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Joe Hill (writer)

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Joe Hill (writer)

Joseph Hillström King (born June 4, 1972), better known by the pen name Joe Hill, is an American writer. His work includes the novels Heart-Shaped Box (2007), Horns (2010), NOS4A2 (2013), The Fireman (2016) and King Sorrow (2025); the short story collections 20th Century Ghosts (2005) and Strange Weather (2017); and the comic book series Locke & Key (2008–2013). Awards include: Bram Stoker Awards, British Fantasy Awards, and an Eisner Award.

Infobox

Born
Joseph Hillstrom King (1972-06-04) June 4, 1972 (age 53)Bangor, Maine, U.S.
Occupation
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Alma mater
Vassar College
Period
1996–present
Genre
Horror, dark fantasy, science fiction
Spouse
mw- Leanora King (m. 1999; div. 2010) Gillian Redfearn (m. 2018)
Children
5
Parents
Stephen King (father)Tabitha King (mother)
Relatives
Owen King (brother)

Tables

Awards for Joe Hill · Awards
Better Than Home
Better Than Home
Work
Better Than Home
Year & Award
2000 A. E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize
Result
Won
My Father's Mask
My Father's Mask
Work
My Father's Mask
Year & Award
2005 International Horror Guild Award
Category
Intermediate Form
Result
Nominated
Voluntary Committal
Voluntary Committal
Work
Voluntary Committal
Year & Award
2005 International Horror Guild Award
Category
Long Fiction
Result
Nominated
2006 Locus Award
2006 Locus Award
Work
2006 Locus Award
Year & Award
Novella
Category
Nominated
2006 British Fantasy Award
2006 British Fantasy Award
Work
2006 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Novella
Category
Nominated
2006 World Fantasy Award
2006 World Fantasy Award
Work
2006 World Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Novella
Category
Won
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
Work
20th Century Ghosts
Year & Award
2005 International Horror Guild Award
Category
Collection
Result
Won
2005 Bram Stoker Award
2005 Bram Stoker Award
Work
2005 Bram Stoker Award
Year & Award
Fiction Collection
Category
Won
2006 Locus Award
2006 Locus Award
Work
2006 Locus Award
Year & Award
Collection
Category
Nominated
2006 British Fantasy Award
2006 British Fantasy Award
Work
2006 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Collection
Category
Won
2006 Crawford Award
2006 Crawford Award
Work
2006 Crawford Award
Year & Award
New Fantasy Writer
Category
Won
2006 World Fantasy Award
2006 World Fantasy Award
Work
2006 World Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Collection
Category
Nominated
2008 Audie Awards
2008 Audie Awards
Work
2008 Audie Awards
Year & Award
Short Stories or Collections
Category
Won
2010 Tähtifantasia Award
2010 Tähtifantasia Award
Work
2010 Tähtifantasia Award
Category
Nominated
Best New Horror
Best New Horror
Work
Best New Horror
Year & Award
2005 Bram Stoker Award
Category
Long Fiction
Result
Won
2006 Locus Award
2006 Locus Award
Work
2006 Locus Award
Year & Award
Short Story
Category
Nominated
2006 British Fantasy Award
2006 British Fantasy Award
Work
2006 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Short Story
Category
Won
2006 World Fantasy Award
2006 World Fantasy Award
Work
2006 World Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Short Fiction
Category
Nominated
The Black Phone
The Black Phone
Work
The Black Phone
Year & Award
2005 British Fantasy Award
Category
Short Fiction
Result
Nominated
You Will Hear the Locust Sing
You Will Hear the Locust Sing
Work
You Will Hear the Locust Sing
Year & Award
2005 British Fantasy Award
Category
Short Fiction
Result
Nominated
Heart-Shaped Box
Heart-Shaped Box
Work
Heart-Shaped Box
Year & Award
2007 Bram Stoker Award
Category
First Novel
Result
Won
2007 Bram Stoker Award
2007 Bram Stoker Award
Work
2007 Bram Stoker Award
Year & Award
Novel
Category
Nominated
2007 Black Quill Award
2007 Black Quill Award
Work
2007 Black Quill Award
Year & Award
Dark Genre Novel (Reader's Choice)
Category
Won
2008 Macavity Awards
2008 Macavity Awards
Work
2008 Macavity Awards
Year & Award
First Mystery Novel
Category
Nominated
2008 Locus Award
2008 Locus Award
Work
2008 Locus Award
Year & Award
First Novel
Category
Won
2008 British Fantasy Award
2008 British Fantasy Award
Work
2008 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
August Derleth Award
Category
Nominated
2008 Audie Awards
2008 Audie Awards
Work
2008 Audie Awards
Year & Award
Thriller or Suspense
Category
Won
2008 International Thriller Writers Award
2008 International Thriller Writers Award
Work
2008 International Thriller Writers Award
Year & Award
First Novel
Category
Won
Thumbprint
Thumbprint
Work
Thumbprint
Year & Award
2007 Shirley Jackson Award
Category
Novelette
Result
Nominated
2008 British Fantasy Award
2008 British Fantasy Award
Work
