Author · born 1970
Laird Barron
Laird Barron (born 1970) is a horror writer, dogsledder. Born in Palmer.
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Laird Barron, mostly horror, dark fantasy and occult fiction. They span 2010 to 2013. The most-read is The Croning (2012).
Books by Laird Barron
The Croning
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Occultation and Other Stories
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The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
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Awards
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2014 — Best Collection, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2013 — Best Novella, Hand of Glory (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2006 — Best Novella, The Imago Sequence (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Collection, Not a Speck of Light (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Collection, Swift to Chase (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Anthology, Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume One (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Collection, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Novelette, Jaws of Saturn (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2013 — Best Novelette, Frontier Death Song (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2013 — Best Novella, Hand of Glory (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Novelette, Blackwood's Baby (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Novella, The Men from Porlock (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Collection, Occultation and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Novelette, ——30—— (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2010 — Best Short Story, Strappado (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2008 — Best Novelette, The Forest (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2007 — Best Novella, Hallucigenia (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2006 — Best Novella, The Imago Sequence (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2004 — Best Novelette, Old Virginia (nominee)
- ✦Bram Stoker Awards 2024 — Best Fiction Collection, Not a Speck of Light (nominee)
- 🏆Bram Stoker Awards 2024 — Short Fiction (winner)
- ✦Bram Stoker Awards 2016 — Best Fiction Collection, Swift to Chase (nominee)
- 🏆Bram Stoker Awards 2013 — Best Fiction Collection, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (winner)
- ✦Bram Stoker Awards 2010 — Best Fiction Collection, Occultation and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦Bram Stoker Awards 2007 — Best Fiction Collection, The Imago Sequence and Other Stories (nominee)
- 🏆Shirley Jackson Awards 2010 — Novella, Mysterium Tremendum (winner)
- 🏆Shirley Jackson Awards 2010 — Single-Author Collection, Occultation and Other Stories (winner)
Biography
Laird Samuel Barron (born 1970) is an American author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror, noir, and dark fantasy genres. He has also been the Managing Editor of the online literary magazine *Melic Review*. He lives in Upstate New York. **Source**: [Laird Barron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird_Barron) on Wikipedia.