Rocky Wood

Rocky Wood lives in Melbourne, Australia and is the co-author of three major works about Stephen King, all of which were nominated for the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction - 'Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished' (latest edition from Overlook Connection Press), 'Stephen King: The Non-Fiction' (Cemetery Dance) and 'Stephen King: The Literary Companion' (McFarland), which won the 2011 Bram Stoker Award. He is also the author of 'Horror! Great Tales of Fear and Their Creators' (McFarland), a graphic novel illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne, which was shortlisted for a Black Quills Award; and 'Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times' (McFarland), with Lisa Morton and illustrated by Greg Chapman (winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel). His website is at: http://www.rockywoodauthor.com/ He has spoken at numerous conventions, including the SKEMER Con in Estes Park, Colorado (2003); Continuum 3 (2005) and Continuum 4 (2006) in Melbourne; Conflux 3 in Canberra (2006); the 2nd Annual Stephen King Dollar Baby Festival in Bangor, Maine (2005), the World Horror Conventions in Salt Lake City (2008 and 2012); the World Horror Convention in Austin (2011); the Bram Stoker Award Weekends (Burbank, 2009 and Long Island, 2011); Worldcon in Melbourne (2010); the Bram Stoker Award Weekend/World Horror Convention in New Orleans (2013); and has even addressed Stephen King's hometown Historical Society about the author's works and motivations. He has undertaken seven research trips to Maine, rediscovering many previously lost or unknown pieces written by King. He has published non-fiction worldwide for over thirty years; and is recognized as one of the world's leading experts on King's work. He served as a Trustee of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) from 2008 to 2010; and was elected President of the HWA in 2010, and re-elected in 2012). He is also a proud member of the Australian Horror Writers Association.