Thomas F. Monteleone

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Thomas F. Monteleone
Born
Thomas Francis Monteleone

(1946-04-14) April 14, 1946 (age 78)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater University of Maryland, College Park

Thomas Francis Monteleone (born April 14, 1946) is an American science fiction author and horror fiction author. [1]

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Early life

Born at in Baltimore, Maryland, Monteleone was raised in Sudbrook Park, in the same state. [2] Monteleone attended a Jesuit high school, [3] Loyola Blakefield, one year ahead of Tom Clancy. [2] Monteleone studied at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he received degrees in English and Psychology. [1] [2] From 1969 to 1978 Monteleone worked as a psychotherapist in the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Maryland, [1] [2] while studying English at the graduate level. [2]

Career

Monteleone has been a professional writer since 1972. Monteleone's first story appeared in Amazing Stories magazine in 1972. [4] His first novel, Seeds of Change was the lead-off title in the critically unsuccessful Laser Books line of science fiction titles. He became a popular writer of supernatural thrillers. He has published more than 100 short stories in numerous magazines and anthologies. [1] His best-selling novel, Blood of the Lamb was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

His column of opinion and entertainment, "The Mothers And Fathers Italian Association", currently appears in Cemetery Dance magazine. [4] He is the editor of nine anthologies, including the highly acclaimed, Stoker Award-winning Borderlands series edited with his wife, Elizabeth. His stories have been nominated for many awards, and have appeared in many best-of-the-year compilations.

Monteleone's five collections of selected short fiction are Dark Stars and Other Illuminations (1981), Rough Beasts and Other Mutations (2003),The Little Brown Book of Bizarre Stories (2004), Fearful Symmetries (2004), and Dark Arts (2014). His novels, The Resurrectionist and Night of Broken Souls, global thrillers from Warner Books, received rave reviews and have been optioned for films. The Reckoning (2000), a sequel to The Blood of the Lamb, and The Eyes of the Virgin (2002) have been published by Forge. His omnibus volume of essays about the book and film industries entitled The Mothers And Fathers Italian Association was recently published by Borderlands Press and won the Bram Stoker Award for Non-Fiction. He is also the author of the bestseller The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel (2004). His books and stories have been translated into fourteen foreign languages.

Monteleone has also written for the stage and television, having scripts produced for American Playhouse (which won him the Bronze Award at the International TV and Film Festival of New York and the Gabriel Award), George A. Romero’s Tales from the Darkside , and a series on Fox TV entitled Night Visions . [1] He has written many feature-length screenplays, none of which have been produced. [1]

Awards

Among his awards, Monteleone is a five-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award in various categories as well as the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement award.

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
1974 Astounding Award for Best New Writer Wendigo's ChildNominated
1977 Nebula Award Short StoryBreath's a Ware That Will Not KeepNominated
1978Nebula AwardShort StoryCamera ObscuraNominated
1978 Locus Award Short FictionCamera ObscuraNominated
1980Locus AwardNovellaThe Dancer in the DarknessNominated
1981Analog AwardSerial Novel/NovellaDragonstar (with David Bischoff 3rd Place [5]
1991Locus AwardAnthologyBorderlandsNominated
1991 World Fantasy Award AnthologyBorderlandsNominated
1991 British Fantasy Award Anthology/CollectionBorderlandsNominated
1992 Bram Stoker Award NovelBlood of the LambWon
1992British Fantasy AwardAnthology/CollectonBorderlands 2Nominated
1995Bram Stoker AwardLong FictionLooking for Mr. FlipNominated
2003 International Horror Guild Award AnthologyBorderlands 5Nominated [6]
2003Bram Stoker AwardNon-FictionThe Mothers and Fathers Italian AssociationWon
2003Bram Stoker AwardAnthologyBoderlands 5Won
2004Bram Stoker AwardFiction CollectionFearful SymmetriesWon
2004Bram Stoker AwardNon-FictionThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a NovelNominated
2016Bram Stoker AwardAnthologyBorderlands 6Won
2017Bram Stoker AwardLifetime AchievementWon

In 2017, The Horror Writers Association honored him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. [7] His membership and Lifetime Achievement Award benefits were revoked on January 31, 2023 by The Horror Writers Association for his not following the organization's anti-harassment policies. [8] Per HWA rules, 80% of the officers voted for his expulsion from the organization. [9]

Politics

In a 1992 interview, Monteleone stated he was "registered as Independent". [2] More recently, Monteleone has described himself as a libertarian. [10] Discussing the issue of drug prohibition, Monteleone has stated that "Now just because I'm not into the drug scene doesn't mean I'm any less of a good Libertarian. I think all drugs should be legalized". Monteleone argues that the War on Drugs cannot be won, that criminalization creates a "phantom economy" dominated by violent criminals, and that drug prohibition is a violation of individual liberty. [10] Monteleone is an admirer of Ayn Rand, and has described her book Atlas Shrugged as a "personal barometer". [3] Monteleone has also criticized the Clinton administration for bringing an antitrust suit against the Microsoft corporation. [3]

Personal life

Monteleone's wife, Elizabeth, co-manages Borderlands Press with Monteleone. [4] Monteleone has a son and a daughter. [2]

In 1967, while a student at the University of Maryland, Monteleone was involved in a UFO hoax, claiming that aliens had taken him to the planet "Lanulos". [11] This story seemed to confirm the experiences of alleged contactee Woodrow Derenberger and was investigated by journalist John Keel. Keel discusses the incident in several books (see chapter 14 of The Mothman Prophecies) and seems to have taken it seriously at the time, though Monteleone later confirmed it was a prank. He came to regret the publicity and harassment that the hoax generated. [12] [13]

Works

Novels

Dragonstar series (with David Bischoff):

  1. Day of the Dragonstar, Berkley, 1983, ISBN   0-425-05932-4
  2. Night of the Dragonstar, Berkley, 1985, ISBN   0-425-07963-5
  3. Dragonstar Destiny, Ace Books, 1989, ISBN   0-441-16676-8

Standalone:

Fiction collections

Uncollected Short Fiction

Non-fiction

Books Edited

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Monteleone, Thomas F(rancis)", by Don D'Ammassa in David Pringle, St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers. London : St. James Press, 1998, ISBN   978-1-55862-206-7, pp. 414–415.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Mass appeal: Tom Monteleone hopes (and prays?) his latest novel will attract many readers".Linell Smith, The Baltimore Sun , July 20, 1992. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Beelezbub Shrugged" Shawn Macomber. American Spectator Magazine, November 7, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Thomas F. Monteleone : Just Wanting to Write". Interview by Paula Guran, darkecho.com, February 1997. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?1+1981
  6. ↑ https://horroraward.org/prevrec.html
  7. ↑ "2016 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners". hwa.org. HWA. March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Thomas F. Monteleone Statement". hwa.org. HWA. January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Thomas Monteleone Ousted by Horror Writers Association". February 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Thomas F. Monteleone – Libertarian". Advocates for Self-Government. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Operation Trojan Horse". 1970.
  12. ↑ "Woodrow".
  13. ↑ "Publication: Omni, May 1979".
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