Stephen Gregory (author)

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Stephen Gregory is a Welsh author of horror fiction. He was born in Derby, England [1] in 1952. [2] He has a degree in law from the University of London, and has worked as a teacher in various places, including Bangor in Wales, Algiers in Algeria and the Sudan. [3] Gregory lived in Hollywood, California for a time, where he worked as a script writer with William Friedkin at Paramount Pictures. [4]

Works

His works include:

The Cormorant received the 1987 Somerset Maugham Award, and, in 1993, the BBC made it into a film, starring Ralph Fiennes, which won two BAFTA Cymru awards. All three books were published both in the UK and US as well as in foreign translations. [4]

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References

  1. Gregory, Stephen. The Woodwitch (dust jacket), St. Martin's Press, 1988.
  2. Gregory, Stephen. The Woodwitch (front matter), Gabe Newell Press, 1988.
  3. Gregory, Stephen. The Cormorant (dust jacket), St. Martin's Press, 1986.
  4. 1 2 Internet Movie Database (IMDB): Stephen Gregory (IV) – Biography, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339953/bio