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

Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction winners and finalists[1]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1987 Muriel Spark Mary Shelley Winner [2]
Joe Bob Briggs Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In Finalist [2]
Paul A. Gagne The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh Finalist [2]
1988 (no award)
1989 Stephen Jones and Kim Newman Horror: The 100 Best Books Winner [3]
Harlan Ellison Harlan Ellison's Watching Winner [3]
Norine Dresser American Vampires by Fans, Victims, Practitioners Finalist [3]
Peter Cannon H. P. Lovecraft Finalist [3]
Leonard Wolf Horror: A Connoisseur's Guide To Literature and Film Finalist [3]
1990 Stanley Wiater Dark Dreamers Winner [4]
Joe Bob Briggs Joe Bob Goes Back to the Drive-In Finalist [4]
S. T. Joshi The Weird Tale Finalist [4]
David J. Skal Hollywood Gothic Finalist [4]
Neil Barron Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide Finalist [4]
1991 Stephen Jones Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden Winner [5]
Stephen J. Spignesi The Shape Under The Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia Finalist [5]
Katherine Ramsland Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice Finalist [5]
Rosemary Ellen Guillen Vampires Among Us Finalist [5]
1992 Christopher Golden Cut! Horror Writers of Horror Film Winner [6]
Carol J. Clover Men, Women, and Chainsaws Finalist [6]
Stanley Wiater Dark Visions Finalist [6]
John Russo Scare Tactics Finalist [6]
Cosete Kies Young Adult Horror Fiction Finalist [6]
1993 Robert Bloch Once Around the Bloch Winner [7]
Shirley Harrison and Michael Barrett The Diary of Jack the Ripper Finalist [7]
David J. Skal The Monster Show Finalist [7]
1994 (no award)
1995 Michael Ashley and William Contento The Supernatural Index Winner [8]
Janet Leigh and Christopher Nickens Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller Finalist [8]
Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 Finalist [8]
James Randi An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural Finalist [8]
1996 S. T. Joshi H. P. Lovecraft: A Life Winner [9]
Don Hutchison The Great Pulp Heroes Finalist [9]
Stephen Jones The Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide Finalist [9]
Barbara Belford Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula Finalist [9]
David Skal V is for Vampire Finalist [9]
1997 Stanley Wiater Dark Thoughts: On Writing Winner [10]
John Clute and John Grant The Encyclopedia of Fantasy Finalist [10]
Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes The Hammer Story Finalist [10]
Tim Lucas, ed. Video Watchdog Finalist [10]
Stephen Jones Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror Finalist [10]
Katherine Ramsland Dean Koontz: A Writer's Biography Finalist [10]
1998 Paula Guran, ed. DarkEcho Newsletter, Vol. 5, #1-50 Winner [11]
Clive Bloom, ed. Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and Beyond Finalist [11]
Jeanne Cavelos The Science of the X-Files Finalist [11]
Richard Laymon A Writer's Tale Finalist [11]
1999 Paula Guran, ed. DarkEcho Newsletter Winner [12]
David B. Silva and Paul F. Olson, eds. Hellnotes Finalist [12]
Stephen Jones The Essential Monster Movie Guide Finalist [12]
Victoria Price Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography Finalist [12]
2000 Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Winner [13]
David B. Silva and Paul F. Olson, eds. Hellnotes Finalist [13]
Bill Sheehan At the Foot of the Story Tree Finalist [13]
Robert Weinberg Horror of the 20th Century Finalist [13]
2001 Brian Keene, ed. Jobs in Hell Winner [14]
Brian A. Hopkins and Garrett Peck, eds. Personal Demons Finalist [14]
David B. Silva and Paul F. Olson, eds. Hellnotes Finalist [14]
Bruce Campbell If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor Finalist [14]
2002 Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell, Probably Winner [15]
Ralan Conley, ed. Ralan.com Finalist [15]
Brian Keene and Kelly Laymon, eds. Jobs in Hell Finalist [15]
David B. Silva, Paul F. Olson, and Garrett Peck, eds. Hellnotes Finalist [15]
Richard Bleiler Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, Second Edition Finalist [15]
2003 Thomas F. Monteleone The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association Winner [16]
Gary A. Braunbeck Fear in a Handful of Dust Finalist [16]
Ralan Conley, ed. Ralan.com Finalist [16]
Gary Spencer Millidge and Smoky Man, eds. Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman Finalist [16]
Judi Rohrig, ed. Hellnotes Finalist [16]
2004 Judi Rohrig, ed. Hellnotes Winner [17]
Thomas F. Monteleone The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel Finalist [17]
Bev Vincent The Road to the Dark Tower Finalist [17]
Joseph McCabe Hanging Out with the Dream King Finalist [17]
Ralan Conley Ralan's SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza Finalist [17]
2005 Stephen Jones and Kim Newman Horror: Another 100 Best Books Winner [18]
Sam Weller The Bradbury Chronicles Finalist [18]
Loren Rhoads Morbid Curiosity, #9 Finalist [18]
Michael McCarty More Giants of the Genre Finalist [18]
Rhonda Wilcox Why Buffy Matters: The Art of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Finalist [18]
2006 Michael Largo Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die Winner [19]
Kim Paffenroth Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Vision of Hell on Earth Winner [19]
Mark Morris, ed. Cinema Macabre Finalist [19]
Rocky Wood Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished Finalist [19]
2007 Jonathan Maberry and David F. Kramer The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre Winner [20]
Joe Nassise and David Niall Wilson Storytellers Unplugged Finalist [20]
Michael Largo The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich & Powerful Really Died Finalist [20]
Joshua Gee Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying Truth About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More Finalist [20]
2008 Lisa Morton A Hallowe'en Anthology Winner [21]
Gregory Lamberson Cheap Scares Finalist [21]
Amy Wallace, Del Howison, and Scott Bradley The Book of Lists: Horror Finalist [21]
Jonathan Maberry Zombie CSU Finalist [21]
2009 Michael Knost Writers Workshop of Horror Winner [22]