2008 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Short Fiction
Category
Nominated
Locke & Key (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Locke & Key (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Work
Locke & Key (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Year & Award
2008 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award
Category
Best Horror Comic Book
Result
Honorable Mention
2009 Eisner Awards
2009 Eisner Awards
Work
2009 Eisner Awards
Year & Award
Best Writer
Category
Nominated
2009 British Fantasy Award
2009 British Fantasy Award
Work
2009 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Comic/Graphic Novel
Category
Won
2011 Eisner Awards
2011 Eisner Awards
Work
2011 Eisner Awards
Year & Award
Best Writer
Category
Won
2012 British Fantasy Award
2012 British Fantasy Award
Work
2012 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Comic/Graphic Novel
Category
Nominated
2015 Mythopoeic Awards
2015 Mythopoeic Awards
Work
2015 Mythopoeic Awards
Year & Award
Adult Literature
Category
Nominated
2016 Audie Awards
2016 Audie Awards
Work
2016 Audie Awards
Year & Award
Original Work
Category
Nominated
Gunpowder
Gunpowder
Work
Gunpowder
Year & Award
2009 British Fantasy Award
Category
Novella
Result
Nominated
Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead
Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead
Work
Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead
Year & Award
2010 Tähtifantasia Award
Result
Nominated
Horns
Horns
Work
Horns
Year & Award
2010 Bram Stoker Award
Category
Novel
Result
Nominated
2011 RUSA CODES Reading List
2011 RUSA CODES Reading List
Work
2011 RUSA CODES Reading List
Year & Award
Horror
Category
Shortlisted
2011 Locus Award
2011 Locus Award
Work
2011 Locus Award
Year & Award
Fantasy Novel
Category
Nominated
The Cape
The Cape
Work
The Cape
Year & Award
2011 Eisner Award
Category
Single Issue/One-Shot
Result
Nominated
Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: Sparrow
Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: Sparrow
Work
Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: Sparrow
Year & Award
2011 Eisner Awards
Category
Single Issue/One-Shot
Result
Nominated
Locke and Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Locke and Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Work
Locke and Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Year & Award
2011 Goodreads Choice Awards
Category
Graphic Novels & Comics
Result
Nominated
2011 Bram Stoker Award
2011 Bram Stoker Award
Work
2011 Bram Stoker Award
Year & Award
Graphic Novel
Category
Nominated
2012 Hugo Award
2012 Hugo Award
Work
2012 Hugo Award
Year & Award
Graphic Story
Category
Nominated
2012 British Fantasy Award
2012 British Fantasy Award
Work
2012 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Comic/Graphic Novel
Category
Won
Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys
Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys
Work
Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys
Year & Award
2012 Eisner Awards
Category
Single Issue/One-Shot
Result
Nominated
Locke and Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Locke and Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Work
Locke and Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Year & Award
2012 Goodreads Choice Awards
Category
Graphic Novels & Comics
Result
Nominated
2013 Hugo Award
2013 Hugo Award
Work
2013 Hugo Award
Year & Award
Graphic Story
Category
Nominated
NOS4A2
NOS4A2
Work
NOS4A2
Year & Award
2013 Goodreads Choice Awards
Category
Horror
Result
Nominated
2013 Bram Stoker Award
2013 Bram Stoker Award
Work
2013 Bram Stoker Award
Year & Award
Novel
Category
Nominated
2014 British Fantasy Award
2014 British Fantasy Award
Work
2014 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
August Derleth Award
Category
Nominated
2014 Locus Award
2014 Locus Award
Work
2014 Locus Award
Year & Award
Fantasy Novel
Category
Nominated
2014 Lord Ruthven Award
2014 Lord Ruthven Award
Work
2014 Lord Ruthven Award
Year & Award
Fiction
Category
Won
The Devil on the Staircase
The Devil on the Staircase
Work
The Devil on the Staircase
Year & Award
2013 FantLab's Book of the Year Award
Category
Translated Novella or Short Story
Result
Nominated
Locke & Key Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Locke & Key Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Work
Locke & Key Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
Year & Award
2014 Bram Stoker Award
Category
Graphic Novel
Result
Nominated
2014 Goodreads Choice Awards
2014 Goodreads Choice Awards
Work
2014 Goodreads Choice Awards
Year & Award
Graphic Novels & Comics
Category
Nominated
The Fireman
The Fireman
Work
The Fireman
Year & Award
2016 Goodreads Choice Awards
Category
Horror
Result
Won
2017 Locus Award
2017 Locus Award
Work
2017 Locus Award
Year & Award
Horror Novel
Category
Won
