Jeff Strand

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Jeff Strand
Born (1970-12-14) December 14, 1970 (age 54)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Genre Horror comedy, thriller, young adult fiction
Years active1996–present
Notable awards Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction (2022)
PartnerBridgett Nelson
Website
www.jeffstrand.com

Jeff Strand (born December 14, 1970) is an American writer, known for his works of comedy horror.

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He has written novels, short stories, screenplays, and comedy sketches. [1] In addition to his adult-oriented horror works, Strand also writes young adult fiction. [2] He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award five times, winning the award for the first time in the Best Long Fiction category for his novella Twentieth Anniversary Screening (2022). [3] [4]

Biography

Strand was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, at six months of age. [5] Prior to his freshman year of high school, he moved to Kent, Ohio, and attended Theodore Roosevelt High School, graduating in 1989. He went on to Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, where he majored in creative writing. After graduating college, he briefly returned to Alaska before moving back to Ohio. His next move was to Tucson, Arizona. [1] Strand moved to Tampa, Florida in 1996, and worked for MetLife as a Remittance Service Analyst for almost twenty years before quitting his day job to write full-time in 2015. [1] He lived briefly in Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, before moving to Duluth, Minnesota.

He had his first short story sale in 1996, selling "The Private Diary of Leonard Parr" to Twisted Magazine, where it was featured in the first and only issue. [6]

In 2000, Strand published Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary), through Hard Shell Word Factory. It was the first novel in the horror-comedy style for which he would later become known. [7]

In 2006, his novel Pressure was the first of his books to be nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, in the Best Novel category. [8] In 2018, his novelette "The Tipping Point" from his short story collection Everything Has Teeth won a Splatterpunk Award in the Best Short Story category. [9] In 2022, "Next Best Baker," included in Baker's Dozen from Uncomfortably Dark, won a Splatterpunk Award in the Best Short Story Category. [10]

He emceed the Bram Stoker Awards ten times. [11] Dweller (2010) was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 2010. [12]

As a screenwriter, Strand is an active member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA). [13] [ non-primary source needed ]

Style

Strand is primarily known for his works of horror-comedy, which has earned him the nickname "The Clown Prince of Horror", but he also writes thrillers and young adult fiction. [7] His writing is often defined by its dark humor and sparse prose style. [14] [15] Strand has named authors Douglas Adams, Richard Laymon, Dave Barry, and Jack Ketchum as influencing his writing. [16] [17]

Personal life

Strand currently lives in Duluth, Minnesota, with his girlfriend, horror author Bridgett Nelson. [1]

Bibliography

Novels

Novellas

Collections

Non-Fiction

Chapbooks

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "BIO". Gleefully Macabre. January 16, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Jeff Strand". teenreads.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Imaginarium 2022 Proudly Welcomes Five-time Bram Stoker Award Nominee Jeff Strand as a Spotlighted Guest!". Imaginarium Convention. March 28, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bram Stoker Awards 2022". sfadb.com. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Strand". fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Jeff Strand Interview by Brian M. Sammons". Dark Regions Press. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Interview: Jeff Strand". Nightmare Magazine. March 26, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  8. ↑ admin (June 15, 2000). "Past Award Nominees and Winners". Horror Writers Association Blog. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  9. ↑ "2018 Splatterpunk Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 28, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  10. ↑ "2022 Splatterpunk Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 15, 2022.
  11. ↑ "An Interview With Horror Author Jeff Strand". punkglobe.com. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Past Award Nominees and Winners". Horror Writers Association. June 15, 2000. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Horror Bookworm Spotlights Jeff Strand". horrorbookworkreviews.com. June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Dark Scribe Magazine - Reviews - Disposal / Jeff Strand". darkscribemagazine.com. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  15. ↑ Mog (April 4, 2011). "Grade Z Horror: Laymon Month: Guest Post by Jeff Strand". Grade Z Horror. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Jeff Strand Author Interview". jeanbooknerd.com. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Interview with Jeff Strand on his ferociously funny tales, writing and inspirations". more2read.com. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
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