L. L. Soares and Michael Arruda Cinema Knife Fight Finalist [22]
Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks Stephen King: The Non-Fiction Finalist [22]
Bev Vincent The Stephen King Illustrated Companion Finalist [22]
2010 Gary A. Braunbeck To Each Their Darkness Winner [23]
Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman Wanted Undead or Alive: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil Finalist [23]
Thomas Ligotti The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror Finalist [23]
Sam Weller Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews Finalist [23]
2011 Rocky Wood Stephen King: A Literary Companion Winner [24][25][26][27]
Lesley Pratt Bannatyne Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night Finalist [24][25][26]
Gary William Crawford, Jim Rockhill, and Brian J. Showers, eds. Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu Finalist [24][25][26]
John C. Tibbetts The Gothic Imagination Finalist [24][25][26]
Matt Mogk Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies Finalist [24][25][26]
Nick Mamatas Starve Better Finalist [24][25][26]
2012 Lisa Morton Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween Winner [28][29][30]
Leslie S. Klinger The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 Finalist [28][29][30]
Kim Paffenroth and John W. Morehead The Undead and Theology Finalist [28][29][30]
Kendall R. Phillips Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film Finalist [28][29][30]
Michael Collings Writing Darkness Finalist [28][29][30]
2013 William F. Nolan Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction Winner [31][32]
Barbara Brodman and James E. Doan, eds. Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic Finalist [31][32]
Gary William Crawford, ed. Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Modern Master of Horror Finalist [31][32]
Robert H. Waugh, ed. Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors Finalist [31][32]
Jarkko Toikkanen The Intermedial Experience of Horror: Suspended Failures Finalist [31][32]
2014 Lucy Snyder Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer’s Survival Guide Winner [33][34][35]
Jason V. Brock Disorders of Magnitude Finalist [33][34][35]
S. T. Joshi Lovecraft and a World in Transition Finalist [33][34][35]
Leslie S. Klinger The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft Finalist [33][34][35]
Joe Mynhardt and Emma Audsley Horror 101: The Way Forward Finalist [33][34][35]
2015 Stephen Jones The Art of Horror Winner [36][37]
Justin Everett and Jeffrey H. Shanks, eds. The Unique Legacy of Weird Tales: The Evolution of Modern Fantasy and Horror Finalist [36][37]
Joe Mynhardt and Emma Audsley, eds. Horror 201: The Silver Scream Finalist [36][37]
Michael Knost Author’s Guide to Marketing with Teeth Finalist [36][37]
Danel Olson Studies in the Horror Film: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (film) Finalist [36][37]
2016 Ruth Franklin Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life Winner [38]
W. Scott Poole In the Mountains of Madness Finalist [38]
David J. Skal Something in the Blood Finalist [38]
John Tibbetts The Gothic Worlds of Peter Straub Finalist [38]
Danel Olson Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil's Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth Finalist [38]
Leo Braudy Haunted Finalist [38]
2017 Grady Hendrix Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction Winner [39][40][41]
Kinitra D. Brooks Searching for Sycorax: Black Women’s Hauntings of Contemporary Horror Finalist [39][40][41]
Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre Finalist [39][40][41]
Stephen Jones The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History Finalist [39][40][41]
Michele Brittany Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre Finalist [39][40][41]
2018 Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson It's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life Winner [42]
Howard David Ingham We Don't Go Back: A Watcher's Guide to Folk Horror Finalist [42]
Kevin. J. Wemore, Jr. Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series Finalist [42]
Lee Gambin The Howling: Studies in the Horror Film Finalist [42]
John Connolly Horror Express Finalist [42]
2019 Melanie R. Anderson and Lisa Kröger Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction Winner [43][44]
Harriet E. H. Earle Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness in American Horror Story: Critical Essays Finalist [43][44]
Jonathan Greenaway and Eleanor Beal Horror and Religion: New Literary Approaches to Theology, Race, and Sexuality Finalist [43][44]
John B. Kachuba Shapeshifters: A History Finalist [43][44]
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Masks in Horror Cinema: Eyes Without Faces Finalist [43][44]
2020 Tim Waggoner Writing in the Dark Winner [45][46]
Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films Finalist [45][46]
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 1000 Women in Horror Finalist [45][46]
Brian Keene End of the Road Finalist [45][46]
Alison Peirse, ed. Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre Finalist [45][46]
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. The Streaming of Hill House: Essays on the Haunting Netflix Adaption Finalist [45][46]
2021 Michael Knost, ed. Writers Workshop of Horror 2 Winner [47][48]
Danel Olson 9/11 Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City’s Terrorism Novels Finalist [47][48]
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Regina M. Hansen Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinema Finalist [47][48]
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters Finalist [47][48]
Kristopher Woofter Shirley Jackson: A Companion Finalist [47][48]
2022 Michael Cisco Weird Fiction: A Genre Study Winner [49][50]
Leanna Renee Hieberand Andrea Janes A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts Finalist [49][50]
Lisa Krögerand Melanie R. Anderson Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult Finalist [49][50]
Tim Waggoner Writing in the Dark: The Workbook Finalist [49][50]
Stephanie M. Wytovich Writing Poetry in the Dark Finalist [49][50]

See also

References

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