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Michael Knost (born March 19, 1967) is the pen name of Michael Earl Collins, an American suspense author, anthology editor, magazine feature writer, and writing teacher/lecturer who lives in Chapmanville, West Virginia. [1]

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He is a former Horror Writers Association's mentorship program chairperson, Knost also teaches writing workshops and online classes. [2]

Originally from Logan, West Virginia, Michael Knost now lives with his wife, Jewell and his daughter, Bella in Chapmanville, West Virginia.

Publication history

Legends of the Mountain State (2007, Woodland Press), an anthology, written by storytellers across the nation, includes 13 accounts of ghostly manifestations and myths and mountain mythology, based on known legends from West Virginia. Themes included in this work are Mothman, the Ethel coalmine specter, the Chapmanville school haunting, the Ghost of #22, and many others. After the success of the first anthology, Knost went on to edit Legends of the Mountain State 2, Legends of the Mountain State 3, and Legends of the Mountain State 4, (Woodland Press 2008-2010) which received critical acclaim from Dark Scribe Magazine [3] and Shroud Magazine. [4]

Mothman Files (2011, Woodland Press), an anthology, discusses strange occurrences and alarming sightings in and around Point Pleasant, West Virginia—the mothman. Return of the Mothman [5] (2014, Woodland Press), is the second installment of the "Mothman" series in which Ted Browning returns to his rural town in West Virginia and is forced to face his inner demons. Michael Knost received a Bram Stoker Award [6] nomination in the category, "Superior Achievement in First Novel" in 2014 for this anthology.

Barbers and Beauties [7] (Hummingbird House Press, co-edited with Nancy Eden Siegel,) an anthology, explores the dark possibilities of beauty told from the perspectives of four women and four men. Michael Knost and his co-editor received a Bram Stoker nomination for "Superior Achievement in Anthology" in 2013 for this flip book anthology.

Michael Knost's most critically acclaimed book thus far is Writer's Workshop of Horror (2009, Woodland Press), a non-fiction anthology that includes writing advice from the experts in the field. Knost won the Bram Stoker Award for "Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction," in 2009 and won The Black Quill Award for "Editor's Choice of Best Dark Genre of Non-Fiction. [8] "

Other publications

Awards and honors

YearRecipient/Nominated WorkAwardCategoryResult
2009Writers Workshop of Horror Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction [1] [14] Won
2010Writers Workshop of horror [15] Black Quill AwardEditor's Choice of Best Dark Genre of Non-Fiction [14] Won
2013Barbers and Beauties Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Anthology [16] Nominated
2014Return of the Mothman Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in First Novel [17] [18] Nominated
2015Author's Guide to Marketing with Teeth Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction [17] Nominated
2016Mentorship Chairperson HWA Silver Hammer Award Work as organization's mentorship chairperson [17] [19] Won
2017WVW's Lifetime Achievement AwardJ.U.G. AwardWest Virginia Writer's Inc. Lifetime AchievementWon
2021Writers Workshop of Horror 2Bram Stoker AwardSuperior Achievement in Non-FictionWon
2021HWA MentorshipMentor of the YearHWA Individual MentorshipWon

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  2. ↑ "Horror Writers Association Blog". Horror Writers Association. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  3. ↑ "Dark Scribe Magazine - Reviews - Legends of the Mountain State 2: More Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia / Edited by Michael Knost". www.darkscribemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  4. ↑ "Legends of the Mountain State 3 | Woodland Press". www.woodlandpress.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  5. ↑ "BOOK NOTES: 'Return of the Mothman' and Michael Knost Nominated for Bram Stoker Award". Huntington News. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
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