Olson, Danel

Nominations:

9/11 Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City’s Terrorism Novels (Lexington Books), Non-fiction, 2021

Guillermo del Toro’s “The Devil’s Backbone” and “Pan’s Labyrinth”: Studies in the Horror Film (Centipede Press), Non-fiction, 2016

Studies in the Horror Film: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (Centipede Press), Non-fiction, 2015

BIO: Danel Olson has taught in Israel, Canada, China, and America on film and literature. Three-time finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and winner of a Shirley Jackson Award and two World Fantasy Awards, his published work has called “a major contribution to film history and scholarship” by the Washington Post. His most recent volume is Lexington Books’ 9/11/ Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City’s Terrorism Fiction, based on his PhD from the University of Stirling, Scotland.