Nancy Holder
Nancy Holder is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She has also written fiction related to several other science fiction and fantasy shows, including Angel and Smallville.
Personal life and education
Holder was born Nancy Lindsay Jones in Los Altos, California on August 29, 1953. Growing up in California and Japan, Nancy quit school at 16 to be a ballet dancer in Germany. Eventually returning to the U.S., she resumed her studies and graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Communications degree.Holder is married to Wayne Holder, with whom she has a daughter, Belle Claire Christine Holder.
Career
Holder is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in horror writing and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2021. She won Best Short Story in 1991 for "Lady Madonna", in 1993 for "I Hear the Mermaids Singing", and in 1994 for "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain". She won Best Novel in 1994 for Dead in the Water.Other books by Nancy Holder include the Wicked series, about a family feud between a coven of witches called the Cahors and a coven of warlocks called the Devereux.
Holder contributed to the design of Dungeon Master, developed and sold by her husband Wayne Holder's company FTL Games. She has also begun collaborating with her daughter, Claire Holder, when published short stories.
Holder contributed the original story concept to the 2018 Firefly novel Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove.
She occasionally teaches courses in writing and on Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the University of California, San Diego.
In 2014, Holder stepped into the position of Vice President of the Horror Writers Association.
Awards
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | . |
| 1991 | "Lady Madonna" | Bram Stoker Award | Short Fiction | Won | |
| 1993 | "I Hear the Mermaids Singing" | Bram Stoker Award | Short Fiction | Won | |
| 1994 | "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain" | Bram Stoker Award | Short Fiction | Won | |
| 1994 | Dead in the Water | Bram Stoker Award | Novel | Won | |
| 1994 | Making Love | Locus Award | Horror Novel | ||
| 1995 | Dead in the Water | Locus Award | Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel | ||
| 1999 | Bram Stoker Award | Work for Young Readers | |||
| 2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Immortal | Listen Up Award | Popular Culture | ||
| 2005 | Outsiders | Bram Stoker Award | Anthology | ||
| 2011 | Bram Stoker Award | Young Adult Novel | Won | ||
| 2011 | Tough Love | Scribe Awards | Original Novel | Won | |
| 2016 | Crimson Peak | Scribe Awards | Adapted Novel | ||
| 2019 | — | Faust Award | — | Won | |
| 2019 | Firefly: Big Damn Hero | Dragon Awards | Media Tie-In Novel | ||
| 2020 | Mary Shelley Presents | Bram Stoker Award | Graphic Novel | Won | |
| 2021 | — | Bram Stoker Award | Lifetime Achievement | Won |
Novels
- Jessie's Song
- Winner Take All
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- Finders Keepers
- His Fair Lady
- Out of This World
- Once in Love with Amy
- Emerald Fire
- Rough Cut
- The Ghosts of Tivoli
- Cannibal Dwight's Special Purpose
- Making Love
- Dead in the Water –
- Witch-Light
- Pearl Harbor, 1941
- Smallville: Hauntings
- Spirited
- Pretty Little Devils
- Daughter of the Flames
- Daughter of the Blood
- The Rose Bride
- On Fire, a Teen Wolf Novel
- Crimson Peak
- Ghostbusters –
- Wonder Woman –
Collections
- ''Wings and Other Poems''
Series
Gambler's Star
- The Six Families
- Legacies and Lies
- ''Invasions''
''Wicked">Wicked (novel series)">Wicked''
- Witch
- Curse
- Legacy
- Spellbound
- ''Resurrection''
RSVP
- ''Camp Confidential''
Possessions
- Possessions
- The Evil Within
- ''The Screaming Season''
Crusade
- Crusade
- Damned
- ''Vanquished''
Wolf Springs Chronicles
- Unleashed
- Hot Blooded
- ''Savage''
Buffyverse works
Novels
- 1997: Halloween Rain
- 1998: Blooded
- 1998: Child of the Hunt
- 1998: The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 1
- 1999: The Gatekeeper
- 1999: Immortal
- 1999: The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3
- 1999: The Sunnydale High Yearbook
- 2000: The Evil That Men Do
- 2000: Not Forgotten
- 2000: Unseen
- 2001: The Book of Fours
- 2002: The Journals of Rupert Giles, Vol. 1
- 2002: Endangered Species
- 2003: Blood and Fog
- 2004: Heat
- 2005: Keep Me in Mind
- 2005: Queen of the Slayers
- 2006: ''Carnival of Souls''
Short stories
- How I Survived My Summer Vacation
- Tales of the Slayer
- ''The Anchoress''
Other short works
- Tales of Zorro
- The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
- Furry Fantastic
- ''Pandora's Closet''
Anthologies
Non-fiction
- Angel: the Casefiles, Volume 1
- ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to the Buffyverse''
Comics