Christa Faust

Christa Faust (born June 21, 1969, in New York City) is an American author who writes original novels, as well as novelizations and media tie-ins. Faust won the 2009 Crimespree Award (Best Original Paperback) for Money Shot . ^[1] Money Shot also received nominations for Best Paperback Original from the Edgar Awards, ^[2] Anthony Awards, ^[3] and Barry Awards. ^[4]

Bibliography

Novels

• Control Freak (1998)
• Hoodtown (2004)
• Triads (2004) (with Poppy Z. Brite)
• Money Shot (2008)
• Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire (2010)
• Choke Hold (2011)
• Butch Fatale, Dyke Dick: Double-D Double Cross (2012)

Novelizations and media tie-ins

• A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamspawn (2005)
• The Twilight Zone: Burned / One Night at Mercy (2005)
• Final Destination 3 (2006)
• Friday the 13th: The Jason Strain (2006)
• Snakes on a Plane (2006) (Winner of the Scribe Award for Best Adapted novel in 2007. ^[5] )
• Supernatural: Coyote's Kiss (2011)
• Fringe: The Zodiac Paradox (2013)
• Fringe: The Burning Man (2013)
• Fringe: Sins of the Father (2013)
• Batman: The Killing Joke (2018) ^[6]

Filmography

• The Shining (1997) ^[7]
• Dita in Distress (1999)
• Girl Trouble (2001) ^[8]
• Payne for Hire (2002) ^[9]
• Rope Sluts (2004) ^[10]
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010) ^{[11] [12]}
• April Flores World (2012) ^[13]

The Hunger episode "Skin Deep" was adapted from Faust's 1995 short story "Skin Deep."

References

1. "2009 Crimespree Awards and Chicago Comic Con schedule". Crimespree Magazine. August 3, 2009.
2. "Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2009". Bookreporter.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. "2009 Anthony Award nominations are up!". Crimespree Magazine. May 19, 2009.
4. "The Barry Awards". Deadly Pleasures. 2008-10-09. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
5. "The First Annual Scribe Awards (2007)" . Retrieved July 28, 2025.
6. Holub, Christian. "Iconic DC comics, like The Killing Joke, are getting novelizations". EW.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
7. Warren, Bill (May 1997). "A New Shining". Fangoria . Vol. 1, no. 162. United States: Norman Jacobs. p. 22.
8. van Aarle, Peter (30 June 2002). "Girl Trouble". cavr.com. Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
9. "Payne for Hire". avn.com. AVN. 1 February 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
10. "Rope Sluts". avn.com. AVN. 1 April 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
11. Jahnke, Adam (7 October 2010). "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy - 2-Disc Collector's Edition". archive.thedigitalbits.com. The Digital Bits. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
12. Jacobson, Colin (25 February 2014). "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy[Blu-Ray] (2010)". dvdmg.com. DVD Movie Guide. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
13. "April Flores, Carlos Batts Announce New Film". xbiz.com. XBIZ. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2025.

Further reading

• Choke Hold. Publishers Weekly. 2011;258(34):42. Accessed August 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=65178720&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site*Jacobsen TL. Choke Hold. Library Journal. 2011;136(13):62. Accessed August 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=64501698&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
• Graff K. Choke Hold. Booklist. 2011;108(1):48. Accessed August 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=65426470&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
• Jacobsen TL. Choke Hold. Library Journal. 2011;136(13):62. Accessed August 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=64501698&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
• Graff K. Money Shot. Booklist. 2007;104(7):27-28. Accessed August 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=27969137&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
• Money Shot. Publishers Weekly. 2007;254(48):55. Accessed August 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=28162116&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
• Leber M. Money Shot. Library Journal. 2008;133(1):82. Accessed August 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=28332879&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site

External links

• Official homepage
• Christa Faust at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Christa Faust at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database