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| Born | Ciechanów, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish, American |
| Education | BA |
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico |
| Known for | Horror novels |
| Website | aniaahlborn |
Ania Ahlborn is a Polish American horror novelist whose self-published debut novel Seed reached #1 on Amazon's list of best-selling horror novels in 2011. [1] She is the author of several novels, novellas and short stories in the horror genre.
Ahlborn was born in Ciechanów, Poland. She earned a degree in English from the University of New Mexico. [2] Ahlborn is currently married and living in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
She writes horror thrillers and self-published before she got representation. Ahlborn is now published through Simon and Schuster. [3] Her novels were nominated for a This is Horror "Novel of the Year" award in 2015 [4] and 2017 [5] for Brother and The Devil Crept In, respectively. Her books have been translated into German. [6]
Rights to adapt her first novel were optioned by Amazon Studios in 2012, [7] but an adaptation has not been released.
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