborated on his process, as well as the difficulty, describing it thus: "...sometimes you really have to shove and grunt and sweat. Some days you go to your office and you're the only one who shows up, none of the characters show up, and you sit there by yourself, feeling like an idiot. And some days everybody shows up ready to work. You have to show up at your office every day. If an idea comes by, you want to be there to get it in."<ref name="nytimes" />
-[[Category:1940 births|Harris, Thomas]]
-[[Category:American novelists|Harris, Thomas]]
-[[Category:Hannibal|Harris, Thomas]]
+==Bibliography==
-[[da:Thomas Harris]]
+*''[[Black Sunday (novel)|Black Sunday]]'' (1975)
-[[de:Thomas Harris]]
+*''[[Cari Mora]]'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/thomas-harris/cari-mora/9781538750131/|title=Cari Mora, by Thomas Harris|date=January 9, 2019|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=9781538750131 |language=en|access-date=January 9, 2019}}</ref>
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-[[sv:Thomas Harris]]
+===Hannibal Lecter novels===
-[[fr:Thomas Harris]]
+#''[[Red Dragon (novel)|Red Dragon]]'' (1981)
+#''[[The Silence of the Lambs (novel)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1988)
+#''[[Hannibal (Harris novel)|Hannibal]]'' (1999)
+#''[[Hannibal Rising]]'' (2006; prequel)
+==Filmography==
+* ''[[Hannibal Rising (film)|Hannibal Rising]]'' (2007; screenplay)
+==See also==
+*[[Hannibal Lecter (franchise)|''Hannibal Lecter'' (franchise)]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==Sources==
+{{refbegin}}
+* {{Citation| title =Polly Coleman Harris| journal =The Bolivar Commercial| url =http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/16973913/article-Polly-Coleman-Harris?instance=most_popular| date =January 3, 2012| access-date =April 30, 2013| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130622055239/http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/16973913/article-Polly-Coleman-Harris?instance=most_popular| archive-date =June 22, 2013| df =mdy-all}}
+* {{Citation
+  | last = Conklin
+  | first = Mike
+  | title = Hannibal is up to his old tricks in 'Silence' sequel
+  | journal = Lubbock Avalanche Journal
+  | url = http://lubbockonline.com/stories/041899/ent_041899051.shtml
+  | date = April 18, 1999
+  | access-date = June 7, 2011
+  | archive-date = October 4, 2012
+  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004183059/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/041899/ent_041899051.shtml
+  | url-status = dead
+  }}
+* {{Citation
+  | last = Cowley
+  | first = Jason
+  | title = Creator of a Monstrous Hit
+  | journal = The Observer
+  | date = November 19, 2006
+  | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/nov/19/fiction.thomasharris
+  }}
+* Dunning, John. ''Booked to Die''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992.
+* {{Citation
+ |last         = Laughlin
+ |first        = Meg
+ |title        = The hunt for Thomas Harris
+ |journal      = Houston Chronicle
+ |date         = August 15, 1999
+ |url          = http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1999_3158194/the-hunt-for-thomas-harris-neighbors-talk-but-hann.html
+ |access-date  = April 16, 2012
+ |url-status   = dead
+ |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130815212906/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1999_3158194/the-hunt-for-thomas-harris-neighbors-talk-but-hann.html
+ |archive-date = August 15, 2013
+ |df           = mdy-all
+}}
+* {{Citation
+  | last = Minzesheimer
+  | first = Bob
+  | title = Hungry fans eat up 'Hannibal'
+  | journal = USA Today
+  | url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/enter/books/book128.htm
+  | date = December 2, 1999
+  | access-date = July 22, 2013
+  }}
+* Sexton, David. ''The Strange World of Thomas Harris''. London: Short Books, 2001.
+*{{Cite web
+  | last = Streibling
+  | first = William
+  | title = The Mississippi Writers Page; Thomas Harris
+  | year = 2001
+  | url = http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/harris_thomas/index.html
+  | access-date = March 29, 2010
+  | archive-date = October 11, 2015
+  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151011035254/http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/harris_thomas/index.html
+  | url-status = dead
+  }}
+{{refend}}
+==External links==
+{{wikiquote}}
+*{{official website|https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/12046/thomas-harris/}}
+*{{IMDb name|id=0365383}}
+{{Hannibal}}
+{{Bram Stoker Award Best Novel}}
+{{Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement}}
+{{Authority control}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Thomas}}
+[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:American crime fiction writers]]
+[[Category:American male novelists]]
+[[Category:American thriller writers]]
+[[Category:American psychological fiction writers]]
+[[Category:Baylor University alumni]]
+[[Category:Hannibal Lecter (franchise)]]
+[[Category:People from Jackson, Tennessee]]
+[[Category:People from Coahoma County, Mississippi]]
+[[Category:Writers from New York City]]
+[[Category:Novelists from Tennessee]]
+[[Category:Anthony Award winners]]
+[[Category:American male screenwriters]]
+[[Category:20th-century American novelists]]
+[[Category:21st-century American novelists]]
+[[Category:Novelists from New York (state)]]
+[[Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)]]
+[[Category:Screenwriters from Mississippi]]
+[[Category:20th-century American male writers]]
+[[Category:21st-century American male writers]]
+[[Category:1940 births]]

v t e Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel
1987–2000	Misery by Stephen King and Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon (1987) The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (1988) Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons (1989) Mine by Robert R. McCammon (1990) Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon (1991) Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F. Monteleone (1992) The Throat by Peter Straub (1993) Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder (1994) Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates (1995) The Green Mile by Stephen King (1996) Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge (1997) Bag of Bones by Stephen King (1998) Mr. X by Peter Straub (1999) The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon (2000)
2000–2009	American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001) The Night Class by Thomas Piccirilli (2002) Lost Boy, Lost Girl by Peter Straub (2003) In the Night Room by Peter Straub (2004) Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob and Creepers by David Morrell (2005) Lisey's Story by Stephen King (2006) The Missing by Sarah Langan (2007) Duma Key by Stephen King (2008) Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan (2009) A Dark Matter by Peter Straub (2010)
2011–2020	Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney (2011) The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2012) Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (2013) Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem (2014) A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul G. Tremblay (2015) The Fisherman by John Langan (2016) Ararat by Christopher Golden (2017) The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul G. Tremblay (2018) Coyote Rage by Owl Goingback (2019) The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (2020)
2021-2030	My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (2021) The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (2022) The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (2023)

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