2017 RUSA CODES Reading List
2017 RUSA CODES Reading List
Work
2017 RUSA CODES Reading List
Year & Award
Horror
Category
Shortlisted
2018 Premio Ignotus
2018 Premio Ignotus
Work
2018 Premio Ignotus
Year & Award
Foreign Novel
Category
Nominated
Strange Weather
Strange Weather
Work
Strange Weather
Year & Award
2017 Bram Stoker Award
Category
Fiction Collection
Result
Won
2017 Goodreads Choice Awards
2017 Goodreads Choice Awards
Work
2017 Goodreads Choice Awards
Year & Award
Horror
Category
Nominated
2018 Locus Award
2018 Locus Award
Work
2018 Locus Award
Year & Award
Collection
Category
Nominated
2018 British Fantasy Award
2018 British Fantasy Award
Work
2018 British Fantasy Award
Year & Award
Collection
Category
Won
You Are Released
You Are Released
Work
You Are Released
Year & Award
2018 Bram Stoker Award
Category
Long Fiction
Result
Nominated
Full Throttle
Full Throttle
Work
Full Throttle
Year & Award
2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
Category
Horror
Result
Nominated
2020 Audie Awards
2020 Audie Awards
Work
2020 Audie Awards
Year & Award
Short Stories or Collections
Category
Won
2020 Locus Award
2020 Locus Award
Work
2020 Locus Award
Year & Award
Collection
Category
Nominated
Basketful of Heads
Basketful of Heads
Work
Basketful of Heads
Year & Award
2020 Goodreads Choice Awards
Category
Graphic Novels & Comics
Result
Nominated
Basketful of Heads #1
Basketful of Heads #1
Work
Basketful of Heads #1
Year & Award
2020 British Fantasy Award
Category
Comic/Graphic Novel
Result
Nominated
Late Returns
Late Returns
Work
Late Returns
Year & Award
2020 Locus Award
Category
Novelette
Result
Nominated
2020 Shirley Jackson Award
2020 Shirley Jackson Award
Work
2020 Shirley Jackson Award
Year & Award
Novella
Category
Nominated
Rain
Rain
Work
Rain
Year & Award
2023 Eisner Awards
Category
Adaptation from Another Medium
Result
Nominated
The Pram
The Pram
Work
The Pram
Year & Award
2024 Shirley Jackson Award
Category
Novelette
Result
Nominated
Work
Year & Award
Category
Result
Ref.
Better Than Home
2000 A. E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize
Won
My Father's Mask
2005 International Horror Guild Award
Intermediate Form
Nominated
Voluntary Committal
2005 International Horror Guild Award
Long Fiction
Nominated
2006 Locus Award
Novella
Nominated
2006 British Fantasy Award
Novella
Nominated
2006 World Fantasy Award
Novella
Won
20th Century Ghosts
2005 International Horror Guild Award
Collection
Won
2005 Bram Stoker Award
Fiction Collection
Won
2006 Locus Award
Collection
Nominated
2006 British Fantasy Award
Collection
Won
2006 Crawford Award
New Fantasy Writer
Won
2006 World Fantasy Award
Collection
Nominated
2008 Audie Awards
Short Stories or Collections
Won
2010 Tähtifantasia Award
Nominated
Best New Horror
2005 Bram Stoker Award
Long Fiction
Won
2006 Locus Award
Short Story
Nominated
2006 British Fantasy Award
Short Story
Won
2006 World Fantasy Award
Short Fiction
Nominated
The Black Phone
2005 British Fantasy Award
Short Fiction
Nominated
You Will Hear the Locust Sing
2005 British Fantasy Award
Short Fiction
Nominated
Heart-Shaped Box
2007 Bram Stoker Award
First Novel
Won
2007 Bram Stoker Award
Novel
Nominated
2007 Black Quill Award
Dark Genre Novel (Reader's Choice)
Won
2008 Macavity Awards
First Mystery Novel
Nominated
2008 Locus Award
First Novel
Won
2008 British Fantasy Award
August Derleth Award
Nominated
2008 Audie Awards
Thriller or Suspense
Won
2008 International Thriller Writers Award
First Novel
Won
Thumbprint
2007 Shirley Jackson Award
Novelette
Nominated
2008 British Fantasy Award
Short Fiction
Nominated
Locke & Key (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
2008 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award
Best Horror Comic Book
Honorable Mention
2009 Eisner Awards
Best Writer
Nominated
2009 British Fantasy Award
Comic/Graphic Novel
Won
2011 Eisner Awards
Best Writer
Won
2012 British Fantasy Award
Comic/Graphic Novel
Nominated
2015 Mythopoeic Awards
Adult Literature
Nominated
2016 Audie Awards
Original Work
Nominated
Gunpowder
2009 British Fantasy Award
Novella
Nominated
Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead
2010 Tähtifantasia Award
Nominated
Horns
2010 Bram Stoker Award
Novel
Nominated
2011 RUSA CODES Reading List
Horror
Shortlisted
2011 Locus Award
Fantasy Novel
Nominated
The Cape
2011 Eisner Award
Single Issue/One-Shot
Nominated
Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom : Sparrow
2011 Eisner Awards
Single Issue/One-Shot
Nominated
Locke and Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (with Gabriel Rodriguez)
2011 Goodreads Choice Awards
Graphic Novels & Comics
Nominated
2011 Bram Stoker Award
Graphic Novel
Nominated
2012 Hugo Award
Graphic Story
Nominated
2012 British Fantasy Award
Comic/Graphic Novel
Won
Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys
2012 Eisner Awards
Single Issue/One-Shot
Nominated

