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Robert Jackson Bennett's 2010 debut Mr. Shivers won the Shirley Jackson award as well as the Sydney J Bounds Newcomer Award. His second novel, The Company Man, is currently nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award as well as an Edgar Award. His third novel, The Troupe, arrives in stores on the 21st of February.

He lives in Austin with his wife and son. He can be found on Twitter at @robertjbennett. Since he is actually writing this text, right now, and this text is about him, he feels kind of awkward, so he's going to stop now.


THE TROUPE is on the HWA Bram Stoker Award™ 2012 Reading List!


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These works are all new horror published during the year that our members feel worthy of recommending for Bram Stoker Award consideration. They are not ‘Bram Stoker Award nominees’, nor are they part of any ballot process at this stage, but it is likely they represent some of the best new horror fiction., poetry and non...

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Average rating: 3.38 · 706 ratings · 193 reviews · 5 distinct works
Mr. Shivers
3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions
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The Company Man
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions
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The Troupe
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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THE TROUPE is on the HWA Bram Stoker Award™ 2012 Reading List!

Which means:

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Robert Bennett said "yes" to attending the event: Book People reading for The Troupe
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date: February 27, 2012 07:00PM
location: Book People, 603 N. Lamar, Austin, TX, The United States
description: Already given a starred review by Publisher's Weekly, Bennett's new novel The Troupe tells the story of George Carole, a run-away who joins the Vaudeville circuit. Sixteen years old, uncommonly gifted at the piano, he falls in with a strange troupe -- even for Vaudeville. Under the watchful eye of the enigmatic figure of Silenus, George comes to realize that the members of the troupe are more than they appear to be. And their travels have a purpose that runs deeper than entertainment.

George must...more

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