Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones
Author • Forewordb. January 22, 1972 · From United States- Books
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Stephen Graham Jones (born January 22, 1972, in Midland, Texas) is an American author of horror, crime and speculative fiction, and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation.
He holds a B.A. from Texas Tech University, an M.A. from the University of North Texas, and a Ph.D. from Florida State University, and is the Ineva Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he has taught since 2008.
His novels include The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, which won the Bram Stoker, Nebula, and Locus Awards in 2025.
His short fiction has been collected in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, and he has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Black Quill.
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Stephen Graham Jones has won numerous awards for his horror and literary fiction, including the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Locus Award.
Stephen Graham Jones is widely recognized for his unique blend of horror, literary fiction, and Indigenous storytelling, often exploring themes of identity, trauma, and survival within genre conventions.
For readers new to Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians is often recommended as an accessible entry point that showcases his distinctive style and thematic concerns.
Several of Stephen Graham Jones's works have been optioned for film and television, with The Only Good Indians being among those in development for adaptation.