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Joe Hill

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in Bangor, Maine, The United States

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Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction

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Joe Hill's debut, Heart-Shaped Box, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His second, Horns, was made into a film freakfest starring Daniel Radcliffe. His other novels include NOS4A2, and his #1 New York Times Best-Seller, The Fireman... which was also the winner of a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror Novel.

He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.

He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.

He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collect ...more

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	Heart-Shaped Box 3.84 avg rating — 109,576 ratings — published 2007 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NOS4A2 4.07 avg rating — 103,009 ratings — published 2013 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horns 3.92 avg rating — 102,000 ratings — published 2009 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.15 avg rating — 81,410 ratings — published 2008 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.33 avg rating — 37,668 ratings — published 2009 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.41 avg rating — 32,685 ratings — published 2010 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.40 avg rating — 29,324 ratings — published 2011 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.48 avg rating — 27,939 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 32,475 ratings — published 2005 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.48 avg rating — 25,826 ratings — published 2014 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I have an easy chair in a room full of books. It's set close to a window and catches the strong morning light. I usually have the first cup of tea there and read about ten pages, sunshine on my shoulders, feet on a leather ottoman.

Then I'm back in the late afternoon for the fourth and final cup of tea of the day. By then the sun has moved to the other side of the house, so Read more of this blog post »

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Locke & Key (6 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist)

4.32 avg rating — 242,208 ratings

Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft (6 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez

4.16 avg rating — 85,346 ratings

Locke & Key: Head Games (6 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez

4.34 avg rating — 39,715 ratings

Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows (6 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez

4.41 avg rating — 34,197 ratings

Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom (6 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez (Illustrator)

4.41 avg rating — 30,692 ratings

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“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”
― Joe Hill, Horns

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“You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.”
― Joe Hill, Horns

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“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― Joe Hill, NOS4A2

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Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King, 128p

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The Eye Collector by Sebastian Fitzek, 436p

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