Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison: Biography

Harlan Ellison (Harlan Jay Ellison) was born on May 27th, 1934. Harlan passed away June 27th, 2018 at 84 years old. Harlan Ellison was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Harlan Ellison was the author of the Harlan Ellison Short Story Collections series which consists of 44 novels. The Harlan Ellison Short Story Collections series started in 1958 with the novel The Deadly Streets. The most recently released novel in the Harlan Ellison Short Story Collections series was Greatest Hits which was released in 2024. There are no upcoming novels for the Harlan Ellison Short Story Collections series.

Harlan Ellison: Awards & Accolades

Harlan Ellison has won multiple awards including: The World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 1993 and the Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 1995.

Harlan Ellison has won many awards including:

• Jeffty Is Five won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1979.
• Paladin of the Lost Hour (in Twilight Zone Magazine) won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 1986.
• The Essential Ellison won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, in 1987.
• First Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1989.
• Harlan Ellison's Watching won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, in 1989.
• Angry Candy won the World Fantasy Award, Collection, in 1989.
• Mefisto in Onyx won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novella, in 1993.
• Chatting with Anubis won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction, in 1995.
• Best New Horror 6 won the International Horror Guild Award, Best Anthology, in 1996.
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2000.
• Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2012.
• Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel, in 2015.

The following novels by Harlan Ellison were also nominated for these awards:

• Deathbird Stories: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1976).
• Jeffty Is Five: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1978).
• The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
• Shatterday: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1981).
• An Edge in My Voice: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (1986).
• I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay: Hugo Award, Other Forms (1988).
• Soft Monkey: Anthony Award, Best Short Story (1988).
• The Function of Dream Sleep: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (1988).
• Angry Candy: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1988).
• The Essential Ellison: Hugo Award, Other Forms (1988). World Fantasy Award, Collection (2002).
• She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (1988).
• The Function of Dream Sleep (in Asimov's): Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1989).
• Harlan Ellison's Watching: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (1990). World Fantasy Award, Collection (1990).
• Blood Is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1990).
• Alien Sex: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
• Mefisto in Onyx: Hugo Award, Best Novella (1994). World Fantasy Award, Novella (1994).
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (1999).
• From A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (2001).
• Fourteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2001). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2002). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2002).
• The Deathbird: Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (2017).

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