Brian Keene
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Brian Keene is a two-time Bram Stoker Award winning horror author, first in 2001 for his non-fiction work Jobs In Hell and then again in 2003 for his debut novel, the post-apocalyptic zombie tale The Rising. In 2004, he won the Shocker Award for his non-fiction work Sympathy For the Devil. His other novels include Ghoul, City Of The Dead, Terminal, The Conqueror Worms, Fear Of Gravity, and many more. Several of his books and stories have been optioned for film, video game and comic book adaptations.
Keene has often been credited (by the New York Times, Fangoria, the History Channel, and others) with ushering in the new era of zombie popularity in pop culture (along with filmmaker Danny Boyle).
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No Rest For The Wicked (Out of Print)
- 2001 Limited Edition Hardcover (Imaginary Worlds Press)
- 2001 Trade Hardcover (Imaginary Worlds Press)
- 2001 Trade Paperback (Imaginary Worlds Press)
No Rest For The Wicked Redux (Out of Print)
4x4, co-written with Geoff Cooper, Michael Oliveri, and Michael T. Huyck Jr. (Out of Print)
- 2001 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 100 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2001 Limited Edition Trade Paperback (lim. 400 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2003 Ultra Edition Hardcover (lim. 6 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2003 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 26 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2003 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 300 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2004 Mass Market Paperback (Leisure Books)
- 2005 Mass Market Paperback, Second Printing (Leisure Books)
- 2006 Mass Market Paperback, Third Printing (Leisure Books)
- 2006 Mass Market Paperback, Fourth Printing (Leisure Books)
- 2006 German-language Trade Hardcover and Mass Market Paperback (as Das Reich Der Siqqusim) (Otherworld Verlag)
No Rest At All (Out of Print)
- 2003 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 15 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2003 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 150 copies, Delirium Books)
The Rise And Fall Of Babylon, co-written with John Urbancik (Out of Print)
- 2003 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 15 copies, Earthling Publications)
- 2003 Limited Edition Chapbook (lim. 400 copies, Earthling Publications)
Fear Of Gravity
- 2004 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 26 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2004 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 400 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2005 Trade Paperback (Delirium Books)
- 2006 German-language Trade Paperback (as Angst Vor Dem Sturz) (Eloy Edictions)
The Rising: Necrophobia with Brett McBean, Michael Oliveri, and John Urbancik (Out of Print)
- 2004 Limited Edition Hardcover Chapbook (lim. 26 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2004 Limited Edition Softcover Chapbook (lim. 500 copies, Delirium Books)
Sympathy For The Devil: The Best Of Hail Saten Vol. 1
- 2004 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 150 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2006 Trade Paperback (Delirium Books)
Terminal
- 2005 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 26 copies, Bloodletting Books)
- 2005 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 400 copies, Bloodletting Books)
- 2005 Mass Market Paperback (Bantam Books)
- 2005 eBook (Bantam Books)
City Of The Dead
- 2005 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 26 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2005 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 300 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2005 Mass Market Paperback (Leisure Books)
- 2006 Mass Market Paperback, Second Printing (Leisure Books)
- 2006 Mass Market Paperback, Third Printing (Leisure Books)
- 2006 German-language Trade Hardcover and Mass Market Paperback (as Das Reich Der Siqqusim) (Otherworld Verlag)
Earthworm Gods (released in paperback as The Conqueror Worms)
- 2005 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 52 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2005 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 400 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2006 Mass Market Paperback (Leisure Books; released under the title The Conqueror Worms)
Running With The Devil: The Best Of Hail Saten Vol. 2
- 2006 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 150 copies, Delirium Books)
The Rising: Selected Scenes From The End Of The World
- 2006 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 32 copies, Delirium Books)
The Rutting Season (Out of Print)
- 2006 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 400 copies, Bloodletting Books)
- 2006 Trade Paperback (Bloodletting Books)
Take The Long Way Home (Out of Print)
- 2006 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 450 copies, (Necessary Evil Press)
- 2006 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 26 copies, (Necessary Evil Press)
- 2007 Mass Market Paperback (Leisure Books)
- 2007 Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 26 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2007 Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 500 copies, Delirium Books)
Brian Keene's Fear
- 2007 Graphic Novel (various artists), (Frequency Press)
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- 2002 Talking Smack CD (Medium Rare Books) (Out of Print)
[edit] Anthologies edited
- 2001 Best Of Horrorfind Trade Paperback (Horrorfind.com L.L.C.)
- 2003 Best Of Horrorfind II Trade Paperback (Horrorfind.com L.L.C.)
- 2006 In Delirium Leather-Bound Hardcover (lim. 26 copies, Delirium Books)
- 2006 In Delirium Limited Edition Hardcover (lim. 274 copies, Delirium Books)
[edit] Biography
(Much of this biographical information is taken from Keene's Sympathy For The Devil and Running With The Devil, as well as various interviews).
Brian Keene was born in 1967. He grew up in both Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and many of his books take place in these locales. After graduating high school, he served as a radioman in the U.S. Navy onboard an LPD. After his obligated enlistment ended, Keene worked a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Among them were stints as a foundry worker, truck driver, data entry clerk, dockworker, telemarketer, customer service representative, repo man, bouncer, disc jockey, salesman, store manager, daycare instructor, custodian, and more. In interviews, he credits this diverse background as the key to the three-dimensional characters that populate his books.
Keene has won two Bram Stoker Awards. One in 2001 for non-fiction (Jobs In Hell) and one in 2003 for first novel (The Rising). He is also the recipient of the 2004 Shocker Award for non-fiction (Sympathy For The Devil) as well as many small and regional awards. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Publisher's Weekly, Rue Morgue Magazine, Fangoria Magazine, and participated in a documentary for The History Channel. David Letterman once based a skit on a party at Keene's home.
In addition to being a prolific writer, Keene is also a prolific public speaker, and has been invited to speak at a number of libraries, high schools, bookstores, and conventions. He was also invited to speak at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in 2006.
In 2004, The Rising was optioned for film and videogame adaptations. In 2005, City of the Dead was optioned for the same. In 2006, Terminal was optioned for film. Also in 2006, three stories from Keene's Fear off Gravity were adapted in the graphic novel Brian Keene's FEAR. The stories were "Castaways", "Red Wood", and the award-winning "The King, in: Yellow".
Keene spearheaded a successful Books For Troops program, in which various horror authors supplied free, signed books to American troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere around the world. Keene was honored for this in 2005 by the 509th Logistics Fuels Flight Squadron based at Whiteman A.F.B. in Missouri.
Keene currently lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Cassandra.
