Stephen Gregory (author) explained

Stephen Gregory (1952-2024) was a Welsh author of horror fiction. He was born in Derby, England^[1] in 1952.^[2] He had a degree in law from the University of London, and worked as a teacher in various places, including Bangor in Wales, Algiers in Algeria and the Sudan.^[3] Gregory lived in Hollywood, California for a time, where he worked as a script writer with William Friedkin at Paramount Pictures.^[4]

On 14th January, 2024, his publisher announced his death. https://x.com/valancourt_b/status/1746609785527484867

Works

His works include:

• The Cormorant, 1986 (reissued in 2013 by Valancourt Books, new introduction by the author)
• The Woodwitch, 1988 (reissued in 2014 by Valancourt Books, new introduction by Paul G. Tremblay)
• The Blood of Angels, 1993 (reissued in 2015 by Valancourt Books, new introduction by Mark Morris)
• The Perils and Dangers of This Night, 2008
• The Waking that Kills, 2013
• Wakening the Crow, 2014
• Plague of Gulls, 2015

The Cormorant received the 1987 Somerset Maugham Award, and, in 1993, the BBC made it into a film, starring Ralph Fiennes, which won two BAFTA Cymru awards. All three books were published both in the UK and US as well as in foreign translations.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Gregory, Stephen. The Woodwitch (dust jacket), St. Martin's Press, 1988.
2. Gregory, Stephen. The Woodwitch (front matter), Gabe Newell Press, 1988.
3. Gregory, Stephen. The Cormorant (dust jacket), St. Martin's Press, 1986.
4. Internet Movie Database (IMDB): Stephen Gregory (IV) – Biography, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339953/bio