Christopher Fowler

Christopher Fowler ist ein renommierter englischer Autor, der für seine Thriller, Horror, Mystery und Satire gefeiert wird. Bekannt ist er vor allem für seine Bryant and May-Reihe, die von Kritikern und Publikum gleichermaßen gut aufgenommen wurde. Mehrere seiner Romane waren Bestseller und wurden von bedeutenden Hollywood-Persönlichkeiten wie Guillermo Del Toro und Jude Law optioniert.

Geboren 1953, entwickelte Fowler bereits in jungen Jahren ein großes Interesse an Kriminalliteratur, insbesondere an der Stadt London. Er hat sich zu einem der etabliertesten britischen Thrillerautoren entwickelt, der für seine düstere Urban Fiction und sein tiefes Verständnis für die Londoner Unterwelt bekannt ist. Fowlers Werke zeichnen sich häufig durch die Anatomie verschiedener Londoner Gangs aus und spiegeln seine umfangreiche Recherche und Vertrautheit mit der kriminellen Landschaft der Stadt wider.

Fowler ist ein produktiver Autor, der 45 Romane und Kurzgeschichtensammlungen verfasst hat, darunter "Roofworld", "Spanky", "Psychoville", "Calabash" und zwei Memoirenbände, "Paperboy" und "Film Freak". Seine Werke sind bekannt für ihre Mischung aus schwarzem Humor, Angst und sozialer Satire. Er hat zahlreiche Auszeichnungen für sein Schreiben erhalten, darunter den BFS Best Short Story of the Year 1998 für "Wageslaves" und den CWA People's Choice Award 2004 für "The Water Room". Seine Novelle "Breathe" gewann 2005 den BFS Best Novella Award.

Fowler wurde in Greenwich, London, geboren und lebt nach Aufenthalten in den USA und Frankreich nun in Londons King's Cross und Barcelona. Er hatte eine vielseitige Karriere, in der er für BBC-Radio Komödie und Drama schrieb, Drehbücher, Features und Kolumnen für nationale Zeitungen, Graphic Novels, Stücke und Videospiele verfasste. Seine Kurzgeschichte "The Master Builder" wurde in den Film "Through The Eyes Of A Killer" adaptiert. Er hatte auch die Gelegenheit, mehrere Kindheitsfantasien zu erfüllen, wie zum Beispiel die Veröffentlichung eines Weihnachtspop-Singles, das Erscheinen als männliches Model, das Schreiben eines Bühnenstücks und die Teilnahme an einem Batman-Comic.
Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Full Dark House 2003
2 The Water Room 2004
3 Seventy-Seven Clocks 2005
4 Ten Second Staircase 2006
5 White Corridor 2007
6 The Victoria Vanishes 2008
7 Bryant & May on the Loose 2009
8 Off the Rails 2010
9 The Memory of Blood 2011
10 Bryant & May's Mystery Tour 2011
11 The Invisible Code 2012
12 The Bleeding Heart 2014
13 The Secret Santa 2015
14 The Burning Man 2015
15 Strange Tide 2016
16 Wild Chamber 2017
17 Hall of Mirrors 2018
18 The Lonely Hour 2019
19 England’s Finest 2019
20 Oranges and Lemons 2020
21 London Bridge Is Falling Down 2021
Bryant & May Collections
# Titel Jahr
1 London's Glory 2015
2 England’s Finest 2019
Bryant & May Graphic Novels
# Titel Jahr
1 The Casebook of Bryant & May: The Soho Devil 2012
Bryant & May Companion Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Peculiar London 2022
Hellion Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Curse of Snakes 2010
Einzelromane
# Titel Jahr
1 Roofworld 1988
2 Rune 1990
3 Red Bride 1992
4 Darkest Day 1993
5 Spanky 1994
6 Psychoville 1995
7 Disturbia 1997
8 Soho Black 1998
9 Calabash 2000
10 Plastic 2003
11 Breathe 2004
12 Hell Train 2011
13 Nyctophobia 2014
14 The Sand Men 2015
15 The Foot on the Crown 2024
Short Stories/Novellas (with James Oswald, with Jane Casey)
# Titel Jahr
1 Wage Slaves 1997
2 The Green Man 2002
3 American Waitress 2003
4 The Spider Kiss 2007
5 Beautiful Men 2010
6 #ChooseThePlot 2014
7 Bryant & May and the Nameless Woman 2015
8 Reconciliation Day 2016
9 The Washing 2019
Kurzgeschichtensammlungen
# Titel Jahr
1 The Bureau of Lost Souls 1984
2 City Jitters 1986
3 More City Jitters 1988
4 Flesh Wounds 1989
5 Sharper Knives 1992
6 Personal Demons 1998
7 Uncut 1999
