Nathan Ballingrud Explained

Nathan Ballingrud
Birth Date:	31 December 1970
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	University of North Carolina University of New Orleans
Notableworks:	North American Lake Monsters
Years Active:	1995–present

Nathan Ballingrud (born December 31, 1970) is an American writer of horror and dark fantasy fiction.^[1] His novella, The Visible Filth, was adapted into a feature film titled Wounds by Babak Anvari.^[2] The film is distributed by Annapurna Pictures, premiering on the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2019.^[3]

Awards

Ballingrud's stories have received critical acclaim and were nominated for multiple awards.

• In 2007, "The Monsters of Heaven" won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Story^[4]
• In 2013, North-American Lake Monsters won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Single-Author Short Story Collection^[5]
• In 2013, North-American Lake Monsters was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection^[6]
• In 2014, North-American Lake Monsters was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection^[7]
• In 2014, North-American Lake Monsters was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for best Collection^[8]

Bibliography

Books

• North American Lake Monsters (2013)
• The Visible Filth (2015)
• Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell (2019)^[9]
• The Strange (2023)

Notes and References

1. News: Interview with Nathan Ballingrud Weird Fiction Review. 2013-10-22. Weird Fiction Review. 2018-04-24.
2. News: Brad William Henke, Karl Glusman Cast In Babak Anvari's Untitled Drama For Annapurna. N'Duka. Amanda. 2018-04-19. Deadline. 2018-04-24.
3. Web site: wounds. www.sundance.org. English. 2019-01-16. 2020-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20201230052722/https://www.sundance.org/projects/wounds. dead.
4. Web site: The Shirley Jackson Awards » 2007 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners. www.shirleyjacksonawards.org. 2018-04-24.
5. Web site: The Shirley Jackson Awards » 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners. www.shirleyjacksonawards.org. 2018-04-24.
6. Web site: The 2013 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot - Horror Writers Association BlogHorror Writers Association Blog. horror.org. 23 February 2014 . 2018-04-24.
7. Web site: 2014 World Fantasy Awards World Fantasy Convention. www.worldfantasy.org. 2018-04-24.
8. Web site: BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS - THE NOMINEES. Pan Macmillan. 2018-04-24.
9. Web site: Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud. www.fantasticfiction.com. 2019-01-28.