Author · born 1953
Thomas Ligotti
Thomas Ligotti (born 1953) is an American horror author. Born in Detroit.
Our catalogue lists 5 books by Thomas Ligotti, mostly horror and ghost story. They span 1990 to 2015. The most-read is Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1990).
Books by Thomas Ligotti
Songs of a Dead Dreamer
Thomas Ligotti
Noctuary
Thomas Ligotti
My Work Is Not Yet Done
Thomas Ligotti
Songs of a dead dreamer and Grimscribe
Thomas Ligotti
The Nightmare Factory
Thomas Ligotti
Awards
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1997 — Best Collection, The Nightmare Factory (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1992 — Best Collection, Grimscribe: His Lives and Works (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1991 — Best Short Fiction, The Last Feast of Harlequin (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1997 — Best Collection, The Nightmare Factory (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1995 — Best Collection, Noctuary (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1992 — Best Collection, Grimscribe: His Lives and Works (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1991 — Best Novelette, The Last Feast of Harlequin (nominee)
- 🏆Bram Stoker Awards 2019 — Lifetime Achievement (winner)
- 🏆Bram Stoker Awards 1996 — Best Fiction Collection, The Nightmare Factory (winner)
- 🏆British Fantasy Awards 1997 — Best Anthology or Collection, The Nightmare Factory (winner)
- ✦British Fantasy Awards 1997 — Best Short Fiction, The Red Tower (nominee)
- ✦British Fantasy Awards 1997 — Best Short Fiction, Teatro Grottesco (nominee)
Biography
Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is a contemporary American horror writer. His writings have been noted as being rooted in several literary genres – most prominently weird fiction – and have overall been described by many critics as works of philosophical horror, often formed into short stories and novellas in the tradition of gothic fiction. The worldview espoused by Ligotti in his fiction and non-fiction is pessimistic and nihilistic. *The Washington Post* called him "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction". **Source**: [Thomas Ligotti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ligotti) on Wikipedia.