Stephen Gregory (author)
Stephen Gregory (1952-2024) was a Welsh author of horror fiction. He was born in Derby, England[1] in 1952.[2] He had a degree in law from the University of London, and worked as a teacher in various places, including Bangor in Wales, Algiers in Algeria and the Sudan.[3] Gregory lived in Hollywood, California for a time, where he worked as a script writer with William Friedkin at Paramount Pictures.[4]
On 14th January, 2024, his publisher announced his death. https://x.com/valancourt_b/status/1746609785527484867
Works
[edit]His works include:
- The Cormorant, 1986 (reissued in 2013 by Valancourt Books, new introduction by the author)
- The Woodwitch, 1988 (reissued in 2014 by Valancourt Books, new introduction by Paul G. Tremblay)
- The Blood of Angels, 1993 (reissued in 2015 by Valancourt Books, new introduction by Mark Morris)
- The Perils and Dangers of This Night, 2008
- The Waking that Kills, 2013
- Wakening the Crow, 2014
- Plague of Gulls, 2015
The Cormorant received the 1987 Somerset Maugham Award, and, in 1993, the BBC made it into a film, starring Ralph Fiennes, which won two BAFTA Cymru awards. All three books were published both in the UK and US as well as in foreign translations.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory, Stephen. The Woodwitch (dust jacket), St. Martin's Press, 1988.
- ^ Gregory, Stephen. The Woodwitch (front matter), Gabe Newell Press, 1988.
- ^ Gregory, Stephen. The Cormorant (dust jacket), St. Martin's Press, 1986.
- ^ a b Internet Movie Database (IMDB): Stephen Gregory (IV) – Biography, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339953/bio
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