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{{short description|American novelist}}

[[File:Tim Waggoner head shot against bookcase.jpg|right|thumb|Waggoner in 2019]]

'''Tim Waggoner''' is an American author of novels and short stories in the [[fantasy]], [[horror fiction|horror]], and [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] genres.

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==Education==
Waggoner graduated from [[Wright State University]] in 1989 with a [[Master of Arts]] in English<ref>Thrasher, Don (April 25, 2004). "An exciting new chapter: Area novelist to have a number of his works published in 2004", ''[[Dayton Daily News]]'', p. F3.</ref> with a [[Creative writing|Creative Writing]] Concentration.{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}} He holds BS ed. and MA degrees from [[Wright State University]].<ref name="wizardsbio" />

==Career==
[[File:Tim Waggoner at lake.jpg|thumb|Waggoner in 2018|left|265x265px]]
Waggoner has written and published novels for both adult and young readers, including ''[[Temple of the Dragonslayer]]'' and ''[[Return of the Sorceress]]'' (both for [[Wizards of the Coast]]), ''Dark Ages: Gangrel'' and ''Exalted: A Shadow Over Heaven's Eye'' (both White Wolf), ''Nekropolis'' (Five Star), and ''Defender: Hyperswarm'' (I-Books).<ref name="wizardsbio"/> 

He is also the author of the short story collection ''All Too Surreal'' (Prime Books).<ref name="wizardsbio" /> He has published numerous short stories in the fantasy and horror genres, and his articles on writing have appeared in ''[[Writer's Digest]]'', ''Writers' Journal'', ''New Writer's Magazine'', ''Ohio Writer'', ''[[Speculations (magazine)|Speculations]]'', and ''Teaching English in the Two-Year College''.<ref name="wizardsbio">{{cite web|url=http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/Bios/default.aspx?doc=TimWaggoner|title=Tim Waggoner|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624123824/http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/Bios/default.aspx?doc=TimWaggoner|archivedate=June 24, 2009}}</ref> 

He has also written the ''Nekropolis'' series of urban fantasies and the ''Ghost Trackers'' series written in collaboration with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of the ''[[Ghost Hunters (TV series)|Ghost Hunters]]'' television show. His books for writers include ''The Art of Writing Genre Fiction'', written in collaboration with [[Michael Knost]], and ''Writing in the Dark,'' a guide to writing horror and dark fantasy fiction.

A number of his stories have received honorable mentions in various editions of ''[[The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]''.<ref name="wizardsbio" /> He won first place in the 1998 Authorlink! New Author Awards Competition and was a finalist for the [[Darrell Awards|Darrell Award]] for Best MidSouth Short Story in 1999.<ref name="wizardsbio" /> 

His novella ''The Men Upstairs'' was nominated for the 2011 [[Shirley Jackson Award]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/award-winners/2011-shirley-jackson-awards-winners/|title=The Shirley Jackson Awards » 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners|website=Shirleyjacksonawards.org|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> and his short story "How to be a Horror Writer" was nominated for the 2018 Shirley Jackson Award.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} His novella ''The Winter Box'' won the 2016 [[Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://horror.org/bram-stoker-award-winners-announced/|title=Bram Stoker Award® Winners Announced - Horror Writers Association BlogHorror Writers Association Blog|website=Horror.org|date=30 April 2017 |accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> 

His how-to-write-horror book ''Writing in the Dark'' won the 2020 [[Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction]], and his article "Speaking of Horror" won the 2020 [[Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Non-Fiction]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Templeton |first1=Molly |title=Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners |url=https://www.tor.com/2021/06/01/announcing-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ |website=Tor.com |access-date=1 June 2021 |date=2021-06-01}}</ref>

==Teaching==
He serves as a professor of English and teaches composition and creative writing at [[Sinclair Community College]] in [[Dayton, Ohio]].<ref name="wizardsbio" /><ref name="Short">{{cite news|author=Short, Sharon|date=March 24, 2013|title=Local author Waggoner: Writing was in his script|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|page=D4}}</ref> Waggoner also taught creative writing for many years at [[Seton Hill University]], [[Pennsylvania]], in an innovative [[low-residency program|low-residency]] [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree program in Writing Popular Fiction.

