Vampire Novel of the Century Award

This year the Horror Writers Association (HWA) has decided to give a special The Vampire Novel of the Century Award during its annual Bram Stoker Awards.

Kim is honoured his novel is among such a notable short-list of nominees of 20th Century vampire fiction:

• I Am Legend by Richard Matheson – 1954
• ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King – 1975
• Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice – 1976
• Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro – 1978
• The Soft Whisper of the Dead by Charles L. Grant – 1983
• Anno Dracula by Kim Newman – 1992

The winning title will be announced at the Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony on March 31, 2012, when the HWA also celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary.