Douglas E. Winter
Douglas E. Winter is an American writer, critic, and lawyer.
Biography
Winter grew up in Granite City, Illinois. He studied at the University of Illinois, earning a B.S. and M.S. in Communications in 1971 and 1972. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1975 and served as law clerk to Judge William H. Webster, later Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He entered private practice as a lawyer at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.Winter edited horror anthologies Prime Evil and Revelations as well as the Hugo Award-nominated and World Fantasy Award-winning interviews collection Faces of Fear. He has also written the authorized critical biographies of Stephen King and Clive Barker. His novel Run was selected as the Best Suspense Novel of the Year by the Book of the Month Club and was nominated for the World Mystery Award. His experimental novella Splatter: A Cautionary Tale was nominated for the World Fantasy Award. His short stories "Black Sun" and "Loop" won the International Horror Award.
Winter has appeared in several documentary films and has provided commentary for blu-ray and DVD releases of a variety of motion pictures, including Candyman, The Dead Zone, Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot, and Uncommon Valor. He was book review columnist for Fantasy Review, Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.
Publications
Books
Run A Little Brass Book of Full Metal Fiction Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic Black Sun Splatter: A Cautionary Tale Stephen King: The Art of Darkness Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror Shadowings: The Reader’s Guide to Horror Fiction- ''The Reader’s Guide to Stephen King''
Short Fiction
June 11, 1936 Child of Sorrow Masks Street Life Down-Time: A Fable Splatter: A Cautionary Tale Office Hours The Happy Family Less Than Zombie Black Sun Bright Lights, Big Zombie Loop Playing Dolls One More Red Nightmare The Zombies of Madison County Joy Divided The Pathos of Genre Blessed Assurance- ''Nothing at All''
Editor
Black Wine Night Visions 5- Prime Evil
- ''Revelations''
Awards
| Work | Year & Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
| Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror | 1986 Locus Award | Non-Fiction/Reference | ||
| Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror | 1986 Hugo Award | Related Work | ||
| Black Wine | 1987 World Fantasy Award | Anthology/Collection | ||
| Splatter: A Cautionary Tale | 1988 World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | ||
| Night Visions 5 | 1989 Locus Award | Anthology | ||
| Prime Evil | 1989 Locus Award | Anthology | ||
| Prime Evil | 1989 World Fantasy Award | Anthology | ||
| Bright Lights, Big Zombie | 1992 Bram Stoker Award | Short Fiction | ||
| Black Sun | 1994 International Horror Guild Award | Short Fiction | Won | |
| Loop | 1995 International Horror Guild Award | Short Fiction | Won | |
| Loop | 1996 World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | ||
| Revelations | 1997 International Horror Guild Award | Anthology | Won | |
| Revelations | 1998 World Fantasy Award | Anthology | ||
| Revelations | 1998 Locus Award | Anthology | ||
| The Zombies of Madison County | 1997 Bram Stoker Award | Long Fiction | ||
| The Zombies of Madison County | 1998 World Fantasy Award | Novella | ||
| Run | 2000 Book of the Month Club | Suspense Novel of the Year | Won | |
| Run | 2000 International Horror Guild Award | First Novel | ||
| Run | 2000 Bram Stoker Award | First Novel | ||
| Run | 2001 Anthony Awards | First Novel | ||
| Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic | 2002 International Horror Guild Award | Non-Fiction | ||
| Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic | 2002 World Fantasy Special Award—Professional | - | ||
| Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic | 2003 Locus Award | Non-Fiction |
Douglas E. Winter was also nominated for the 1983 World Fantasy Special Award—Professional award for writing & reviewing, won the 1986 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional award for reviewing & won the 2003 HWA Silver Hammer Award (Horror Writers Association).