Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, and Red Hands. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival.
He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories, and won twice. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world.
Speculative Fiction Novels (82)
Red Hands (Ben Walker #3 of 3) 2020 | horror |
The Pandora Room (Ben Walker #2 of 3) 2019 | horror |
The Predator: The Official Movie Novelization (Predator) 2018 | science fiction |
Blood of the Four 2018 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Bloodstained Wonderland (Bloodstained Oz #2 of 2) 2017 | fantasy, horror |
Ararat (Ben Walker #1 of 3) 2017 | horror |
Dead Ringers 2015 | horror |
Tin Men 2015 | science fiction |
Alien - River of Pain (The Shadow Saga #3 of 3) 2014 | science fiction, splatterpunk |
King of Hell (The Shadow Saga #7 of 7) 2014 | fantasy > urban fantasy, horror |
Snowblind 2014 | horror |
White Fangs (The Secret Journeys of Jack London #3 of 3) 2013 | fantasy, young adult |
Tell My Sorrows to the Stones 2013 | fantasy, horror, short stories |
The Graves of Saints (The Shadow Saga #6 of 7) 2013 | fantasy > urban fantasy, horror |
The Sea Wolves (The Secret Journeys of Jack London #2 of 3) 2012 | fantasy, young adult |
The Shadow Men (Hidden Cities #4 of 4) 2011 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Waking Nightmares (The Shadow Saga #5 of 7) 2011 | fantasy > urban fantasy, horror |
The Wild (The Secret Journeys of Jack London #1 of 3) 2011 | fantasy, young adult |
The Chamber of Ten (Hidden Cities #3 of 4) 2010 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
The Map of Moments (Hidden Cities #2 of 4) 2009 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Poison Ink 2008 | horror, young adult |
Mind the Gap (Hidden Cities #1 of 4) 2008 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
The Lost Ones (The Veil #3 of 3) 2008 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
The Borderkind (The Veil #2 of 3) 2008 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Crashing Paradise (The Menagerie #4 of 4) 2007 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Hellboy: The Dragon Pool (Hellboy (novels)) 2007 | fantasy, horror |
Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire 2007 | horror |
Dark Congress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 2007 | fantasy, young adult |
Stones Unturned (The Menagerie #3 of 4) 2006 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
The Myth Hunters (The Veil #1 of 3) 2006 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Bloodstained Oz (Bloodstained Oz #1 of 2) 2006 | fantasy, horror |
Enemies (The Hollow #4 of 4) 2006 | fantasy, horror, young adult |
Witchery (Ghosts of Albion #4 of 4) 2006 | fantasy |
Mischief (The Hollow #3 of 4) 2006 | fantasy, horror, young adult |
Initiation (Ghosts of Albion #3 of 4) 2006 | fantasy |
The Seven Whistlers 2006 | fantasy, horror |
Tears of the Furies (The Menagerie #2 of 4) 2005 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Wurm War (Outcast #4 of 4) 2005 | fantasy, young adult |
Ghostfire (Outcast #3 of 4) 2005 | fantasy, young adult |
Drowned (The Hollow #2 of 4) 2005 | fantasy, horror, young adult |
Accursed (Ghosts of Albion #2 of 4) 2005 | fantasy |
Horseman (The Hollow #1 of 4) 2005 | fantasy, horror, young adult |
Wildwood Road 2005 | horror |
Dragon Secrets (Outcast #2 of 4) 2004 | fantasy, young adult |
The Un-Magician (Outcast #1 of 4) 2004 | fantasy, young adult |
The Nimble Man (The Menagerie #1 of 4) 2004 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Astray (Ghosts of Albion #1 of 4) 2004 | fantasy |
JLA: Exterminators (Justice League of America Universe #4 of 6) 2004 | science fiction |
The Boys Are Back in Town 2004 | fantasy |
The Gathering Dark (The Shadow Saga #4 of 7) 2003 | fantasy > urban fantasy, horror |
Monster Island (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel) 2003 | fantasy, young adult |
Wild Things (Prowlers #4 of 4) 2002 | horror |
The Ferryman 2002 | fantasy |
Oz: Into the Wild (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 2002 | fantasy, young adult |
