Stephen Jones | |
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Born | (1953-11-04) 4 November 1953 (age 70)[1] Pimlico, London, England |
Occupation | Editor, writer |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Horror fiction |
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Stephen Jones (born 4 November 1953 in Pimlico, London) is an English editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of H. P. Lovecraft's early British publications.
Jones and Kim Newman have edited several books together, including Horror: 100 Best Books, the 1988 horror volume in Xanadu's 100 Best series, and Horror: Another 100 Best Books, a 2005 sequel from Carroll & Graf (US publisher of the earlier series). Each comprises 100 essays by 100 horror writers about 100 horror books and each was recognised by the Horror Writers of America with its annual Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction.[2]
Jones has edited anthologies such as the Dark Voices, Dark Terrors, Best New Horror series, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, The Mammoth Book of Zombies, The Mammoth Book of Dracula, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes, The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard, and Scream Quietly: The Best of Charles L. Grant. Jones also edited Dancing with the Dark, a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers.
Jones has been the recipient of a Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards. His Mammoth book Best New Horror (1990, with Ramsey Campbell) was a World Fantasy Award winner.[3] Volume 29, the most recent installment of the annual anthology, was published in 2019.
Name | Year | Author (Other) | ISBN | Notes |
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Horror: 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman) | 1988 | ISBN 978-0786705528 | ||
Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden | 1991 | ISBN 978-0887331718 | ||
James Herbert: By Horror Haunted, ed. | 1992 | ISBN 978-0450538100 | ||
The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide | 1993 | ISBN 978-1852864491 | ||
The Illustrated Frankenstein Movie Guide | 1994 | ISBN 978-1852865245 | ||
The Frankenstein Scrapbook | 1995 | ISBN 978-0806516769 | ||
The Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide | 1995 | ISBN 978-1852866587 | ||
Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror | 1997 | Clive Barker | ISBN 978-0563371526 | |
The Essential Monster Movie Guide | 1998 | ISBN 978-0823079360 | ||
Creepshows: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide | 2001 | ISBN 978-0823078844 | ||
Horror: Another 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman) | 2005 | ISBN 978-0786705528 | ||
H. P. Lovecraft in Britain | 2007 | ISBN 978-0953868193 | ||
Basil Copper: A Life in Books, ed. | 2008 | ISBN 978-1904619673 | ||
The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History, ed. | 2015 | ISBN 978-1495009136 | ||
The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History, ed. | 2017 | ISBN 978-1493063253 |
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