8 The Devil in Me 2001
9 Demonized 2004
10 Old Devil Moon 2007
11 Red Gloves 2011
12 Red Gloves Volume I & II 2011
Graphic Novels
# Titel Jahr
1 Menz Insana 1997
Sachbücher
# Titel Jahr
1 How to Impersonate Famous People 1985
2 Ultimate Party Book 1985
3 Paperboy 2009
4 Invisible Ink 2012
5 Film Freak 2013
6 The Book of Forgotten Authors 2017
Bibliomysteries Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Book of Virtue 2012
2 Pronghorns of the Third Reich 2012
3 The Book Thing 2012
4 The Book Case 2012
5 An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012
6 Death Leaves a Bookmark 2012
7 The Final Testament 2013
8 Rides a Stranger 2013
9 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013
10 The Book of Ghosts 2013
11 The Compendium of Srem 2014
12 What's in a Name? 2014
13 Remaindered 2014
14 The Sequel 2014
15 The Gospel of Sheba 2014
16 Book Club 2014
17 The Nature of My Inheritance 2014
18 It's in the Book 2014
19 The Scroll 2014
20 The Book of the Lion 2015
21 The Little Men 2015
22 Condor in the Stacks 2015
23 Mystery, Inc. 2015
24 Every Seven Years 2015
25 From the Queen 2015
26 The Travelling Companion 2016
27 Citadel 2016
28 Reconciliation Day 2016
29 Dead Dames Don't Sing 2016
30 The Haze 2016
31 Hoodoo Harry 2017
32 The Pretty Little Box 2018
33 Seven Years 2018
34 The Hemingway Valise 2018
35 The Last Honest Horse Thief 2018
36 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018
37 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020
38 The Traitor 2022
39 The Dark Door 2022
40 The Honeymoon Trap 2022
Bibliomysteries Series in Chronological Order
# Titel Jahr
1 The Book of Virtue 2012
2 The Scroll 2014
3 Pronghorns of the Third Reich 2012
4 An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012
5 Death Leaves a Bookmark 2012
6 Seven Years 2018
7 The Book Thing 2012
8 The Book of Ghosts 2013
9 Book Club 2014
10 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013
11 The Final Testament 2013
12 Rides a Stranger 2013
13 What's in a Name? 2014
14 It's in the Book 2014
15 The Nature of My Inheritance 2014
16 Remaindered 2014
17 The Compendium of Srem 2014
18 The Gospel of Sheba 2014
19 The Sequel 2014
20 The Book of the Lion 2015
21 The Little Men 2015
22 Every Seven Years 2015
23 Citadel 2016
24 Condor in the Stacks 2015
25 Mystery, Inc. 2015
26 The Travelling Companion 2016
27 The Haze 2016
28 Dead Dames Don't Sing 2016
29 Reconciliation Day 2016
30 Hoodoo Harry 2017
31 The Pretty Little Box 2018
32 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018
33 The Hemingway Valise 2018
34 The Last Honest Horse Thief 2018
35 The Book Case 2012
36 From the Queen 2015
37 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020
38 The Traitor 2022
39 The Dark Door 2022
40 The Honeymoon Trap 2022
Sherlock Holmes Gaslight Books (with Fred Saberhagen, with Lawrence C. Connolly, with William Meikle, with J.R. Campbell, with Tony Richards, with Paul Kane, with Stephen Volk, with Kevin Cockle, with Jeff Campbell, with Charles Prepolec, with Tom English, with Simon K. Unsworth)
# Titel Jahr
1 Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes 2018
2 Gaslight Ghouls: Uneasy Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Monsters and Madmen 2022
Zombie Apocalypse! Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback 2012
2 Zombie Apocalypse! Horror Hospital 2014
3 Zombie Apocalypse! Washington Deceased 2014
4 Zombie Apocalypse! End Game 2014
5 Zombie Apocalypse! Acapulcalypse Now 2015
Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories Books (with Garry Douglas Kilworth, with Conrad Williams, with Mark Morris, with Tim Lebbon, with Guy Adams, with Simon Strantzas, with Gary McMahon, with Sarah Pinborough, with Rhys Hughes, with Gary Fry, with John Travis, with Michael Kelly, with James Cooper, with Davin Ireland, with Andrew Jury, with Carol Weekes, with Ian Alexander Martin)
