Bentley Little is an American

United States

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 author

Author

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 of horror novels

Horror fiction

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Personal history

Little's first novel, The Revelation, was published with St. Martin's Press in 1990 and it won the Bram Stoker Award

Bram Stoker Award

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 for "Best First Novel" in 1990.

Awards

• 1990 Bram Stoker Award
  Bram Stoker Award
  The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
  
   winner: Best First Novel (The Revelation)
• 1993 Bram Stoker Award
  Bram Stoker Award
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   nominee: Best Novel (The Summoning)

Adaptations

In 2007, the Hollywood Reporter announced that a film adaptation of The Store was in development at Strike Entertainment. The script is to be adapted by Jenna McGrath, with production duties handled by Marc Abraham

Marc Abraham

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 and Eric Newman, and executive production by Vince Gerardis, Eli Kirschner and Tom Bliss.

Novels

• The Revelation (1990)
• The Mailman (1991)
• Death Instinct (1992) (writing as Phillip Emmons) aka Evil Deeds
• The Summoning (1993)
• The Night School (1994) aka University
• Dominion (1995)
• The Store (1996)
• The House (1997)
• The Ignored (1997)
• Guests (1997)
• The Town (2000)
• The Walking (2000)
• The Association (2001)
• The Return (2002)
• The Policy (2003)
• The Resort (2004)
• Dispatch (2005)
• The Burning (2006)
• The Vanishing (2007)
• The Academy (2008)
• His Father's Son (2009)
• The Disappearance (2010)

Collections

• Murmurous Haunts (1997)
• The Collection (2002)
• Four Dark Nights (2002) (with Douglas Clegg, Christopher Golden and Tom Piccirilli)

Short stories

• Witch Woman (1985)
• Miles to Go Before I Sleep
  A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
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   (1991)
• The Potato (1991)
• The Washingtonians (1992)
• The Man in the Passenger Seat (1993)
• Monteith (1993)
• From the Mouths of Babes (1994)
• The Numbers Game (1994)
• The Pond (1994)
• See Marilyn Monroe's Panties! (1995)
• Life With Father (1998)
• Connie (1999)
• The Theatre (1999)
• Pop Star in The Ugly Bar (2005)

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