Thomas F. Monteleone

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Thomas Francis Monteleone (born April 14, 1946 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is an American horror and science fiction writer.

Life

After attending a Jesuit high school , Monteleone studied at the University of Maryland in College Park , where he graduated in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and in 1973 with a master's degree in English. After graduating, he worked as a psychotherapist at CT Perkins Hospital in Jessup , Maryland from 1969 to 1978 . From 1976 to 1978 he was managing director of Science Fiction Writers of America . Since then he has been a full-time writer.

Monteleone has been active in science fiction since 1972 when he began writing book reviews for Amazing Stories . In 1973 the short story Wendigo's Child appeared in the anthology Monster Tales edited by Roger Elwood . The publication history of his debut novel Seeds of Change (1975) was double-edged to unfortunate. It was the first volume in Laser Books , a series of SF books launched by Harlequin Books that was produced in very large print runs and distributed free for promotional purposes, flooding the market and giving Seeds of Change a reputation for not even reading the book could give away. His other SF novels, including the Dragonstar cycle written together with David Bischoff , are considered standard dystopias or rather conventional SF adventures.

The reception of Monteleone's works in the horror genre was much cheaper. The novel The Blood of the Lamb (1992, German Das Blut des Lammes ), in which the protagonist Father Peter Carenza is a clone whose DNA had been extracted from the Turin shroud , and which - endowed with the miraculous powers of Christ - even turns itself does not behave according to the expectations of its creators, was awarded the Bram Stoker Award in 1993, the most prestigious prize in the field of horror and dark fantasy .

The series of Borderland Anthologies published by Monteleone , which has been compared to Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions , was also very well received, insofar as the boundaries of the genre are tested and expanded here too. This was recognized with two more Bram Stoker Awards . He also received a Bram Stoker Award in 2004 for The Mothers And Fathers Italian Association's column in Cemetery Dance magazine . Monteleone also wrote scripts for one episode each of the television series Night Visions and Tales from the Darkside .

Monteleone has a son with his first wife, Natalie, whom he married in 1969. The marriage ended in divorce in 1973. In 1981 he married Linda Smith, with whom he had a second son. He currently resides in New Hampshire with his third wife Elizabeth and daughter Olivia . Elizabeth E. Monteleone was the co-editor on two of the Borderland anthologies and is the co-author of a short story. Olivia F. Monteleone is co-editor of the anthology Borderland 6 .

Awards

  • 1984: Gabriel Award from the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals
  • 1984: International Television and Film Award
  • 1991: Maryland State Arts Council Award
  • 1993: Bram Stoker Award for the novel Blood of the Lamb
  • 2004: Bram Stoker Award together with Elizabeth E. Monteleone for the anthology Borderlands 5
  • 2004: Bram Stoker Award for The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association column
  • 2005: Bram Stoker Award for the Fearful Symmetries Collection
  • 2017: Bram Stoker Award together with Oliva F. Monteleone for the anthology Borderlands 6

He was inducted into the Necon Hall of Fame in 2009 for his contributions to Necon , the North-East Writer's Conference , after being Guest of Honor at Necon XII in 1992 . He was also guest of honor at Fantasycon XIV in 1989 .

