Stephen Jones (author) explained

Stephen Jones
Birth Date:1953 11, df=y[1]
Birth Place:Pimlico, London, England
Occupation:Editor, writer
Nationality:British
Genre:Horror fiction

Stephen Jones (born 4 November 1953 in Pimlico, London) is an English editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of H. P. Lovecraft's early British publications.

Jones and Kim Newman have edited several books together, including Horror: 100 Best Books, the 1988 horror volume in Xanadu's 100 Best series, and Horror: Another 100 Best Books, a 2005 sequel from Carroll & Graf (US publisher of the earlier series). Each comprises 100 essays by 100 horror writers about 100 horror books and each was recognised by the Horror Writers of America with its annual Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction.

Jones has edited anthologies such as the Dark Voices, Dark Terrors, Best New Horror series, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, The Mammoth Book of Zombies, The Mammoth Book of Dracula, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes, The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard, and Scream Quietly: The Best of Charles L. Grant. Jones also edited Dancing with the Dark, a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers.

Jones has been the recipient of a Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards. His Mammoth book Best New Horror (1990, with Ramsey Campbell) was a World Fantasy Award winner.[2] Volume 29, the most recent installment of the annual anthology, was published in 2019.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

NameYearAuthor (Other)ISBNNotes
Horror: 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman)1988
Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden1991
James Herbert: By Horror Haunted, ed.1992
The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide1993
The Illustrated Frankenstein Movie Guide1994
The Frankenstein Scrapbook1995
The Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide1995
Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror1997Clive Barker
The Essential Monster Movie Guide1998
Creepshows: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide2001
Horror: Another 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman)2005
H. P. Lovecraft in Britain2007
Basil Copper: A Life in Books, ed.2008
The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History, ed.2015
The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History, ed.2017

Fiction

Works as editor

Anthology series

Dark Voices

  1. Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories (1990) with David Sutton
  2. Dark Voices 2 (1990) with David Sutton
  3. Dark Voices 3 (1991) with David Sutton
  4. Dark Voices 4 (1992) with David Sutton
  5. Dark Voices 5 (1993) with David Sutton
  6. Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror (1994) with David Sutton

Dark Terrors

  1. Dark Terrors (1995) with David Sutton
  2. Dark Terrors 2 (1996) with David Sutton
  3. Dark Terrors 3 (1997) with David Sutton
  4. Dark Terrors 4 (1998) with David Sutton
  5. Dark Terrors 5 (2000) with David Sutton
  6. Dark Terrors 6 (2002) with David Sutton

Best New Horror

  1. Best New Horror (1990) with Ramsey Campbell
  2. Best New Horror 2 (1991) with Ramsey Campbell
  3. Best New Horror 3 (1992) with Ramsey Campbell
  4. Best New Horror 4 (1993) with Ramsey Campbell
  5. Best New Horror 5 (1994) with Ramsey Campbell
  6. Best New Horror 6 (1995)
  7. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 7 (1996)
  8. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 8 (1997)
  9. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 9 (1998)
  10. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 10 (1999)
  11. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 11 (2000)
  12. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 12 (2001)
  13. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 13 (2002)
  14. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 14 (2003)
  15. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 15 (2004)
  16. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 16 (2005)
  17. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 17 (2006)
  18. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 18 (2007)
  19. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 19 (2008)
  20. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 20 (2009)
  21. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 21 (2010)
  22. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 22 (2011)
  23. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 23 (2012)
  24. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 24 (2013)
  25. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 25 (2014)
  26. Best New Horror 26 (2015)
  27. Best New Horror 27 (2017)
  28. Best New Horror 28 (2018)
  29. Best New Horror 29 (2019)

The Mammoth Book of...

  1. The Mammoth Book of Terror (1991)
  2. The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992)
  3. The Mammoth Book of Zombies (1993)
  4. The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994)
  5. The Mammoth Book of Werewolves (1994)
  6. The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997)
  7. The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004)
  8. The Mammoth Book of Monsters (2007)
  9. The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men (2009)
  10. The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! (2010)
  11. The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback (2012)
  12. Zombie Apocalypse! Endgame (2014)
  13. The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories (2018)
  14. The Mammoth Book of Folk Lore: Evil Lives on in the Land! (2021)

Standalone Anthologies

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. The U.S. Library of Congress (or "LCCN") cites the British Library authority file for Jones.
  2. Web site: World Fantasy Convention . Award Winners and Nominees . 4 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101201074405/http://worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html . 1 December 2010 .
  3. Web site: The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards – Honoring the best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation.

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