Dennis Etchison
American writer (1943-2019) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 76
Dennis William Etchison was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. Etchison referred to his own work as "rather dark, depressing, almost pathologically inward fiction about the individual in relation to the world".
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2019Died28 May 20192016Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime AchievementAward2002World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyAward1994British Fantasy Award for Best Short FictionAward1993World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyAward1987British Fantasy Award for Best Short FictionAward1982British Fantasy Award for Best Short FictionAwardWorld Fantasy Award for Best Short FictionAward1943Born30 March 1943
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Stephen King has called Dennis Etchison "one hell of a fiction writer" and he has been called "the most original living horror writer in America".
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Lived 1943 to 2019 · aged 76
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Stephen NicholsAlso in Killing Time (1984)
Nicola GriffithBoth received World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
Paul J. McAuleyBoth received British Fantasy Award for Best Short FictionJames BlaylockBoth received World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
Kij JohnsonBoth received World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction