Nancy Holder

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Nancy Holder
BornNancy Lindsay Jones
(1953-08-29) August 29, 1953 (age 70)
Los Altos, California, U.S.
Pen nameMelissa J. Morgan
Occupation
  • writer
  • editor
NationalityAmerican
Education University of California at San Diego (BA)
Genrescience fiction, horror
Years active1972–present
Notable awards Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (1994)
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (r. 2022)
SpouseWayne Holder
Website
nancyholder.com

Nancy Holder (born August 29, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . She's also written fiction related to several other science fiction and fantasy shows, including Angel and Smallville .

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Personal life and education

Holder was born Nancy Lindsay Jones in Los Altos, California on August 29, 1953. Growing up in California and Japan, Nancy quit school at 16 to be a ballet dancer in Germany. Eventually returning to the U.S., she resumed her studies and graduated from the University of California at San Diego with a Communications degree.

Holder is married to Wayne Holder, with whom she has a daughter, Belle Claire Christine Holder (born October 28, 1996).

Career

Holder is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in horror writing. She won Best Short Story in 1991 for "Lady Madonna," in 1993 for "I Hear the Mermaids Singing," and in 1994 for "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain." She won Best Novel in 1994 for Dead in the Water. Other books by Nancy Holder (and Debbie Viguié) include the "Wicked" series, about a family feud between a coven of witches called the Cahors and a coven of warlocks called the Devereux.

Holder contributed to the design of Dungeon Master , developed and sold by her husband Wayne Holder's company FTL Games. [1] She has also begun collaborating with her daughter, Claire Holder, when published short stories.

Holder contributed the original story concept to the 2018 Firefly novel Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove.

She occasionally teaches courses in writing and on Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the University of California at San Diego.

In 2014, Holder stepped into the position of Vice President of the Horror Writers Association. [2]

Awards

Awards for Holder's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1991"Lady Madonna" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [3]
1993"I Hear the Mermaids Singing" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [4]
1994"Cafe Endless: Spring Rain" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [5]
1994 Dead in the Water Bram Stoker Award for Novel Winner [6]
1994Making Love Locus Award for Horror Novel 9th [7]
1995 Dead in the Water Locus Award for Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel15th [7]
1999The Angel Chronicles: A Novelization Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers Finalist [7]
2000Buffy the Vampire Slayer: ImmortalListen Up Award for Popular CultureWinner [8]
2005Outsiders Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology Finalist [9]
2011The Screaming Season Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel Winner [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
2016Crimson PeakScribe Award for Adapted Novel — General and SpeculativeFinalist [15]
2019Faust AwardWinner [16]
2019Firefly: Big Damn HeroDragon Award for Best Media Tie-In NovelFinalist [7] [17]
2020Mary Shelley Presents Bram Stoker Award for Best Graphic Novel Winner [18] [19]
2021 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement Winner [20] [21] [22]

Bibliography

Novels

Collections

Series

Gambler's Star
Wicked
RSVP
Possessions
Crusade
Wolf Springs Chronicles

Buffyverse works

Novels

Short stories

She has also written short stories in:

Non-Buffyverse:

  • Tales of Zorro
  • The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Furry Fantastic (with Belle Holder)
  • Pandora's Closet (with Belle Holder)

Anthologies

Anthology or CollectionContentsPublication

Date

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance [25] Vampire Unchained2008
An Apple for a Creature [26] VSIAug 2012

Non-fiction

Comics

Beginning in 2009 she has contributed a number of stories for the Domino Lady comics published by Moonstone Books.

See also

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  8. ↑ Zinsser, John; Rosenblum, Trudi M.; Maughan |, Shannon (January 3, 2000). "PW: Listen Up Awards". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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  24. ↑ Holder, Nancy (2010), Amazon.com: The Evil Within: A Possessions Novel (9781595142917): Nancy Holder: Books , National Geographic Books, ISBN   978-1595142917
  25. ↑ The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance. Ottawa Library. 2008. pp. Table of Contents.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  26. ↑ "An Apple for a Creature".
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