Jeff Strand

Jeff Strand (born December 14, 1970) is an American writer, best known for his works of horror-comedy. He has written novels, short stories, screenplays and comedy sketches. In addition to his adult-oriented horror works, Strand also writes young adult fiction.

He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award four times.

Biography

Strand was born in Baltimore, Maryland but moved to Fairbanks, Alaska at a young age. He graduated from Bowling Green State University in Green, Ohio, where he majored in creative writing. After graduating college, he briefly returned to Alaska before moving back to Ohio and eventually moving to Tucson, Arizona. He had his first short story sale in 1996, selling a story titled "The Private Diary of Leonard Parr" to Twisted Magazine, where it was featured in its first and only issue.

After a string of books in other styles, Strand published Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary), the first novel in the horror-comedy style that he would later become known for, in 2000 through the publisher Hard Shell Word Factory. He received his first nomination for the Bram Stoker Award in 2006 in the Best Novel category for his novel Pressure. In 2018 his novelette "The Tipping Point" from his short story collection Everything Has Teeth won a Splatterpunk Award in the Best Short Story category.

He currently lives with his wife in Atlanta, Georgia.

Style

Jeff Strand is primarily known for his works of horror-comedy, which have earned him the nickname "The Clown Prince Of Horror". However, he also writes thrillers and young adult fiction. His writing is often defined by its dark humor and sparse prose style. Strand has named such authors as Douglas Adams, Richard Laymon, Dave Barry and Jack Ketchum as influences on his own writing.