Ania Ahlborn Explained

Ania Ahlborn
Birth Place:	Ciechanów, Poland
Nationality:	Polish, American
Education:	BA
Known For:	Horror novels

Ania Ahlborn is a Polish American horror novelist whose self-published debut novel Seed reached #1 on Amazon's list of best-selling horror novels in 2011.^[1] She is the author of several novels, novellas and short stories in the horror genre.

Biography

Ahlborn was born in Ciechanów, Poland. She earned a degree in English from the University of New Mexico.^[2] Ahlborn is currently married and living in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Writing career

She writes horror thrillers and self-published before she got representation. Ahlborn is now published through Simon and Schuster.^[3] Her novels were nominated for a This is Horror "Novel of the Year" award in 2015^[4] and 2017^[5] for Brother and The Devil Crept In, respectively. Her books have been translated into German.^[6]

Rights to adapt her first novel were optioned by Amazon Studios in 2012,^[7] but an adaptation has not been released.

Bibliography

Novels

• Seed (2012)
• The Neighbors (2012)
• The Shuddering (2013)
• The Bird Eater (2014)
• Within These Walls (2015)
• Brother (2015)
• The Devil Crept In (2017)
• If You See Her (2019)
• Dark Across the Bay (2021)
• Good And Joyful Things (2024)^[8]

Novellas

• The Pretty Ones (2015)
• I Call Upon Thee (2017)
• Palmetto (2021)

Short stories

• "The Governess" (2019) (in the anthology Other Voices, Other Tombs)
• "The Debt" (2019) (in the anthology Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery)

Omnibus

• Apart in the Dark (2018) (includes The Pretty Ones and I Call Upon Thee)

External links

• Publishers Weekly Reviews

Notes and References

1. News: Amazon Studios Options First Novel With 'Seed' . Lewis . Andy . 2012-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231114213922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/amazon-studios-options-seed-novel-376138/ . 2023-11-14 . 2023-11-14 . live . The Hollywood Reporter.
2. Web site: New Mexico Authors . 2023-11-14 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20231114220241/https://abqlibrary.org/nmauthors/new-mexico-authors-A . 2023-11-14 . live.
3. Web site: Ania Ahlborn . Simon & Schuster . 2020-02-19.
4. Web site: This Is Horror Awards 2015: Vote now! . 2016-01-07 . 2023-11-14 . This is Horror . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817200523/http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/this-is-horror-awards-2015-vote-now/ . 2022-08-17 . live.
5. Web site: 2017 This Is Horror Awards Winners . 2018-04-19 . 2023-11-14 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230401200655/https://locusmag.com/2018/04/2017-this-is-horror-awards-winners/ . 2023-04-01 . live.
6. Book: Ahlborn, A. . Wo das Böse lauert: Thriller . Festa Verlag . 2019 . 978-3-86552-796-7 . de . 2020-02-19 .
7. Web site: Amazon Studios Options First Novel - Press Room . Amazon.com, Inc. - Press Room . 2012-10-03 . 2020-02-19.
8. Web site: Good And Joyful Things by Ania Ahlborn . 2023-12-15 . suntup.press.