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Nancy A. Collins

American novelist

American novelist

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Nancy A. Collins (born September 10, 1959) is an American horror fiction writer best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonja Blue. Collins has also written for comic books, including the Swamp Thing (vol. 2) series, Jason vs. Leatherface, *Predator: Hell Come A' Walkin''' and her own one-shot issue *Dhampire: Stillborn''.

Collins was born in McGehee, Arkansas, United States. She lived in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1980s; after time in New York City and Atlanta, Georgia she moved about the South for several years, living in coastal North Carolina and Virginia, before settling in Macon, Georgia in 2019.

Writing

Collins has written numerous novels since 1989, most of which refer to and directly include races of creatures the author calls Pretenders, monsters from myth and legend passing as human to better hunt their prey. She is best known for Sonja Blue, a young woman with demonic powers who after being taught by an older male mentor, hunts and kills vampires. Her first appearance was in 1989. A. Asbjørn Jøn notes possible intertextual links between the Whistler character in the 1998 movie Blade and a character named Whistler in the Sonja Blue novel, A Dozen Black Roses (1996), as they possess "striking similarities in role, dramatic focus, visual appearance, and sharing the name". Margaret L. Carter, in her article on 20th century vampire fiction, listed Sunglasses After Dark as one of the 13 most influential vampire novels published after 1970, particularly in the way Collins depicted vampires as parasitic beings with no identity of their own who 'borrow' the memories of their hosts.

Bibliography

Main article: Nancy A. Collins bibliography

Chapbooks

  • The Tortuga Hill Gang's Last Ride: The True Story (1991)
  • Cold Turkey (1992)
  • Voodoo Chile (2002)
  • The Thing From Lover's Lane (2003)

Non-fiction

  • The Big Book of Losers (1996)
  • ''Drawn Swords''' - "Foreword" (2017)
  • From Bayou To Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer - "What Do You Do With An Undead Sailor?" (2020)
  • REH Changed My Life - "REH: Opener of the Way" (2021)

Comic books

  • Swamp Thing (vol. 2) (DC/Vertigo, 1991–1993)
  • Jason vs. Leatherface (Topps Comics, 1995)
  • Sunglasses After Dark (Verotik Publications, 1995–1997)
  • Machina Jones (Marvel Comics, 1995)
  • Dhampire: Stillborn (Vertigo, 1996; DC Comics, 1997)
  • Predator: Hell Come A' Walkin' (Dark Horse, 1996)
  • Vampirella (Dynamite, 2014–2016)
  • Sunglasses After Dark: Full Blooded Edition (IDW, 2015)
  • Army of Darkness: Furious Road (Dynamite Entertainment, 2016)
  • Swamp Thing by Nancy A. Collins Omnibus (DC Comics/DC Black Label, 2020)

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
1989Bram Stoker AwardFirst Novel*Sunglasses After Dark*
1990Lord Ruthven AwardFiction*Sunglasses After Dark*
1990British Fantasy AwardSydney J. Bounds Award (Newcomer)
1990Locus AwardFirst Novel*Sunglasses After Dark*
1990Locus AwardHorror*Sunglasses After Dark*
1990Astounding Award for Best New Writer*Sunglasses After Dark*
1990Compton Crook AwardFirst Novel*Sunglasses After Dark*
1991Locus AwardHorror/Dark Fantasy*Tempter*
1992Locus AwardHorror/Dark Fantasy*In the Blood*
1992Eisner AwardsSingle Issue/One-Shot*Swamp Thing #113*
1995Locus AwardHorror/Dark Fantasy*Wild Blood*
1995Locus AwardCollection*Nameless Sins*
1996Locus AwardHorror/Dark Fantasy*Paint it Black*
1996Locus AwardAnthology*Dark Love*
1996World Fantasy AwardAnthology*Dark Love*
1996Bram Stoker AwardLong Fiction*The Thing from Lover's Lane*
1996Deathrealm AwardAnthology*Dark Love*
1998Seiun AwardTranslated Long Work*Sunglasses After Dark*
2002International Horror Guild AwardCollection*Knuckles and Tales*
2002Bram Stoker AwardFiction Collection*Knuckles and Tales*

Other

She is the founder of the International Horror Guild.

References

References

  1. Monica I. O'Rourke "Nancy Collins" in: [[Richard Bleiler]], Ed. ''Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror''. New York: Thomson/Gale, 2003. (p. 221-226). {{ISBN. 9780684312507
  2. "Nancy A Collins". Fantastic Fiction.
  3. Jøn, A. Asbjørn. (2003). "Vampire Evolution". METAphor.
  4. "Outstanding Vampire Novels".
  5. "From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer".
  6. (2021-01-11). "ROBERT E. HOWARD CHANGED MY LIFE".
  7. "Sfadb : Locus Awards".
  8. "Sfadb: Deathrealm Awards 1996".
  9. "International Horror Guild".
  10. "Nancy A. Collins".
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