2007 Bram Stoker Award Winners
[presented March 30, 2008]| Novel: | The Missing by Sarah Langan |
| First Novel: | Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill |
| Long Fiction: | Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway by Gary Braunbeck |
| Short Fiction: | “The Gentle Brush of Wings ” by David Niall Wilson |
| Fiction Collection: | (Tie) Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen 5 Stories by Peter Straub |
| Anthology: | Five Strokes to Midnight edited by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble |
| Nonfiction: | THE CRYPTOPEDIA: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer |
| Poetry Collection: | (Tie) Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison VECTORS: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon |
| Lifetime Achievement Award: | John Carpenter, Robert Weinberg |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award: | Mark Worthen, Stephen Dorato, Christopher Fulbright |
I’m really pleased to see Joe Hill get the award for best first novel. Heart-Shaped Box is not to be missed.