The Wisdom of War (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 2002 | fantasy, young adult |
Hellboy: The Bones of Giants (Hellboy (novels)) 2001 | fantasy, horror |
Original Sins (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer #4 of 4) 2001 | fantasy, young adult |
Predator and Prey (Prowlers #3 of 4) 2001 | horror |
King of the Dead (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer #3 of 4) 2001 | fantasy, young adult |
Laws of Nature (Prowlers #2 of 4) 2001 | horror |
Dark Times (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer #2 of 4) 2001 | fantasy, young adult |
Prowlers (Prowlers #1 of 4) 2001 | horror |
Prophecies (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer #1 of 4) 2001 | fantasy, young adult |
Straight On 'Til Morning 2001 | fantasy |
Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 2000 | fantasy, young adult |
Sons of Entropy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy #3 of 3) 1999 | fantasy, young adult |
Ghost Roads (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy #2 of 3) 1999 | fantasy, young adult |
Out of the Madhouse (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy #1 of 3) 1999 | fantasy, young adult |
Strangewood 1999 | fantasy, horror |
Immortal (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 1999 | fantasy, young adult |
Sins of the Father (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 1999 | fantasy, young adult |
The Gatekeeper Trilogy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy) 1999 | fantasy, young adult |
Netherwar (Gen13) 1999 | science fiction |
Of Masques and Martyrs (The Shadow Saga #3 of 7) 1998 | fantasy > urban fantasy, horror |
Blooded (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (young adult novels)) 1998 | fantasy, young adult |
Warhawk (Battlestar Galactica (The Original Series)) 1998 | science fiction |
Child of the Hunt (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 1998 | fantasy, young adult |
Halloween Rain (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (young adult novels)) 1997 | fantasy, young adult |
Armageddon (Battlestar Galactica (The Original Series)) 1997 | science fiction |
Hellboy: The Lost Army (Hellboy (novels)) 1997 | fantasy, horror |
Angel Souls and Devil Hearts (The Shadow Saga #2 of 7) 1995 | fantasy > urban fantasy, horror |
Of Saints and Shadows (The Shadow Saga #1 of 7) 1994 | fantasy > urban fantasy, horror |
Comics and Anthology (10)
Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery 2019 | fantasy, anthology |
Haunted (Cemetery Girl #3 of 3) 2018 | fantasy > urban fantasy, comics |
Dark Cities 2017 | horror, anthology |
Inheritance (Cemetery Girl #2 of 3) 2015 | fantasy > urban fantasy, comics |
The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl #1 of 3) 2013 | fantasy > urban fantasy, comics |
The New Dead 2010 | horror, anthology |
Hellboy: Oddest Jobs (Hellboy: Odd Jobs (anthologies)) 2008 | fantasy, horror, anthology |
Hellboy: Odder Jobs (Hellboy: Odd Jobs (anthologies)) 2004 | fantasy, horror, anthology |
Four Dark Nights 2003 | horror, anthology |
Hellboy: Odd Jobs (Hellboy: Odd Jobs (anthologies)) 2000 | fantasy, horror, anthology |
Others non-spefi books (14)
Throat Culture (A Body of Evidence #10 of 10) 2005 | thriller |
Last Breath (A Body of Evidence #9 of 10) 2004 | thriller |
Force Majeure 2002 | thriller |
Brain Trust (A Body of Evidence #8 of 10) 2001 | thriller |
Burning Bones (A Body of Evidence #7 of 10) 2001 | thriller |
Skin Deep (A Body of Evidence #6 of 10) 2000 | thriller |
Head Games (A Body of Evidence #5 of 10) 2000 | thriller |
Meets the Eye (A Body of Evidence #4 of 10) 2000 | thriller |
Soul Survivor (A Body of Evidence #3 of 10) 1999 | thriller |
Thief of Hearts (A Body of Evidence #2 of 10) 1999 | thriller |
Body Bags (A Body of Evidence #1 of 10) 1999 | thriller |
Sunnydale High Yearbook (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 1999 | non-fiction |
The Watcher's Guide (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 1999 | non-fiction |
The Monster Book (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 1999 | non-fiction |