References

  1. "Interview: "NOS4R2" Author Joe Hill Talks the War on Christmas, Movie Adaptations, and Mark Twain's Twitter"
    http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/interview-nos4a2-author-joe-hill
  2. The New York Times
    https://web.archive.org/web/20240303191925/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/magazine/stephen-kings-family-business.html
  3. IMDb
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454872/
  4. "Movie | Creepshow (actor) – The Joe Hill Collection"
    https://joehill.nl/TheCollection/movies/movie-creepshow1982actor/
  5. Variety
    https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/wb-keeping-king-kin-in-box-1117941044/
  6. "Secret of Horror Writer's Lineage Broken"[dead link], Associated Press March 17, 2007
    https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-03-17-king-son_N.htm
  7. Excerpts from interview in July 2006 "Locus"
    http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/07Hill.html
  8. International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171007010435/https://www.fantastic-arts.org/awards/the-iafa-william-l-crawford-fantasy-award/
  9. "fiction"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140112063333/http://www.joehillfiction.com/fiction.htm#otherwriting
  10. Bram Stoker Award
    http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/novel/hill-joe/
  11. British Fantasy Society
    https://web.archive.org/web/20181031102519/http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/bfawinners/
  12. NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list (registration only)
    https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/books/bestseller/0408besthardfiction.html
  13. Fantasy-Horror Comic Locke & Key Sold Out in One Day (press release), Comics Bulletin, February 21, 2008
    http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/120365512436828.htm
  14. Limited and Lettered LOCKE & KEY by Joe Hill Sold Out Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, November 24, 200
    http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/2007/11/24/limited-and-lettered-locke-key-by-joe-hill-sold-out/
  15. theartsdesk.com
    https://theartsdesk.com/film/horns
  16. "Carlton Cuse On Controversial 'Jack Ryan' Choices, Why He Aligned with Disney/ABC Over Netflix, and 'Lost' Legacy"
    https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/carlton-cuse-interview-jack-ryan-lost-locke-key-netflix-amazon-1202005519/
  17. "Production Has Begun On Shudder's "Creepshow"; Stories and Directors Announced!"
    https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3545767/production-begun-shudders-creepshow-stories-directors-announced/
  18. Entertainment Weekly
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190626183409/https://ew.com/books/2019/06/26/joe-hill-dc-comics-hill-house/
  19. "Joe Hill talks Hill House Comics at DC, horror, comic book craft, and more"
    http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/2019/07/19/joe-hill-talks-hill-house-comics-at-dc-horror-comic-book-craft-and-more/
  20. Rocky Wood, et al.: "Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished", Abingdon, Maryland: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2006, p.
  21. People.com
    https://people.com/all-about-stephen-king-kids-8600832
  22. Twitter
    https://twitter.com/joe_hill/status/1533117087509581824
  23. whiteeaglecoffeestorepress.com
    http://whiteeaglecoffeestorepress.com/page4.html
  24. horroraward.org
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  25. www.sfadb.com
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  27. www.sfadb.com
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  29. "RUSA 2011 Reading List"
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  30. Goodreads
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  31. Goodreads
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  32. Goodreads
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  33. Worlds Without End
    https://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_bfs_index.asp
  34. Goodreads
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  35. "2017 Reading List Announced"
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  36. Goodreads
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  37. Goodreads
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  42. "Joe Hill On NOS4R2, The Walking Dead & Future Projects | THE FIRE WIRE"
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  43. "A place to get news on Joe Hill's novels, short stories, comics, films, and other projects"
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  44. "THE FIRE WIRE Exclusive: Interview With NOS4R2 Author, Joe Hill"
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  45. seacoastonline.com
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  47. borderlandspress.com
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  48. "Pop Art by Joe Hill — Subterranean Press"
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  54. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2021/04/the-black-phone-scott-derrickson-film-universal-blumhouse-release-date-1234745209/
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