==Personal life==
Waggoner grew up in the [[Dayton, Ohio]], area.<ref name=Short /> 

In addition to writing fiction, Waggoner has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and copy editor.<ref name="wizardsbio" /> He has two daughters from a previous marriage.<ref name="wizardsbio" />

==Bibliography==

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===Standalone novels===
*''Dying for It'' (2001)
*''The Harmony Society'' (2003)
*''Necropolis'' (2004) (Rewritten as ''Nekropolis'' in 2009)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Waggoner |first1=Tim |title=The Long, Strange Trip to Nekropolis |url=https://timwaggoner.com/the-long-strange-trip-to-nekropolis/ |website=Tim Waggoner |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>
*''Like Death'' (2005)
*''Pandora Drive'' (2006)
*''Darkness Wakes'' (2006)
*''Cross County'' (2008)
*''Last of the Lycans'' (2010)
*''Beneath the Bones'' (2012) [Re-issue of Cross County]
*''The Way of All Flesh'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Spooky Six with Willow Croft and Tim Waggoner - The Horror Tree |url=https://horrortree.com/the-spooky-six-with-willow-croft-and-tim-waggoner/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=horrortree.com}}</ref>
*''Eat the Night'' (2016)
*''Teeth of the Sea'' (2017)
*''The Mouth of the Dark'' (2018)
*''Blood Island'' (2019)
*''They Kill'' (2019)
*''The Forever House'' (2020)
*''Your Turn to Suffer'' (2021)
*''We Will Rise'' (2022)
* ''A Hunter Called Night'' (May 9, 2023)<ref>{{cite book |title=A Hunter Called Night | isbn=1787586316 }}</ref>
* ''Lord of the Feast'' (April 16, 2024)<ref>{{cite book |title=Lord of the Feast |isbn=1787586367 }}</ref>

===Series===
====Ghost Trackers====
*''Ghost Trackers'' with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson (2011)
*''Ghost Town'' with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson (2012)

====Godfire====
*''Orchard of Dreams'' (2006)
*''Heart's Wound'' (2006)

====Nekropolis====
*''Nekropolis'' (2009)
*''Dead Streets'' (2010)
*''Dark War'' (2011)
*''The Nekropolis Archives'' (2012) (Omnibus edition of above novels and the short stories "Disarmed and Dangerous," "The Midnight Watch," and "Zombie Interrupted")

====Shadow Watch====
*''Night Terrors'' (2014)
*''Dream Stalkers'' (2014)

====Custodians of the Cosmos====
*''The Atrocity Engine'' (April 30, 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=THE ATROCITY ENGINE |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-waggoner/the-atrocity-engine/ |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=January 2, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*''The Book of Madness'' (July 30, 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Book of Madness |website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Book-Madness-Custodians-Cosmos-2-ebook/dp/B0CW1GBLFK |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>
*''The Desolation War'' (October 2024)

===Collections===
*''All Too Surreal'' (2002)
*''Broken Shadows'' (2009)
*''Bone Whispers'' (2013)
*''Cemetery Dance Select: Tim Waggoner'' (2017)
*''Dark And Distant Voices'' (2017)
*''Love, Death, and Madness'' (2018)
*''A Little Aqua Book of Marine Tales'' (2019)
*''Old Monsters Never Die: A Story Collection'' (May 24, 2024)<ref>{{cite book |title=Old Monsters Never Die: A Story Collection |isbn=1960724207 }}</ref>

