Paul Tremblay


Paul Gaetan Tremblay is an American author and editor of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction. His most widely known novels include A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, and Survivor Song. He has won multiple Bram [Stoker Award for Novel|Bram Stoker Awards] and is a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards.

Life and career

Tremblay was born in Aurora, Colorado, and raised in Massachusetts. He had spinal fusion surgery to treat scoliosis before he went to college. He attended Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1993. He obtained his master's degree in mathematics from the University of Vermont in 1995.
In summers between college, Tremblay worked at the Parker Brothers factory in Salem, Massachusetts, primarily in the warehouse and assembly lines. After graduation, he began teaching high school mathematics and coaching junior varsity basketball at Saint Sebastian's School, a private school outside Boston, Massachusetts.
Tremblay's novel No Sleep till Wonderland was published by Henry Holt and Company in 2010. Swallowing a Donkey's Eye was published by ChiZine Publications in 2012.
Tremblay collaborated with fellow horror writer Stephen Graham Jones to write Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn't Fly, a young adult novel. The novel was published in 2014 under the pseudonym P. T. Jones.
Tremblay's novel A Head Full of Ghosts was published on June 2, 2015, by William Morrow and won the Horror Writers Association's 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Novel. In 2015, Focus Features optioned the novel.
Disappearance at Devil's Rock was published in 2016 and received the 2017 British Fantasy Award for best horror novel.
The Cabin at the End of the World was published June 26, 2018. It won the 2019 Bram Stoker Award for Novel and the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel. FilmNation acquired the rights to The Cabin at the End of the World in April 2018, before its publication. The novel was adapted into the 2023 film Knock at the Cabin, directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Survivor Song was published on July 7, 2020, and The Pallbearers Club was published in 2022. The Beast You Are, a collection of fifteen short stories, was published in July 2023. His forthcoming dystopian horror novel, Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, is due to release in June 2026.

Under the pseudonym P. T. Jones

  • Awards

WorkYear & AwardCategoryResult.
The Teacher2007 Bram Stoker AwardShort Fiction
There's No Light Between Floor2007 Bram Stoker AwardShort Fiction
"The Blog at the End of the World"2008 Black Quill AwardsBest Dark Scribble Won
The Little Sleep2009 Bram Stoker AwardFirst Novel
"The Harlequin and the Train"2009 Black Quill AwardsSmall Press Chill
In the Mean Time2010 Black Quill AwardsDark Genre Fiction Collection
A Head Full of Ghosts2015 Goodreads Choice AwardsHorror
A Head Full of Ghosts2015 Bram Stoker AwardNovelWon
A Head Full of Ghosts2016 RUSA CODES Reading ListHorror
A Head Full of Ghosts2016 World Fantasy AwardNovel
Disappearance at Devil's Rock2016 Dragon AwardsHorror
Disappearance at Devil's Rock2016 Goodreads Choice AwardsHorror
Disappearance at Devil's Rock2016 Bram Stoker AwardNovel
Disappearance at Devil's Rock2017 British Fantasy AwardAugust Derleth AwardWon
Disappearance at Devil's Rock2017 Locus AwardHorror Novel
The Cabin at the End of the World2018 Dragon AwardsHorror
The Cabin at the End of the World2018 Goodreads Choice AwardsHorror
The Cabin at the End of the World2018 Bram Stoker AwardNovelWon
The Cabin at the End of the World2019 RUSA CODES Reading ListHorror
The Cabin at the End of the World2019 British Fantasy AwardAugust Derleth Award
The Cabin at the End of the World2019 Locus AwardHorror NovelWon
Growing Things and Other Stories2019 Goodreads Choice AwardsHorror
Growing Things and Other Stories2019 Bram Stoker AwardFiction CollectionWon
Growing Things and Other Stories2020 British Fantasy AwardCollection
Growing Things and Other Stories2020 Locus AwardCollection
Survivor Song2020 Goodreads Choice AwardsHorror
Survivor Song2021 Dragon AwardsHorror Novel
Survivor Song2021 Locus AwardHorror Novel
Survivor Song2021 British Fantasy AwardAugust Derleth Award
Ice Cold Lemonade 25ȼ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person2020 Locus AwardNovelette
The Pallbearers Club2023 Dragon AwardsHorror Novel
The Pallbearers Club2023 Locus AwardHorror Novel
Horror Movie2025 Locus AwardHorror Novel
Horror Movie2024 Bram Stoker AwardNovel