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Nancy Holder

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Nancy Holder
BornNancy Lindsay Jones
(1953-08-29) August 29, 1953 (age 71)
Los Altos, California, U.S.
Pen nameMelissa J. Morgan
Occupation
  • writer
  • editor
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California at San Diego (BA)
Genrescience fiction, horror
Years active1972–present
Notable awardsBram Stoker Award for Best Novel (1994)
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (r. 2022)
SpouseWayne Holder
Website
nancyholder.com

Nancy Holder (born August 29, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She has also written fiction related to several other science fiction and fantasy shows, including Angel and Smallville.

Personal life and education

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Holder was born Nancy Lindsay Jones in Los Altos, California on August 29, 1953. Growing up in California and Japan, Nancy quit school at 16 to be a ballet dancer in Germany. Eventually returning to the U.S., she resumed her studies and graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Communications degree.

Holder is married to Wayne Holder, with whom she has a daughter, Belle Claire Christine Holder (born October 28, 1996).

Career

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Holder is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in horror writing. She won Best Short Story in 1991 for "Lady Madonna", in 1993 for "I Hear the Mermaids Singing", and in 1994 for "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain". She won Best Novel in 1994 for Dead in the Water.

Other books by Nancy Holder (and Debbie Viguié) include the Wicked series, about a family feud between a coven of witches called the Cahors and a coven of warlocks called the Devereux.

Holder contributed to the design of Dungeon Master, developed and sold by her husband Wayne Holder's company FTL Games.[1] She has also begun collaborating with her daughter, Claire Holder, when published short stories.

Holder contributed the original story concept to the 2018 Firefly novel Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove.

She occasionally teaches courses in writing and on Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the University of California, San Diego.

In 2014, Holder stepped into the position of Vice President of the Horror Writers Association.[2]

Awards

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Awards for Holder's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1991 "Lady Madonna" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [3]
1993 "I Hear the Mermaids Singing" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [4]
1994 "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain" Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction Winner [5]
1994 Dead in the Water Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel Winner [6]
1994 Making Love Locus Award for Best Horror Novel 9th [7]
1995 Dead in the Water Locus Award for Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel 15th [7]
1999 The Angel Chronicles: A Novelization Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers Finalist [7]
2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Immortal Listen Up Award for Popular Culture Winner [8]
2005 Outsiders Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology Finalist [9]
2011 The Screaming Season Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel Winner [10][11][12][13][14]
2016 Crimson Peak Scribe Award for Adapted Novel — General and Speculative Finalist [15]
2019 — Faust Award Winner [16]
Firefly: Big Damn Hero Dragon Award for Best Media Tie-In Novel Finalist [7][17]
2020 Mary Shelley Presents Bram Stoker Award for Best Graphic Novel Winner [18][19]
2021 — Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement Winner [20][21][22]

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Jessie's Song (1983) (writing as Nancy L. Jones)
  • Winner Take All (1984)
  • The Greatest Show on Earth (1984)
  • Finders Keepers (1985)
  • His Fair Lady (1985)
  • Out of This World (1985)
  • Once in Love with Amy (1986)
  • Emerald Fire (1986)
  • Rough Cut (1990)
  • The Ghosts of Tivoli (1992)
  • Cannibal Dwight's Special Purpose (1992)
  • Making Love (1993) (with Melanie Tem)
  • Dead in the Water (1994 Dell Publishing) – ISBN 0-440-21481-5
  • Witch-Light (1996) (with Melanie Tem)
  • Pearl Harbor, 1941 (2000)
  • Smallville: Hauntings (2003)
  • Spirited (2004)
  • Pretty Little Devils (2006)
  • Daughter of the Flames (2006)
  • Daughter of the Blood (2006)
  • The Rose Bride (2007)
  • On Fire, a Teen Wolf Novel (2012)
  • Crimson Peak (2015)[23]
  • Ghostbusters (2016 Tor Books) – ISBN 0-765-38843-X
  • Wonder Woman (2017 Titan Books) – ISBN 978-1-7856-5378-0

Collections

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  • Wings and Other Poems (1972)

Series

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Gambler's Star

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  • The Six Families (1998)
  • Legacies and Lies (1999)
  • Invasions (2000)

Wicked

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  • Witch (2002) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Curse (2002) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Legacy (2003) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Spellbound (2003) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Resurrection (2009) (with Debbie Viguié)
RSVP
  • Camp Confidential (2005) (as Melissa J. Morgan)

Possessions

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  • Possessions (2009)
  • The Evil Within (2010)[24]
  • The Screaming Season (Mar 2011)

Crusade

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  • Crusade (2010) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Damned (2011) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Vanquished (2012) (with Debbie Viguié)

Wolf Springs Chronicles

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  • Unleashed (2011) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Hot Blooded (July 9, 2012) (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Savage (2013) (with Debbie Viguié)

Buffyverse works

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Novels

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Short stories

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She has also written short stories in:

Non-Buffyverse:

  • Tales of Zorro
  • The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire (with Debbie Viguié)
  • Furry Fantastic (with Belle Holder)
  • Pandora's Closet (with Belle Holder)

Anthologies

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Anthology or Collection Contents Publication

Date

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance[25] Vampire Unchained 2008
An Apple for a Creature[26] VSI Aug 2012

Non-fiction

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  • Angel: the Casefiles, Volume 1 (with Jeff Mariotte and Maryelizabeth Hart) (1999)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to the Buffyverse (2017)

Comics

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Beginning in 2009 she has contributed a number of stories for the Domino Lady comics published by Moonstone Books.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Maher, Jimmy (December 11, 2015). "Dungeon Master, Part 1: The Making of". The Digital Antiquarian. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rocky Wood Scholarship". Locus Online. December 17, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "1991 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees – The Bram Stoker Awards". Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "1993 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees – The Bram Stoker Awards". Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "1994 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees – The Bram Stoker Awards". Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "1994 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "Nancy Holder Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  8. ^ Zinsser, John; Rosenblum, Trudi M.; Maughan |, Shannon (January 3, 2000). "PW: Listen Up Awards". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "2005 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "2011 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  11. ^ "Awards: Bram Stoker; Donner Prize". Shelf Awareness. April 5, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  12. ^ "Bram Stoker Awards 2012". Science Fiction Awards Database. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "2011 Stoker Winners". Locus Online. April 2, 2012. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "Winners of the 2011 Bram Stoker Awards Announced". Tor.com. April 2, 2012. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  15. ^ "2016 Scribe Awards Winners". Locus Online. July 25, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  16. ^ "2019 Scribe Award Nominees". Locus Online. April 29, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  17. ^ "2019 Dragon Awards Winners". Locus Online. September 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  18. ^ "The Bram Stoker Awards 2020". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  19. ^ "2020 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus Online. May 24, 2021. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  20. ^ "Bram Stoker Awards 2022". Science Fiction Awards Database. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  21. ^ "HWA Announces 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Jo Fletcher, Nancy Holder, and Koji Suzuki". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on February 28, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  22. ^ "2022 HWA Specialty Awards". Locus Online. April 7, 2022. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  23. ^ "Crimson Peak: The Official Movie Novelization".
  24. ^ Holder, Nancy (2010), Amazon.com: The Evil Within: A Possessions Novel (9781595142917): Nancy Holder: Books, National Geographic Books, ISBN 978-1595142917
  25. ^ The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance. Ottawa Library. 2008. pp. Table of Contents.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  26. ^ "An Apple for a Creature".
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