| BRIAN LUMLEY: A Brief Biography |
Brian Lumley began writing relatively late in life, aged 29 in 1967 and while still
serving in the British Army with 13 years to go to complete a full military career
of 22 years. He produced his early work very much under the influence of the
Weird Tales authors, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith,
and his first stories and books were published by the then “dean of macabre
publishers,” August W. Derleth at the now legendary Arkham House, Sauk City,
Wisconsin.
Leaving the Army in December 1980, Lumley began writing full time, and four
years later completed his breakthrough novel, Necroscope® featuring Harry
Keogh, a psychically endowed hero for the Great Majority, the teeming dead,
with whom he is able to communicate as easily as with the living.
Necroscope has now grown to 16 big volumes, published in 14 countries and
many millions of copies. In addition, Necroscope comic books, graphic novels, a
role playing game, quality figurines and in Germany a series of audio books have
been created from the much loved series. Moreover the original story has been
optioned for movies four years running, a project that is still very much alive and
kicking.
Along with the Necroscope series, Lumley is also the author of more than fifty
other titles; he is the winner of a British Fantasy Award, of a Fear Magazine
Award, of a Lovecraft Film Festival Association “Howie”, of the World Horror
Convention’s Grand Master Award, The Horror Writer’s Association’s Lifetime
Achievement Award ... and most recently he is the recipient of The World
Fantasy Convention’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
For seven years, Lumley’s American wife Barbara Ann, ran KeoghCon, an annual
fan gathering dedicated to her husband’s work; alas that little con has lately
become too time consuming.
Lumley’s most recent book is a long novella from Subterranean Press featuring
Harry Keogh and entitled, Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer. His work is being
steadily reprinted in the USA and other countries, and his next book up is a short
futuristic vampire novel entitled The Fly-By-Nights…
Brian is still writing at this this date … December 26, 2010 … a short
“Necroscope” novel. He still has some other stories festering in his head …
weather or not they will come to fruition we’ll have to wait and see…
serving in the British Army with 13 years to go to complete a full military career
of 22 years. He produced his early work very much under the influence of the
Weird Tales authors, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith,
and his first stories and books were published by the then “dean of macabre
publishers,” August W. Derleth at the now legendary Arkham House, Sauk City,
Wisconsin.
Leaving the Army in December 1980, Lumley began writing full time, and four
years later completed his breakthrough novel, Necroscope® featuring Harry
Keogh, a psychically endowed hero for the Great Majority, the teeming dead,
with whom he is able to communicate as easily as with the living.
Necroscope has now grown to 16 big volumes, published in 14 countries and
many millions of copies. In addition, Necroscope comic books, graphic novels, a
role playing game, quality figurines and in Germany a series of audio books have
been created from the much loved series. Moreover the original story has been
optioned for movies four years running, a project that is still very much alive and
kicking.
Along with the Necroscope series, Lumley is also the author of more than fifty
other titles; he is the winner of a British Fantasy Award, of a Fear Magazine
Award, of a Lovecraft Film Festival Association “Howie”, of the World Horror
Convention’s Grand Master Award, The Horror Writer’s Association’s Lifetime
Achievement Award ... and most recently he is the recipient of The World
Fantasy Convention’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
For seven years, Lumley’s American wife Barbara Ann, ran KeoghCon, an annual
fan gathering dedicated to her husband’s work; alas that little con has lately
become too time consuming.
Lumley’s most recent book is a long novella from Subterranean Press featuring
Harry Keogh and entitled, Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer. His work is being
steadily reprinted in the USA and other countries, and his next book up is a short
futuristic vampire novel entitled The Fly-By-Nights…
Brian is still writing at this this date … December 26, 2010 … a short
“Necroscope” novel. He still has some other stories festering in his head …
weather or not they will come to fruition we’ll have to wait and see…
| About Us |
A 1967 graduate of Glen Burnie High School receiving a diploma in the
Commercial Business Course. Before settling down into one specific field … a
few years were spent working at The Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Bank in
Baltimore, in fact it was her first job after getting out of school … then there was
working as a temp going to various jobs and getting all kinds of diversified
training … Eastern Petroleum/Coastal Heating & Air Condition in Glen Burnie ...
Westinghouse Corporation in publishing in Linthicum. Five years of her career
was spent working for Exxon in the Towson Accounting Center as a statistical
typist before the accounting center was moved to Houston, although she was
offered a job in Houston, she declined.
One half of her 26 year career before moving to the UK was spent in publishing.
She worked for Technical Typesetting in Arbutus for 15 years. This job was
typing text and mathematical equations and doing pagination for journals for the
likes of electronic and electrical engineers, bioinorganic chemistry, combustion
and flame, antennas and propagation, etc. Most of the work was done for The
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) which is the world's
leading professional association for the advancement of technology.
Since moving to UK in 1993 becoming the Mrs. … now being self-employed she
still works in publishing and also as a Literary Agent. Her favorite pass time is
reading … when time allows.
Commercial Business Course. Before settling down into one specific field … a
few years were spent working at The Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Bank in
Baltimore, in fact it was her first job after getting out of school … then there was
working as a temp going to various jobs and getting all kinds of diversified
training … Eastern Petroleum/Coastal Heating & Air Condition in Glen Burnie ...
Westinghouse Corporation in publishing in Linthicum. Five years of her career
was spent working for Exxon in the Towson Accounting Center as a statistical
typist before the accounting center was moved to Houston, although she was
offered a job in Houston, she declined.
One half of her 26 year career before moving to the UK was spent in publishing.
She worked for Technical Typesetting in Arbutus for 15 years. This job was
typing text and mathematical equations and doing pagination for journals for the
likes of electronic and electrical engineers, bioinorganic chemistry, combustion
and flame, antennas and propagation, etc. Most of the work was done for The
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) which is the world's
leading professional association for the advancement of technology.
Since moving to UK in 1993 becoming the Mrs. … now being self-employed she
still works in publishing and also as a Literary Agent. Her favorite pass time is
reading … when time allows.
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