Ronald Malfi Explained

Ronald Malfi
Birth Date:28 April 1977
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Genre:Horror fiction, mainstream fiction, crime fiction
Movement:Speculative fiction

Ronald Malfi (born April 28, 1977) is an American novelist whose genres include horror, thrillers, mainstream, and literary fiction. Malfi is also a musician, having fronted the Baltimore-based alternative rock band Nellie Blide as well as his current project, Veer. He currently lives in Maryland.

Life and career

Ronald Malfi was born on April 28, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York.[1] His father was a Secret Service agent and his mother was a stay-at-home mom, who eventually raised four children, of which Ronald was the eldest.[2] His father's job saw the family transferred to various cities throughout the northeast until they eventually relocated to Severna Park, Maryland, where Ronald attended Severna Park High School until his graduation in 1995.[3] Malfi went on to study at Anne Arundel Community College and ultimately received a degree in English from Towson University in 1999.[4]

Malfi began writing stories at an early age.[5] His earliest short stories and small press novels saw Malfi using his full name, Ronald Damien Malfi, but he later dropped his middle name for his mass market releases.[6] As for his daily writing routine, Malfi has said he typically tries to write about 15 pages a day.[7] He is considered one of the new wave of literary, or "art house," horror novelists.[8]

In 2009, his novel Shamrock Alley, based on the true exploits of his own father, a retired Secret Service agent who went undercover and infiltrated the violent Irish gang in Manhattan known as The Westies,[2] was released and optioned for television.[9] The novel also won a Silver Independent Publisher Book Awards medal (IPPY) in the thriller/suspense/mystery novel category in 2010.[10]

In 2010, his novel Snow was released in paperback to much acclaim, as reviewers touted the novel's near-flawless pacing[11] and descriptive writing.[12] Malfi claims the novel was "feverishly hammered out in about two weeks."[13] The plot of the novel follows a group of strangers in to a town in Iowa which has been overrun by snow phantoms that can turn people into flesh-hungry zombies.

In 2011, the publication of his novel Floating Staircase garnered him much praise, and the novel won a Gold IPPY Award[14] [15] and was nominated by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram Stoker Award for best novel of 2011.[16]

During a 2011 radio interview, Malfi stated that most of his fiction deals with the concept of lost or confused identity.[17]

Malfi is also a musician, who has composed music for independent films,[18] and was the lead singer/songwriter and rhythm guitarist for the Baltimore-based alternative rock band Nellie Blide[19] (from 2000 to 2002) and his current project, Veer.

Novels

Novellas

Collections

Awards and acknowledgments

"I Know What You Are" (poem)
- Second Place (amateur), "Dracula '97" from the Transylvanian Society of Dracula.[25]

Shamrock Alley
- Independent Publisher Book Award (Silver)[26]

Floating Staircase
- Nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel of 2011[27]
- Independent Publisher Book Award (Gold Medal of Honor)[26] [15]
- Winner (third place), Vincent Preis International Horror Award[28]

Cradle Lake
- Benjamin Franklin Independent Book Award (Silver)[29]

Little Girls
- Shortlist - American Library Association's Year's Best in Genre Fiction[30]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ronald Malfi. ronmalfi.com. 18 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Horror Drive-In interview with Ronald Malfi. 18 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Published Authors Flourish In The Park - Severna Park Voice. severnaparkvoice.com. 18 July 2018.
  4. Web site: 404 - Anne Arundel Community College. Anne Arundel Community. College. www.aacc.edu. 18 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Interview: Ronald Malfi - dfuse.in. 6 January 2012. 18 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Connection Problems. horrordrive-in.com. 18 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Crime Scene NI: An Interview - Ronald Malfi. Gerard. Brennan. 16 December 2009. 18 July 2018.
  8. Web site: Horror Garage - SeX. dEatH. rOck N' roLL. - Art-House Horror: An Interview With Ronald Damien Malfi. Horror. Garage.. www.horrorgarage.com. 18 July 2018.
  9. Web site: 10 Questions with Ronald Malfi - CarlAlves.com. www.carlalves.com. 18 July 2018.
  10. Web site: Announcing the Results of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Independent Publisher - feature. 18 July 2018.
  11. Web site: Dark Scribe Magazine - Reviews - Snow / Ronald Malfi. www.darkscribemagazine.com. 18 July 2018.
  12. Web site: Las Vegas Review-Journal. Las Vegas Review-Journal. 18 July 2018.
  13. http://www.mkhorror.com/books/snow-book-review/ MK Horror's review of "Snow"
  14. Web site: 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results. Independent Publisher - feature. 18 July 2018.
  15. Web site: Award winning books published by CEO and founder of Medallion Press Inc., Helen A. Rosburg, win big in the 2012 "IPPY" Awards. - #PRNC. www.prnewschannel.com. 18 July 2018.
  16. Web site: Bram Stoker Award™ 2011 Final Ballot - Horror Writers Association BlogHorror Writers Association Blog. www.horror.org. 23 February 2012 . 18 July 2018.
  17. Web site: TFW- Ronald Malfi. BlogTalkRadio. 18 July 2018.
  18. Web site: Doomed to Consume (2006). 18 July 2018. www.imdb.com.
  19. Web site: [Interview] Ronald Malfi: The Macabre, the Monstrous and the Malevolent – a Writer With His Finger Very Firmly On the Horror Genre's Pulse]. 18 March 2013. 18 July 2018.
  20. Web site: Site Suspended - This site has stepped out for a bit. www.houseofhorrors.com. 18 July 2018.
  21. Web site: Shroud Magazine Book Reviews: Snow, (Leisure Fiction), by Ronald Malfi. Shroud. Magazine. 16 March 2010. 18 July 2018.
  22. Web site: Fiction Book Review: Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi. Medallion, $14.95 trade paper (454p) ISBN 978-1-60542-436-1. 18 July 2018.
  23. Web site: Ronald Malfi on Tour. Horror After Dark. en-US. 2016-03-15.
  24. Web site: Fiction Book Review: The Mourning House by Ronald Malfi. DarkFuse/Delirium (www.darkfuse.com), $4.99 e-book (182p) ISBN 978-1-93777-150-8. 18 July 2018.
  25. Web site: Awards. Dr. Elizabeth. Miller. www.ucs.mun.ca. 18 July 2018.
  26. http://medallionmediagroup.com/author/ronald-malfi/ List of awards won and nominations received
  27. Web site: Horror Writers Association website. 18 July 2018.
  28. Web site: VINCENT PREIS - Der Horror-Award. 18 July 2018.
  29. Web site: Benjamin Franklin Award list of winners. 18 July 2018.
  30. Web site: Readers' advisory experts announce 2016 Reading List: Year's best in genre fiction for adult readers News and Press Center. www.ala.org. 9 January 2016. 2016-03-15.

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