bibliography

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Guardian (novel cycle)
  • 1 Guardian (1980)
    • English: Citadel of the Guardian. Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction # 3602), 1982, ISBN 3-8118-3602-1 .
  • 2 Ozymandias (1981)
Dragonstar (novel cycle, with David Bischoff )
  • 1 Dragon Star (1981)
    • German: Drachengestirn. Hohenheim (Edition SF in Hohenheim Verlag), 1984, ISBN 3-8147-0039-2 .
  • 2 Day of the Dragonstar (1983)
  • 3 Night of the Dragonstar (1985)
  • 4 Dragonstar Destiny (1989)
Borderlands (anthology series)
  • Borderlands (1990)
  • Borderlands 2 (1991)
  • Borderlands 3 (1993)
  • Borderlands 4 (1994, with Elizabeth E. Monteleone)
  • Borderlands 5 (2003, with Elizabeth E. Monteleone, also as From the Borderlands: Stories of Terror and Madness , 2003)
  • Borderlands 6 (2016, with Olivia F. Monteleone)
The Nocturnia Chronicles ( novel cycle, with F. Paul Wilson )
  • 1 Definitely Not Kansas (2015)
  • 2 Family Secrets (2015)
Novels
  • Seeds of Change (1975)
  • The Time Connection (1976)
    • German: Time Connection. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5734), 1981, ISBN 3-426-05734-4 .
  • The Time-Swept City (1977)
  • The Secret Sea (1979)
  • Night Things (1980)
  • Night Train (1984)
  • Crooked House (1987, with John DeChancie )
  • Lyrica (1987)
  • The Magnificent Gallery (1987)
  • Fantasma (1989)
  • The Blood of the Lamb (1992)
    • English: The blood of the lamb. Translated by Karin König. Heyne, 2006, ISBN 3-453-43202-9 .
  • The Resurrectionist (1995)
  • Night of Broken Souls (1997)
  • The Reckoning (1999)
  • Eyes of the Virgin (2002)
  • Submerged (2016)
Collections
  • Dark Stars and Other Illuminations (1981)
  • Rough Beasts and Other Mutations (2003)
  • A Little Brown Book of Bizarre Stories (2004)
  • Fearful Symmetries (2004)
  • Dark Arts: Novelettes & Novellas (2014)
Anthologies
  • The Arts and Beyond: Visions of Man's Aesthetic Future (1977)
  • RAM Random Access Messages of the Computer Age (1984, also as Microworlds: Tales of the Computer Age , 1985)
Short stories
  • Precious Bodily Fluids (1973, as Mario Martin, Jr.)
  • The Vrkolak (1973, as Brian T. Lo Medico)
  • Wendigo's Child (1973)
  • Agony in the Garden (1973)
  • Chicago (1973)
  • A Séance in Summer (1974, as Mario Martin, Jr.)
  • A Spell for Jonathan (1974)
  • Hide and Seek (1974, as Mario Martin, Jr.)
  • The Boy Who Could Make Things Move (1974, also as Brian T. Lo Medico)
    • German: The boy who moved the world. In: Ernst Fuchs, Hans Joachim Alpers (ed.): New science fiction stories. Tosa, 1982, ISBN 3-85001-097-X .
  • The Hole in Jennifer's Room (1974, as Brian T. LoMedico)
  • The Thing from Ennis Rock (1974)
  • Present Perfect (1974)
  • Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep (1975)
  • A Creature of Accident (1975)
    • English: Fiores dream. In: HJ Alpers (Hrsg.): Kopernikus 3. Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction # 3523), 1981, ISBN 3-8118-3523-8 .
  • Good and Faithful Servant (1976)
  • The Star-Filled Sea Is Smooth Tonight (1977)
    • German: Star Sea. Translated by Joachim Pente. In: Renate Stroik (Hrsg.): Comet, # 2 1977. Tandem, 1977. Also in: Michael Nagula (Hrsg.): The timeless dream. Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31080, 1984, ISBN 3-548-31080-X .
    • English: The star-filled sea lies flat tonight. Translated by Wolfgang Crass. In: Roy Torgeson (ed.): Try to remember. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6726), 1982, ISBN 3-8118-6726-1 .
  • Camera Obscura (1977)
  • The Curandeiro (1977)
    • German: the quack. Translated by Irmhild Hübner. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Science Fiction Story Reader 15. Heyne SF&F # 3780, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30681-3 .
    • German: The Curandeiro. Translated by Eva Malsch. In: Roy Torgeson (ed.): The monster from the swamp. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6729), 1982, ISBN 3-8118-6729-6 .
  • Far from Eve and Morning (1977)
  • Mister Magister: A Play in One Act (1978)
  • Where All the Songs Are Sad (1978)
  • Just in the Niche of Time (1978)
    • German: Only in the niche of the time. In: Roy Torgeson (ed.): Nick Adams' last rise. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6718), 1981, ISBN 3-8118-6718-0 .
  • The Imperfect Lover (1978)
    • German: The imperfect beloved. In: Roy Torgeson (ed.): The corrupt woman. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6720), 1981, ISBN 3-8118-6720-2 .
  • The Dancer in the Darkness (1979)
  • When Dark Descends (1979, with Charles L. Grant )
    • German: When the darkness falls. On the eve of St. Poleander Day 1981-00-00 ed.Roy Torgeson Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6716) 3-8118-6716-4 1981.
  • Last Word: The Gullibility Factor (1979)
  • Sonata for Three Electrodes (1980)
    • English: Sonata for three electrodes. In: Roy Torgeson (Ed.): Sonata for three electrodes. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6731), 1982, ISBN 3-8118-6731-8 .
  • Taking the Night Train (1981)
  • Spare the Child (1982)
  • Identity Crisis (1982)
  • The Mechanical Boy (1983)
    • English: The mechanical boy. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Winterfliegen. Heyne SF&F # 5970, 1999, ISBN 3-453-13985-2 .
  • The Greatest Game (1984)
  • The Cutty Black Sow (1984)
  • Group Phenomena (1985)
  • The Night Is Freezing Fast (1987)
  • Yesterday's Child (1987)
  • Rehearsals (1987)
  • In the Fast Lane (1988)
  • Nobody's Perfect (1988)
  • Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made Of (1988, with Grant Carrington)
  • The Ring of Truth (1989)
  • The Pleasure of Her Company (1990)
  • The Way of the Cross (1990)
  • No Pain, No Gain (1990)
  • Love Letters (1991)
  • Prodigal Sun (1991)
  • The White Man (1991)
  • Oyster Bay, NY (1992)
  • Love Is the Prey (1993)
  • The Roadside Scalpel (1993)
  • The Wager (1993)
  • Off to See the Wizard (1993)
  • The Newspaper Man (1994)
  • Triptych di Amore (1994)
  • Please Stand By (1994)
    • German: And what's your price ?. 1986.
  • Looking for Mr. Flip (1995)
  • The Stuff of Life to Knit You (1995, with Robert Wayne McCoy)
  • Time Enough to Sleep (1995)
  • Get It Out (1996)
  • Between Floors (1997)
  • Under Your Skin (1998)
  • A Mind Is a Terrible Thing (1998)
  • Changing of the Guard (1998, with Robert Wayne McCoy)
  • The Prisoner's Tale (2000)
  • It's in the Bag (2001)
  • Yog-Sothoth, Superstar (2001)
  • Lux et Veritas (2002)
  • The House of Dust (2003, with Elizabeth E. Monteleone)
  • Sideshow (2004)
  • Horn of Plenty (2004)
  • A Fine and Private Place (2005)
  • Looking Glass (2006, collaboration with numerous other authors)
  • How Sweet It Was (2006)
  • They Call Me Eddie (2006, with Rick Hautala)
  • End of Story (2007)
  • Images in Anthracite (2007)
  • The Prime Time of Spenser Golding (2008)
  • The Diary of Louise Carey (2009)
  • The Exchange (2012)
  • When I Was (2013)
Non-fiction
  • The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association (2003)
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel (2004)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Monteleone, Thomas F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monteleone, Thomas Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and horror writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland