Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction
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The Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for non-fiction.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Template:Sortname | Mary Shelley | Winner | <ref name=":22">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In | Finalist | <ref name=":22" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":22" /> | |
| 1988 | (no award) | |||
| 1989 | Template:Sortname and Kim Newman | Horror: The 100 Best Books | Winner | <ref name=":42">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Harlan Ellison's Watching | Winner | <ref name=":42" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | American Vampires by Fans, Victims, Practitioners | Finalist | <ref name=":42" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | H. P. Lovecraft | Finalist | <ref name=":42" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Horror: A Connoisseur's Guide To Literature and Film | Finalist | <ref name=":42" /> | |
| 1990 | Template:Sortname | Dark Dreamers | Winner | <ref name=":52">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Joe Bob Goes Back to the Drive-In | Finalist | <ref name=":52" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":52" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Hollywood Gothic | Finalist | <ref name=":52" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide | Finalist | <ref name=":52" /> | |
| 1991 | Template:Sortname | Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden | Winner | <ref name=":6">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice | Finalist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Vampires Among Us | Finalist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| 1992 | Template:Sortname | Cut! Horror Writers of Horror Film | Winner | <ref name=":7">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Men, Women, and Chainsaws | Finalist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Dark Visions | Finalist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Scare Tactics | Finalist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Young Adult Horror Fiction | Finalist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| 1993 | Template:Sortname | Once Around the Bloch | Winner | <ref name=":8">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Michael Barrett | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| 1994 | (no award) | |||
| 1995 | Template:Sortname and William Contento | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref name=":10">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Christopher Nickens | Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller | Finalist | <ref name=":10" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Pete Tombs | Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 | Finalist | <ref name=":10" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":10" /> | |
| 1996 | Template:Sortname | H. P. Lovecraft: A Life | Winner | <ref name=":11">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":11" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":11" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula | Finalist | <ref name=":11" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | V is for Vampire | Finalist | <ref name=":11" /> | |
| 1997 | Template:Sortname | Dark Thoughts: On Writing | Winner | <ref name=":12">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and John Grant | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":12" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Alan Barnes | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":12" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Video Watchdog | Finalist | <ref name=":12" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror | Finalist | <ref name=":12" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Dean Koontz: A Writer's Biography | Finalist | <ref name=":12" /> | |
| 1998 | Template:Sortname, ed. | DarkEcho Newsletter, Vol. 5, #1-50 | Winner | <ref name=":13">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and Beyond | Finalist | <ref name=":13" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":13" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":13" /> | |
| 1999 | Template:Sortname, ed. | DarkEcho Newsletter | Winner | <ref name=":14">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Paul F. Olson, eds. | Hellnotes | Finalist | <ref name=":14" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":14" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography | Finalist | <ref name=":14" /> | |
| 2000 | Template:Sortname | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Winner | <ref name=":15">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Paul F. Olson, eds. | Hellnotes | Finalist | <ref name=":15" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | At the Foot of the Story Tree | Finalist | <ref name=":15" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Horror of the 20th Century | Finalist | <ref name=":15" /> | |
| 2001 | Template:Sortname, ed. | Jobs in Hell | Winner | <ref name=":16">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Garrett Peck, eds. | Personal Demons | Finalist | <ref name=":16" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Paul F. Olson, eds. | Hellnotes | Finalist | <ref name=":16" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor | Finalist | <ref name=":16" /> | |
| 2002 | Template:Sortname | Ramsey Campbell, Probably | Winner | <ref name=":17">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Ralan.com | Finalist | <ref name=":17" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Kelly Laymon, eds. | Jobs in Hell | Finalist | <ref name=":17" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, Paul F. Olson, and Garrett Peck, eds. | Hellnotes | Finalist | <ref name=":17" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, Second Edition | Finalist | <ref name=":17" /> | |
| 2003 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref name=":18">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Fear in a Handful of Dust | Finalist | <ref name=":18" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Ralan.com | Finalist | <ref name=":18" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Smoky Man, eds. | Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman | Finalist | <ref name=":18" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Hellnotes | Finalist | <ref name=":18" /> | |
| 2004 | Template:Sortname, ed. | Hellnotes | Winner | <ref name=":19">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":19" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":19" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Hanging Out with the Dream King | Finalist | <ref name=":19" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Ralan's SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza | Finalist | <ref name=":19" /> | |
| 2005 | Template:Sortname and Kim Newman | Horror: Another 100 Best Books | Winner | <ref name=":20">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":20" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Morbid Curiosity, #9 | Finalist | <ref name=":20" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | More Giants of the Genre | Finalist | <ref name=":20" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Why Buffy Matters: The Art of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' | Finalist | <ref name=":20" /> | |
| 2006 | Template:Sortname | Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die | Winner | <ref name=":21">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Vision of Hell on Earth | Winner | <ref name=":21" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Cinema Macabre | Finalist | <ref name=":21" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished | Finalist | <ref name=":21" /> | |
| 2007 | Template:Sortname and David F. Kramer | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref name=":222">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and David Niall Wilson | Storytellers Unplugged | Finalist | <ref name=":222" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":222" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying Truth About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More | Finalist | <ref name=":222" /> | |
| 2008 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref name=":23">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Cheap Scares | Finalist | <ref name=":23" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, Del Howison, and Scott Bradley | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":23" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Zombie CSU | Finalist | <ref name=":23" /> | |
| 2009 | Template:Sortname | Writers Workshop of Horror | Winner | <ref name=":24">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Michael Arruda | Cinema Knife Fight | Finalist | <ref name=":24" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Justin Brooks | Stephen King: The Non-Fiction | Finalist | <ref name=":24" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":24" /> | |
| 2010 | Template:Sortname | To Each Their Darkness | Winner | <ref name=":25">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Janice Gable Bashman | Wanted Undead or Alive: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil | Finalist | <ref name=":25" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":25" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews | Finalist | <ref name=":25" /> | |
| 2011 | Template:Sortname | Stephen King: A Literary Companion | Winner | <ref name=":262">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":36">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":37">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":38">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night | Finalist | <ref name=":262" /><ref name=":36" /><ref name=":37" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, Jim Rockhill, and Brian J. Showers, eds. | Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu | Finalist | <ref name=":262" /><ref name=":36" /><ref name=":37" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":262" /><ref name=":36" /><ref name=":37" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies | Finalist | <ref name=":262" /><ref name=":36" /><ref name=":37" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Starve Better | Finalist | <ref name=":262" /><ref name=":36" /><ref name=":37" /> | |
| 2012 | Template:Sortname | Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween | Winner | <ref name=":272">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":392">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":402">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":272" /><ref name=":392" /><ref name=":402" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and John W. Morehead | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":272" /><ref name=":392" /><ref name=":402" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film | Finalist | <ref name=":272" /><ref name=":392" /><ref name=":402" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Writing Darkness | Finalist | <ref name=":272" /><ref name=":392" /><ref name=":402" /> | |
| 2013 | Template:Sortname | Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction | Winner | <ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":422">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and James E. Doan, eds. | Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic | Finalist | <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":422" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Modern Master of Horror | Finalist | <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":422" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors | Finalist | <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":422" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":422" /> | |
| 2014 | Template:Sortname | Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer’s Survival Guide | Winner | <ref name=":292">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":110">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":44">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Disorders of Magnitude | Finalist | <ref name=":292" /><ref name=":110" /><ref name=":44" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Lovecraft and a World in Transition | Finalist | <ref name=":292" /><ref name=":110" /><ref name=":44" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":292" /><ref name=":110" /><ref name=":44" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Emma Audsley | Horror 101: The Way Forward | Finalist | <ref name=":292" /><ref name=":110" /><ref name=":44" /> | |
| 2015 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref name=":302">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":32">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Jeffrey H. Shanks, eds. | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":302" /><ref name=":32" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Emma Audsley, eds. | Horror 201: The Silver Scream | Finalist | <ref name=":302" /><ref name=":32" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Author’s Guide to Marketing with Teeth | Finalist | <ref name=":302" /><ref name=":32" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Studies in the Horror Film: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (film) | Finalist | <ref name=":302" /><ref name=":32" /> | |
| 2016 | Template:Sortname | Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life | Winner | <ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | In the Mountains of Madness | Finalist | <ref name=":3" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Something in the Blood | Finalist | <ref name=":3" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":3" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil's Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth | Finalist | <ref name=":3" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Haunted | Finalist | <ref name=":3" /> | |
| 2017 | Template:Sortname | Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction | Winner | <ref name=":322">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":51">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":522">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Searching for Sycorax: Black Women’s Hauntings of Contemporary Horror | Finalist | <ref name=":322" /><ref name=":51" /><ref name=":522" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Eugene Johnson | Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre | Finalist | <ref name=":322" /><ref name=":51" /><ref name=":522" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":322" /><ref name=":51" /><ref name=":522" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre | Finalist | <ref name=":322" /><ref name=":51" /><ref name=":522" /> | |
| 2018 | Template:Sortname and Eugene Johnson | It's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life | Winner | <ref name=":5">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | We Don't Go Back: A Watcher's Guide to Folk Horror | Finalist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series | Finalist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Horror Express | Finalist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| 2019 | Template:Sortname and Lisa Kröger | Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction | Winner | <ref name=":334">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":553">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness in American Horror Story: Critical Essays | Finalist | <ref name=":334" /><ref name=":553" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Eleanor Beal | Horror and Religion: New Literary Approaches to Theology, Race, and Sexuality | Finalist | <ref name=":334" /><ref name=":553" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Shapeshifters: A History | Finalist | <ref name=":334" /><ref name=":553" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Masks in Horror Cinema: Eyes Without Faces | Finalist | <ref name=":334" /><ref name=":553" /> | |
| 2020 | Template:Sortname | Writing in the Dark | Winner | <ref name=":022">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":61">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname and Meg Hafdahl | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":022" /><ref name=":61" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | 1000 Women in Horror | Finalist | <ref name=":022" /><ref name=":61" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | End of the Road | Finalist | <ref name=":022" /><ref name=":61" /> | |
| Template:Sortname, ed. | Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre | Finalist | <ref name=":022" /><ref name=":61" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":022" /><ref name=":61" /> | |
| 2021 | Template:Sortname, ed. | Writers Workshop of Horror 2 | Winner | <ref name=":64">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":65">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | 9/11 Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City’s Terrorism Novels | Finalist | <ref name=":64" /><ref name=":65" /> | |
| Template:Sortname and Regina M. Hansen | Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinema | Finalist | <ref name=":64" /><ref name=":65" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters | Finalist | <ref name=":64" /><ref name=":65" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Shirley Jackson: A Companion | Finalist | <ref name=":64" /><ref name=":65" /> | |
| 2022 | Template:Sortname | Weird Fiction: A Genre Study | Winner | <ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortnameand Andrea Janes | Template:Sortname | Finalist | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | |
| Template:Sortnameand Melanie R. Anderson | Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult | Finalist | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Writing in the Dark: The Workbook | Finalist | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Writing Poetry in the Dark | Finalist | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | |
| 2023 | ||||
| Template:Sortname | 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered | Winner | <ref name=Stoker23>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname & Mark H. Harris | The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar | Nominee | <ref name=Stoker23/> | |
| Template:Sortname | A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley | |||
| Template:Sortname | The Art of the Zombie Movie | |||
| Template:Sortname & Angela Yuriko Smith | Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror | |||
| 2024 | ||||
| Template:Sortname | Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch | Winner | <ref name=Stoker24>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname | Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us | Nominee | <ref name=Stoker24/> | |
| Template:Sortname | American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond | |||
| Template:Sortname | I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies | |||
| Template:Sortname | No More Haunted Dolls: Horror Fiction that Transcends the Tropes | |||