Author Biography and Bibliography

Charles L. Grant has been writing for thirty some years now, and in that time he's published over one hundred books in various genres, with a number of his novels appearing on the bestseller lists of USA Today, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the London Times. His nearly two hundred short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines worldwide. He also edited the award-winning anthology series, Shadows. Other anthologies include Gothic Ghosts (with Wendy Webb), The Gallery of Fear, and the Greystone Bay series.

In 1987, he received the British Fantasy Society's Special Award for life achievement. In addition, he has received two Nebula Awards and three World Fantasy Awards for his writing and editing. In 2000, he was given the Horror Writers' Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.

A graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Grant served two years in Vietnam. He is a past officer of the Science Fiction Writers of America, served ten years on the Board of Directors of the World Fantasy Awards, and is a past president and trustee of the Horror Writers' Association.

He shares his Victorian home in northwestern New Jersey with his writer/editor wife, Kathryn Ptacek, five cats, and a lot of cobwebs. Currently, he is at work on a dark fantasy novel.





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