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===Media tie-ins===
*''Defender: Hyperswarm'' (2004), after the ''[[Defender (2002 video game)|Defender]]'' video game
*''Gangrel'' (2004), from the ''[[Dark Ages: Vampire]]'' role-playing game
*''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street: Protégé]]'' (2005), after the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' films
*''Exalted 5: A Shadow Over Heaven's Eye'' (2005), after the ''[[Exalted]]'' role-playing game
*''Stargate SG-1: Valhalla'' (2009), after the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' television series
*''Lady Ruin'' (2010), from the [[Eberron]] ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' role-playing game campaign setting
*''Grimm: The Killing Time'' (2014), after the ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'' television series
*''Alien: Prototype'' (2019), after the [[Alien (franchise)|''Alien'' franchise]]
*''Zombicide Invader: Planet Havoc'' (2022), from the ''[[Zombicide]]'' board game

====The Blade of the Flame====
From the [[Eberron]] ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' role-playing game campaign setting
*''Thieves of Blood'' (2006)
*''Forge of the Mind Slayers'' (2007)
*''Sea of Death'' (2008)

====Dragonlance: the New Adventures====
Set in the ''[[Dragonlance]]'' shared universe.
*''[[Temple of the Dragonslayer]]'' (2004)
*''[[Return of the Sorceress]]'' (2004)

====Supernatural====
After the ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'' television series.
*''Supernatural: Carved in Flesh'' (2013)
*''Supernatural: The Roads Not Taken'' (2013)
*''Supernatural: Mythmaker'' (2016)
*''The Men of Letters Bestiary: Winchester Family Edition'' (2017)
*''Supernatural: Children of Anubis'' (2019)

=== Film novelizations ===
*''[[xXx: Return of Xander Cage]] - The Official Movie Novelization'' (January 24, 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=TITAN xXx: Return of Xander Cage - The Official Movie Novelization |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1785655140 |publisher=[[Amazon.com]] |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>
*''Resident Evil: the Final Chapter'' (2017), novelization of the [[Resident Evil: The Final Chapter|film of the same name]]
*''Kingsman: the Golden Circle'' (2017), novelization of the [[Kingsman: The Golden Circle|film of the same name]]
*''Halloween Kills'' (2021), novelization of [[Halloween Kills|the slasher film]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waggoner |first1=Tim |title=Halloween Kills : the official movie novelization. |date=October 19, 2021 |publisher=[[Titan Books]] |isbn=978-1789096019}}</ref>
* ''[[Terrifier 2]]: The Official Movie Novelization'' (2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Earl |first1=William |title='Terrifier 2' Novel Sets October Release; Art the Clown Returns for 'Gruesome' Titan Books Debut (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/terrifier-2-novel-art-the-clown-book-1236044245/ |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=21 June 2024}}</ref>

==== X series ==== 
Novelizations of the [[X (film series)|X film series]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=T |first1=Amber |title=Ti West And A24's X Trilogy Getting Novelization By Writer Tim Waggoner |url=https://www.fangoria.com/x-trilogy-novelizations/ |website=[[Fangoria]] |access-date=6 September 2024 |date=6 August 2024}}</ref>
* ''[[X (2022 film)|X]]: The Official Novelization'' (2024)
* ''[[Pearl (2022 film)|Pearl]]: The Official Novelization'' (2024)
* ''[[MaXXXine]]: The Official Novelization'' (2025)

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===Books on Writing===

*''The Art of Writing Genre Fiction''  (2018), with [[Michael Knost]]
*''Writing in the Dark'' (2020)
*''Writing in the Dark: The Workbook'' (2022)
*''Let Me Tell You a Story (Writing in the Dark)'' (October 5, 2023)<ref>{{cite book |title=Let Me Tell You a Story (Writing in the Dark) |isbn=978-1947879638 |last1=Waggoner |first1=Tim |date=28 September 2023 |publisher=Raw Dog Screaming Press }}</ref>
*''Just Add Writer'' (2025)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Jennifer |title=BOOK DEAL: Just Add Writer |url=https://rawdogscreaming.com/book-deal-just-add-writer/ |website=Raw Dog Screaming Press |access-date=6 September 2024 |date=17 June 2024}}</ref>
[[File:Tim Waggoner arm on tree.jpg|right|thumb|Waggoner in 2019]]


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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.timwaggoner.com Tim Waggoner's Official Website]
*[http://writinginthedarktw.blogspot.com/ Tim Waggoner's Official Blog]
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