Nancy Holder (born August 29, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She has also written fiction related to several other science fiction and fantasy shows, including Angel and Smallville.
Personal life and education Holder was born Nancy Lindsay Jones in Los Altos, California on August 29, 1953. Growing up in California and Japan, Nancy quit school at 16 to be a ballet dancer in Germany. Eventually returning to the U.S., she resumed her studies and graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Communications degree.
Holder is married to Wayne Holder, with whom she has a daughter, Belle Claire Christine Holder (born October 28, 1996).
Career Holder is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in horror writing and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2021. She won Best Short Story in 1991 for "Lady Madonna", in 1993 for "I Hear the Mermaids Singing", and in 1994 for "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain". She won Best Novel in 1994 for Dead in the Water.
Other books by Nancy Holder (and Debbie Viguié) include the Wicked series, about a family feud between a coven of witches called the Cahors and a coven of warlocks called the Devereux.
Holder contributed to the design of Dungeon Master, developed and sold by her husband Wayne Holder's company FTL Games. She has also begun collaborating with her daughter, Claire Holder, when published short stories.
Holder contributed the original story concept to the 2018 Firefly novel Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove.
She occasionally teaches courses in writing and on Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the University of California, San Diego.
In 2014, Holder stepped into the position of Vice President of the Horror Writers Association.
Awards
+Awards for Holder's writing Year Title Award Category Result . 1991"Lady Madonna" Bram Stoker Award Short Fiction 1993"I Hear the Mermaids Singing" Bram Stoker Award Short Fiction 1994"Cafe Endless: Spring Rain" Bram Stoker Award Short Fiction Dead in the Water Bram Stoker Award Novel Making Love Locus Award Horror Novel 1995Dead in the Water Locus Award Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel 1999 Bram Stoker Award Work for Young Readers 2000Buffy the Vampire Slayer: ImmortalListen Up Award Popular Culture 2005Outsiders Bram Stoker Award Anthology 2011 Bram Stoker Award Young Adult Novel Tough LoveScribe AwardsOriginal Novel (General) 2016Crimson Peak Scribe AwardsAdapted Novel 2019—Faust Award— Firefly: Big Damn Hero Dragon Awards Media Tie-In Novel 2020Mary Shelley Presents Bram Stoker Award Graphic Novel 2021— Bram Stoker Award Lifetime Achievement
Bibliography
Novels Jessie's Song (1983) (writing as Nancy L. Jones) Winner Take All (1984) The Greatest Show on Earth (1984) Finders Keepers (1985) His Fair Lady (1985) Out of This World (1985) Once in Love with Amy (1986) Emerald Fire (1986) Rough Cut (1990) The Ghosts of Tivoli (1992) Cannibal Dwight's Special Purpose (1992) Making Love (1993) (with Melanie Tem) Dead in the Water (1994 Dell Publishing) – Witch-Light (1996) (with Melanie Tem) Pearl Harbor, 1941 (2000) Smallville: Hauntings (2003) Spirited (2004) Pretty Little Devils (2006) Daughter of the Flames (2006) Daughter of the Blood (2006) The Rose Bride (2007) On Fire, a Teen Wolf Novel (2012) Crimson Peak (2015) Ghostbusters (2016 Tor Books) – Wonder Woman (2017 Titan Books) –
Collections Wings and Other Poems (1972)
Series
Gambler's Star The Six Families (1998) Legacies and Lies (1999) Invasions (2000)
Wicked Witch (2002) (with Debbie Viguié) Curse (2002) (with Debbie Viguié) Legacy (2003) (with Debbie Viguié) Spellbound (2003) (with Debbie Viguié) Resurrection (2009) (with Debbie Viguié)
RSVP Camp Confidential (2005) (as Melissa J. Morgan)
Possessions Possessions (2009) The Evil Within (2010) The Screaming Season (Mar 2011)
Crusade Crusade (2010) (with Debbie Viguié) Damned (2011) (with Debbie Viguié) Vanquished (2012) (with Debbie Viguié)
Wolf Springs Chronicles Unleashed (2011) (with Debbie Viguié) Hot Blooded (July 9, 2012) (with Debbie Viguié) Savage (2013) (with Debbie Viguié)
Buffyverse works
Novels 1997: Halloween Rain (with Christopher Golden) 1998: Blooded (with Christopher Golden) 1998: Child of the Hunt (with Christopher Golden) 1998: The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 1 1999: The Gatekeeper (with Christopher Golden) 1999: Immortal (with Christopher Golden) 1999: The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3 1999: The Sunnydale High Yearbook 2000: The Evil That Men Do 2000: Not Forgotten 2000: Unseen (with Jeff Mariotte) 2001: The Book of Fours 2002: The Journals of Rupert Giles, Vol. 1 2002: Endangered Species 2003: Blood and Fog 2004: Heat 2005: Keep Me in Mind 2005: Queen of the Slayers 2006: Carnival of Souls
Short stories She has also written short stories in: How I Survived My Summer Vacation (2000) Tales of the Slayer (2001) The Anchoress (2002)
Other short works Tales of Zorro The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire (with Debbie Viguié) Furry Fantastic (with Belle Holder) Pandora's Closet (with Belle Holder)
Anthologies Anthology or CollectionContentsPublication DateThe Mammoth Book of Vampire RomanceVampire Unchained2008An Apple for a CreatureVSIAug 2012
Non-fiction Angel: the Casefiles, Volume 1 (with Jeff Mariotte and Maryelizabeth Hart) (1999) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to the Buffyverse (2017)
Comics Beginning in 2009 she has contributed a number of stories for the Domino Lady comics published by Moonstone Books.
See also Buffyverse chronology List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer books – these tend to surround the character of Buffy and the fictional town of Sunnydale List of Angel books – these instead focus on Angel and his so-called "Fang Gang" Tales of the Slayer – these chronicle the stories of past slayers in the Buffy canon
References
External links
Nancy Holder bibliography at FantasticFiction Nancy Holder at SciFiPedia