# Titel Jahr
1 The First Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories 2007
2 The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories 2008
Pan Book of Horror Stories Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Pan Book of Horror Stories 1959
2 The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories 1960
3 The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories 1962
4 The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories 1965
5 The 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories 1966
6 The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories 1967
7 The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories 1970
8 The 13th Pan Book of Horror Stories 1972
9 The 16th Pan Book of Horror Stories 1975
10 The 19th Pan Book of Horror Stories 1978
11 The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories 1979
12 The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories 1980
Christopher Fowler Anthologies
# Titel Jahr
1 The Pan Book of Horror Stories 1959
2 The 19th Pan Book of Horror Stories 1978
3 Drabble II: Double Century 1990
4 The Mammoth Book of Vampires 1992
5 The Giant Book of Zombies 1993
6 Best New Horror 4 1993
7 The Mammoth Book of Zombies 1993
8 The Giant Book of Terror 1994
9 Best New Horror 5 1994
10 Dark Terrors 1995
11 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 1996
12 Dark Terrors 3 1997
13 Destination Unknown 1997
14 Secret City 1997
15 Dark of the Night 1997
16 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8 1997
17 The Mammoth Book of Dracula 1997
18 Dark Terrors 4 1998
19 Eleventh Annual Collection 1998
20 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 1998
21 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 1999
22 Dark Terrors 5 2000
23 Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips 2001
24 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12 2001
25 Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters 2002
26 Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 2002
27 Dark Terrors 6 2002
28 Fifteenth Annual Collection 2002
29 Sixteenth Annual Collection 2003
30 The Mammoth Book of New Terror 2004
31 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 2004
32 Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror 2006
33 The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration 2006
34 Best New Horror 18 2007
35 Summer Chills 2007
36 The Mammoth Book of Monsters 2007
37 The First Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories 2007
38 Best New Horror 19 2008
39 Best New Horror 20 2009
40 The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7 2010
41 The Sounds Of Crime 2010
42 Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories 2010
43 Zombie Apocalypse! 2010
44 The End of the Line 2010
45 Visitants 2010
46 Crimewave 11 2010
47 Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead 2011
48 House of Fear 2011
49 Full Fathom Forty 2011
50 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011
51 Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes 2011
52 Best New Horror 22 2011
53 The Mammoth Book of Body Horror 2012
54 Pandemonium: Stories of the Smoke 2012
55 Four For Fear 2012
56 Mammoth Books Presents Demonic Dreams 2012
57 Best New Horror 23 2012
58 Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane 2012
59 Dark World: Ghost Stories 2013
60 Fearie Tales 2013
61 Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 2013
62 Psychomania: Killer Stories 2013
63 Kneeling in the Silver Light: Stories from the Great War 2014
64 Interzone 258, May-June 2015 2015
65 The Future of Horror 2015
66 The Monstrous 2015
67 Darker Terrors 7 2016
68 In the Footsteps of Dracula 2017
69 Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes 2018
70 Invisible Blood 2019
71 The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror 2021
72 Body Shocks 2021
73 Reports from the Deep End 2023