Paul G. Tremblay Explained

Paul G. Tremblay
Birth Date:30 June 1971
Birth Place:Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
Period:2000–present
Genre:Horror fiction, science fiction, dark fantasy, New Weird, weird fiction
Movement:Postmodernism
Notableworks:A Head Full of Ghosts
The Cabin at the End of the World
Children:2

Paul Gaetan Tremblay (born June 30, 1971) is an American author and editor of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction. His most widely known novels include A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, and Survivor Song. He has won multiple Bram Stoker Awards and is a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards.

Life and career

Tremblay was born in Aurora, Colorado, and raised in Massachusetts. He had spinal fusion surgery to treat scoliosis before he went to college.[1] He attended Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1993. He obtained his master's degree in mathematics from the University of Vermont in 1995.

In summers between college, Tremblay worked at the Parker Brothers factory in Salem, Massachusetts, primarily in the warehouse and assembly lines. After graduation, he began teaching high school mathematics and coaching junior varsity basketball at Saint Sebastian's School, a private school outside Boston, Massachusetts.[2]

Tremblay's novel No Sleep till Wonderland was published by Henry Holt and Company in 2010. Swallowing a Donkey's Eye was published by ChiZine Publications in 2012.[3] [4]

Tremblay collaborated with fellow horror writer Stephen Graham Jones to write Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn't Fly, a young adult novel. The novel was published in 2014 under the pseudonym P. T. Jones.

Tremblay's novel A Head Full of Ghosts was published on June 2, 2015, by William Morrow[5] and won the Horror Writers Association's 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Novel.[6] [7] In 2015, Focus Features optioned the novel.[8]

Disappearance at Devil's Rock was published in 2016[9] and received the 2017 British Fantasy Award for best horror novel.[10]

The Cabin at the End of the World was published June 26, 2018. It won the 2019 Bram Stoker Award for Novel and the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel. FilmNation acquired the rights to The Cabin at the End of the World in April 2018, before its publication.[11] The novel was adapted into the 2023 film Knock at the Cabin, directed by M. Night Shyamalan.[12]

Survivor Song was published on July 7, 2020, and The Pallbearers Club was published in 2022. The Beast You Are, a collection of fifteen short stories, was published in July 2023.[13]

Bibliography

Under the pseudonym P. T. Jones

References

General references

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sutherl . Amy . February 23, 2023 . Paul Tremblay, author of novel turned into 'Knock at the Cabin' film, finds human connection in horror . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230224161107/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/23/arts/paul-tremblay-author-novel-turned-into-knock-cabin-film-finds-human-connection-horror/ . 2023-02-24 . 2023-02-24 . .
  2. Book: Tremblay, Paul G. . The Little Sleep . 2009 . . . 978-0-8050-8849-6 . 273 . registration .
  3. Web site: Niedzviecki . Hal . Swallowing a Donkey's Eye (review) . 2020-09-04 . . en-US.
  4. Web site: Park . Sora . 2012-09-14 . Science-fiction author describes 'oddly personal' journey . 2020-09-04 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: A Head Full of Ghosts . 6 June 2016.
  6. Web site: 15 May 2016 . 2015 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners . 6 June 2016.
  7. Web site: A Head Full of Ghosts . Apr 18, 2020 . www.goodreads.com.
  8. Fleming . Mike Jr.. May 6, 2016. Focus Features Wins Auction For Paul Tremblay Novel A Head Full Of Ghosts. Deadline Hollywood. June 15, 2018.
  9. https://www.npr.org/2016/06/22/482023642/devils-rock-is-an-atmospheric-gut-twisting-descent 'Devil's Rock' Is An Atmospheric, Gut-Twisting Descent -NPR
  10. Web site: Tor.com . 2017-10-01 . Announcing the 2017 British Fantasy Award Winners . 2023-01-25 . Tor.com . en-US.
  11. Web site: FilmNation Acquires Paul Tremblay's The Cabin At The End Of The World. Deadline Hollywood. Anita. Busch. April 12, 2018. June 15, 2018.
  12. Web site: Calia . Mike . July 16, 2022 . Hollywood finally comes calling for horror writer Paul Tremblay . July 18, 2022 . CNBC.
  13. Web site: Paul . Tremblay . The Beast You Are: Stories . 2023-07-08 . Library Journal.
  14. Web site: No Sleep till Wonderland, officially . . Paul . Tremblay . June 9, 2009 . June 15, 2018.
  15. Web site: Swallowing a Donkey's Eye (review). Publishers Weekly.
  16. Web site: 2019 Locus Awards Winners. locusmag. 2019-06-29. Locus Online. en-US. 2019-07-04.

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