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Joe Hill

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in Bangor, Maine, The United States

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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 ...more

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	Heart-Shaped Box 3.83 avg rating — 97,234 ratings — published 2007 — 96 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 — 93,512 ratings — published 2009 — 82 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 — 87,973 ratings — published 2013 — 70 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
	Welcome to Lovecraft (Locke & Key, #1) by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.14 avg rating — 67,414 ratings — published 2008 — 38 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
	Head Games (Locke & Key, #2) by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.34 avg rating — 30,367 ratings — published 2009 — 20 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
	Crown of Shadows (Locke & Key, #3) by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.41 avg rating — 26,580 ratings — published 2010 — 20 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 — 30,684 ratings — published 2005 — 66 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
	Keys to the Kingdom (Locke & Key, #4) by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.42 avg rating — 23,896 ratings — published 2011 — 17 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
	Clockworks (Locke & Key, #5) by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.48 avg rating — 22,572 ratings — published 2013 — 17 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
	Alpha & Omega (Locke & Key, #6) by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.46 avg rating — 21,308 ratings — published 2014 — 17 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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Locke & Key (6 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist)

4.31 avg rating — 201,868 ratings

Locke & Key (Single Issues) (39 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez

4.35 avg rating — 8,504 ratings

Welcome to Christmasland (6 books)
by

Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Charles Paul Wilson III

4.15 avg rating — 3,267 ratings

The Cape (2 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author) (Creative Consultant),

Jason Ciaramella

Nelson Dániel (Illustrations)

3.72 avg rating — 2,537 ratings

Gunpowder (2 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

4.16 avg rating — 138 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

tags: books, smell-of-books

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October is Halloween Horror Month! We are going straight to book selection since we already know the genre. Discussion will start on October 11. Last day to vote in this poll will be Tuesday, September 13.

Deborah Harkness

6 votes, 35.3%

Stephen M. Irwin

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Stephen King

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Carrie Ryan

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Joe Hill

1 vote, 5.9%

Scott Nicholson

1 vote, 5.9%

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tags: regret

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