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John Hornor Jacobs
Born (1971-01-05) January 5, 1971 (age 53)
Little Rock, Arkansas, US
OccupationWriter, Novelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materLyon College
Dallas Art Institute
GenreHorror, Science fiction
Notable worksSouthern Gods
Website
www.johnhornorjacobs.com

John Hornor Jacobs is an American author who wrote the novel[1] "Southern Gods," which began as a rough draft created through the NaNoWriMo process and was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in 2011. His novel "Foreign Devils" was nominated for a David Gemmel Award for Fantasy.[2]

Early life

Jacobs was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he attended Little Rock Central High School.[3]

Works

  • Southern Gods (2011)
  • Fierce as the Grave: A Quartet of Horror Stories (2011)
  • This Dark Earth (Gallery Books, 2012)[4]
  • The Twelve-Fingered Boy (2013)
  • The Shibboleth (2014)
  • The Incorruptibles (Gollancz, 2014)[5]
  • The Conformity (2015)
  • Foreign Devils (2015)
  • Infernal Machines (2017)
  • The Sea Dreams It Is The Sky (2018)
  • A Lush and Seething Hell (2019)

References

  1. ^ "John Hornor Jacobs: Southern Gods". www.avclub.com. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  2. ^ "John Hornor Jacobs – The David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy". www.gemmellawards.com. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  3. ^ Baker, Matt (20 April 2015). "Review: "The Incorruptibles" by John Hornor Jacobs". Arkansas Times. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ Pitt, Davit (4 August 2012). "Also gritty and brutal is This Dark Earth (book review)". Winnipeg Free Press.
  5. ^ Lovegrove, James (29 August 2014). "'The Incorruptibles', by John Hornor Jacobs (book review)". Financial Times.