Tamara Thorne

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Tamara Thorne
Born (1957-11-20) 20 November 1957 (age 64)
Los Angeles, California
Pen nameChris Curry
Occupation Writer
LanguageEnglish
Nationality United States
CitizenshipUSA
Period1991 to present
Genre Horror
Notable awards Bram Stoker Award (nominated, 1991)
Website
tamarathorne.com

Tamara Thorne (born 20 November 1957 in Los Angeles, California), who also writes under the nom de plume Chris Curry, is a well-known, [1] bestselling [2] American horror writer. [3] Her novel Winter Scream, co-authored with L. Dean James, was nominated for the 1991 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. [4] [5] She has authored nearly 20 novels, including two novel series, multiple anthologies and several stand-alone works. They tend to be set in the Los Angeles area, where she has lived since she was born. [6]

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Biography

Tamara Thorne was born in August 1957 in Los Angeles, California. She published her first novel, Winter Scream, in February 1991 under her nom de plume Chris Curry. The book was coauthored with L. Dean James. Since then, Thorne has authored nearly 20 novels, both standalone and in series. She authored two other series under her own name: the Sorority in 2003, and The Ghosts of Ravencrest series, coauthored with Alistair Cross (Jared S. Anderson), in 2014 and 2015.

Many of her books have sold strongly [2] and she is well known in her chosen genre of horror. [1]

Writing

According to the Los Angeles Times , Thorne's novels are set in "made-up burgs" on the edge of Los Angeles, but Californians see the town in Bad Things as sounding a lot like Redlands, California, where Hollywood stars used to live. Moonfall resembles Oak Glen, and the "scary high desert retreat" in Thunder Road is drawn from Calico Ghost Town. [6] Thorn responds that "My natural mind-set is bound to Los Angeles and the Inland Empire,...and in my books I like to use history and folklore from the real places." [6]

Reception

Thorne was nominated for the 1991 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. [4] [5] The Horror Zine describes Thorne as being "a bestselling author between 1991 and 2002." [7] The Los Angeles Times describes her as a "successful practitioner [of] terror." [6]

The British horror writer Graham Masterton named a character in his Forest Ghost novel for Thorne. [8]

Bibliography

Novels

Sorority series

The Ghosts of Ravencrest series

These titles were coauthored with Alistair Cross.

  • Darker Shadows (2014, Glass Apple Press (ebook))
  • Christmas Spirits (2014, Glass Apple Press (ebook))
  • Night Moves (2015, Glass Apple Press (ebook))
  • Dead Girls (2015, Glass Apple Press (ebook))

As Chris Curry

Anthologies

These anthologies contain works by Thorne.

Nonfiction

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  2. 1 2 3 "Native son writes hair-raising tale". Daily Herald (Utah). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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  8. ↑ Masterton, Graham (2014). Forest Ghost - A novel of horror and suicide in America and Poland. Seven House Publishers, Ltd. p. 256. ISBN   978-1780104850.
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