Bram Stoker Awards 1987
The Bram Stoker Award 1987 was the first Bram Stoker Award , it was given in 1988 for literature from the previous year in seven categories. At the award ceremony, exceptional contributions to horror literature are honored every year. The winners are chosen by election by the members of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), until 1993 Horror Writers of America .
At the first award two prizes went to the author Robert R. McCammon , whereby he shared the prize for the best novel with Stephen King . Francis Paul Wilson was nominated twice in the best short story category.
Winners and nominated authors
The 1987 Bram Stoker Award was presented in 1988 in seven categories:
| category | winner | plant | Other nominated authors | Pictures of the winners |
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| Novel ( novel ) |
Stephen King |
Misery (German: you ) Swan Song (German: After the end of the world ) |
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| Debut ( First Novel ) | Lisa Cantrell | The Manse |
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| Novella ( Long Fiction ) |
George RR Martin |
The Pear-Shaped Man The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead |
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| Short story ( short fiction ) | Robert R. McCammon | The deep end |
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| Anthology ( Fiction Collection ) | Harlan Ellison | The Essential Ellison |
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| Fiction book ( Nonfiction ) | Muriel Spark | Mary Shelley (biography of author Mary Shelley ) |
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| Lifetime ( Lifetime Achievement ) |
Fritz Leiber |
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