Paul G. Tremblay

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Paul G. Tremblay
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Tremblay at the 2024 Texas Book Festival.
Born (1971-06-30) June 30, 1971 (age 53)
Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • editor
  • high school teacher
Period2000–present
Genre Horror fiction, science fiction, dark fantasy, New Weird, weird fiction
Literary movement Postmodernism
Notable works A Head Full of Ghosts
The Cabin at the End of the World
Children2
Website
www.paultremblay.net

Paul Gaetan Tremblay (born June 30, 1971 [1] ) is an American author and editor of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction. His most widely known novels include A Head Full of Ghosts , The Cabin at the End of the World , and Survivor Song . He has won multiple Bram Stoker Awards and is a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards.

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Life and career

Tremblay was born in Aurora, Colorado, and raised in Massachusetts. [2] He had spinal fusion surgery to treat scoliosis before he went to college. [3] He attended Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1993. He obtained his master's degree in mathematics from the University of Vermont in 1995. [4] [5]

In summers between college, Tremblay worked at the Parker Brothers factory in Salem, Massachusetts, primarily in the warehouse and assembly lines. After graduation, he began teaching high school mathematics and coaching junior varsity basketball at Saint Sebastian's School, a private school outside Boston, Massachusetts. [6]

Tremblay's novel No Sleep till Wonderland was published by Henry Holt and Company in 2010. [7] Swallowing a Donkey's Eye was published by ChiZine Publications in 2012. [8] [9] [10]

Tremblay collaborated with fellow horror writer Stephen Graham Jones to write Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn't Fly, a young adult novel. The novel was published in 2014 under the pseudonym P. T. Jones.

Tremblay's novel A Head Full of Ghosts was published on June 2, 2015, by William Morrow [11] and won the Horror Writers Association's 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Novel. [12] [13] In 2015, Focus Features optioned the novel. [14]

Disappearance at Devil's Rock was published in 2016 [15] and received the 2017 British Fantasy Award for best horror novel. [16]

The Cabin at the End of the World was published June 26, 2018. It won the 2019 Bram Stoker Award for Novel and the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel. [17] FilmNation acquired the rights to The Cabin at the End of the World in April 2018, before its publication. [18] The novel was adapted into the 2023 film Knock at the Cabin , directed by M. Night Shyamalan. [19]

Survivor Song was published on July 7, 2020, and The Pallbearers Club was published in 2022. The Beast You Are, a collection of fifteen short stories, was published in July 2023. [20]

Bibliography

Under the pseudonym P. T. Jones

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References

  1. ↑ "Paul Tremblay: Aftermath". Locus Online. May 7, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  2. ↑ Janson, Janelle (June 14, 2021). "Paul Tremblay on Putting Story First, Writing Atmosphere, and His New Novel". Tor Nightfire. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Sutherl, Amy (February 23, 2023). "Paul Tremblay, author of novel turned into 'Knock at the Cabin' film, finds human connection in horror". The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  4. ↑ Tabler, Elizabeth (July 19, 2021). "An Interview with Paul Tremblay". Grimdark Magazine. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  5. ↑ Walmsley, Stasia (February 3, 2023). "Novel by Paul Tremblay '93 inspires M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Knock at the Cabin". Providence College Magazine. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  6. ↑ Tremblay, Paul G. (2009). The Little Sleep . New York City: Henry Holt and Company. p.  273. ISBN   978-0-8050-8849-6.
  7. 1 2 Tremblay, Paul (June 9, 2009). "No Sleep till Wonderland, officially". LiveJournal . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Swallowing a Donkey's Eye (review)". Publishers Weekly.
  9. ↑ Niedzviecki, Hal. "Swallowing a Donkey's Eye (review)". Broken Pencil . Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  10. ↑ Park, Sora (2012-09-14). "Science-fiction author describes 'oddly personal' journey". Brown Daily Herald . Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  11. ↑ "A Head Full of Ghosts" . Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "2015 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners". 15 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "A Head Full of Ghosts". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved Apr 18, 2020.
  14. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (May 6, 2016). "Focus Features Wins Auction For Paul Tremblay Novel A Head Full Of Ghosts". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  15. ↑ 'Devil's Rock' Is An Atmospheric, Gut-Twisting Descent -NPR
  16. ↑ Tor.com (2017-10-01). "Announcing the 2017 British Fantasy Award Winners". Tor.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  17. 1 2 locusmag (2019-06-29). "2019 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  18. ↑ Busch, Anita (April 12, 2018). "FilmNation Acquires Paul Tremblay's The Cabin At The End Of The World". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  19. ↑ Calia, Mike (July 16, 2022). "Hollywood finally comes calling for horror writer Paul Tremblay". CNBC . Retrieved July 18, 2022.
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