Joe Hill has written at least 173 books. Their most popular book is NOS4A2 with 253 saves with an average rating of 3.85⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Science fiction, and Comics.
dark, mysterious, and tense are their most common moods.
Hill is the second child of authors Stephen and Tabitha King. He grew up in Bangor, Maine. His younger brother Owen is also a writer. Hill has three sons.
Hill chose to use an abbreviated form of his given name (a reference to executed labor leader Joe Hill, for whom he was named) in 1997, out of a desire to succeed based solely on his own merits instead of as the son of Stephen King. After achieving a degree of independent success, Hill publicly confirmed his identity in 2007 after an article the previous year in Variety broke his cover (although online speculation about Hill's family background had been appearing since 2005).
Joe Hill is a past recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship. He has also received the William L. Crawford award for best new fantasy writer in 2006, the A. E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize in 1999 for "Better Than Home" and the 2006 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella for "Voluntary Committal". His stories have appeared in a variety of magazines, such as Subterranean Magazine, Postscripts and The High Plains Literary Review, and in many anthologies, including The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (ed. Stephen Jones) and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin Grant).
Hill's first book, the limited edition collection 20th Century Ghosts published in 2005 by PS Publishing), showcases fourteen of his short stories and won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection, together with the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection and Best Short Story for "Best New Horror". In October 2007, Hill's mainstream US and UK publishers reprinted 20th Century Ghosts, without the extras published in the 2005 slipcased versions, but including one new story.
Hill's first novel, Heart-Shaped Box, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins on February 13, 2007 and by Victor Gollancz Ltd in UK in March 2007. Simultaneous to these two editions, a limited edition of Heart-Shaped Box was also released by Subterranean Press; it sold out several months prior to publication. The novel reached number 8 on the New York Times bestseller list on April 1, 2007.
On September 23, 2007, at the thirty-first Fantasycon, the British Fantasy Society awarded Hill the first ever Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award. Hill's first professional sale was in 1997.
Among unpublished works is one partly completed with his father, "But Only Darkness Loves Me", which is held with the Stephen King papers at the Special Collections Unit of the Raymond H Fogler Library at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.
Hill is also the author of Locke & Key, a new comic book series published by IDW Publishing. The first issue, released on February 20, 2008, sold out of its initial publication run in one day. A forthcoming collection of the series in limited form from Subterranean Press sold out within 24 hours of being announced.
His only screen appearance so far was aged 10 in the film Creepshow (1982) (dir. George Romero), which co-starred and was co-written by his father.
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5 primary booksBasketful of Heads is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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3 primary books4 released booksCursed is a 3-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Claire Farrell.
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4 primary booksHill House Comics is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Joe Hill, Carmen Maria Machado, and Laura Marks.
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2 primary booksIncognito is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2009 .
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1 primary bookIncognito: Bad Influences is a 0-book series first released in 2011 .
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1 primary bookJoe Hill's Rain is a 1-book series first released in 2022 with contributions by Joe Hill and David M. Booher.
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1 primary bookJoe Hill's The Cape is a 0-book series first released in 2005 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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1 primary bookJoe Hill's The Cape: 1969 is a 0-book series first released in 2013 with contributions by Jason Ciaramella.
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1 primary bookJoe Hill's The Cape: Fallen is a 0-book series first released in 2019 with contributions by Jason Ciaramella and Joe Hill.
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6 primary books7 released booksLocke & Key is a 5-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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3 primary books4 released booksLocke & Key is a 9-book series with 2 primary works first released in 26 with contributions by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodríguez, and 2 others.
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1 primary bookLocke & Key: Alpha is a 0-book series first released in 2014 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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1 primary bookLocke & Key: Clockworks is a 0-book series first released in 26 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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1 primary bookLocke & Key: Crown of Shadows is a 0-book series first released in 2010 with contributions by Joe Hill and Péter Holló-Vaskó.
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1 primary bookLocke & Key: Head Games is a 0-book series first released in 2009 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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1 primary bookLocke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go… is a 0-book series first released in 2022 with contributions by Joe Hill and Péter Holló-Vaskó.
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1 primary bookLocke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom is a 0-book series first released in 2011 with contributions by Joe Hill and Péter Holló-Vaskó.
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1 primary bookLocke & Key: Omega is a 0-book series first released in 2014 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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3 primary books4 released booksLocke & Key: One-Shots is a 3-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Joe Fotos and Joe Hill.
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1 released bookLocke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone is a 0-book series first released in 2022 with contributions by Joe Hill and Péter Holló-Vaskó.
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1 released bookLocke & Key: The Golden Age is a 1-book series first released in 2016 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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1 primary book2 released booksLocke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft is a 1-book series first released in 2008 with contributions by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez.
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1 released bookNOS4A2 is a 6-book series first released in 2013 with contributions by Joe Hill and Charles Paul Wilson III.
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5 primary books22 released booksOtherworld Stories is a 15-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by John Joseph Adams, Jennifer McMahon, and 51 others.
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2 primary booksPlunge is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Joe Hill.
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3 primary booksSandman (Split Volumes) is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Neil Gaiman, Daniel Pellizzari, and Joe Hill.
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2 primary booksSkull-Faced is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Joe Hill, Stephen King, and 34 others.
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1 primary bookStories inspired by the Holmes Canon is a 1-book series first released in 2020 with contributions by Maria Alexander, Lisa Morton, and 13 others.
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1 released bookStories Inspired by the Holmes Canon is a 5-book series first released in 2011 with contributions by Gayle Lynds, John Sheldon, and 31 others.
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1 primary bookSubterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy is a 1-book series first released in 2011 .
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10 primary books11 released booksThe Best Horror of the Year is a 11-book series with 10 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Ramsey Campbell, Margo Lanagan, and 3 others.
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3 primary booksThe Cape is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Joe Hill and Jason Ciaramella.
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9 primary books15 released booksThe Chronicles of the Black Company is a 10-book series with 8 primary works first released in 1984 with contributions by Glen Cook, Ari Marmell, and 14 others.
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2 primary books7 released booksThe Diogenes Club is a 7-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1994 with contributions by Marvin Kaye, Megan Lindholm, and 6 others.
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0 released booksThe Dollhouse Family is a 0-book series with contributions by Mike Carey and Joe Hill.
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17 primary books28 released booksThe Hollows is a 26-book series with 16 primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Kim Harrison, Vanessa Lamatsch, and 15 others. The next book is scheduled for release on 10/22/2024.
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2 primary booksThe Living Dead is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1974 with contributions by Joe Hill, Stephen King, and 34 others.
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5 primary booksThe Low, Low Woods is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Carmen Maria Machado and Joe Hill.
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11 primary books16 released booksThe Sandman is a 24-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1988 with contributions by Neil Gaiman, Hy Bender, and 24 others.
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1 primary bookWelcome to Christmasland is a 0-book series first released in 2014 with contributions by Joe Hill and Charles Paul Wilson III.