Joe Hill

American writer

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2025 Published novel 'King Sorrow'.
2025 Planned publication of 'King Sorrow', his upcoming novel.
2022 Published Rain mini-series, adapted by David M. Booher and illustrated by Zoe Thorogood, based on his novella Rain
2022 Joe Hill and Gillian Redfearn welcomed their twins.
2021 Film 'The Black Phone' directed by Scott Derrickson, based on Joe Hill's short story.
2021 Segment 'Mums' in Creepshow series, directed by Rusty Cundieff, based on Joe Hill's novelette.
2020 TV series 'Locke & Key' created by Carlton Cuse, Meredith Averill, and Aron Eli Coleite, based on Joe Hill's comic.
2020 Segment 'Twittering from the Circus of the Dead' in Creepshow series, directed by Greg Nicotero, based on Joe Hill's short story.
2020 Published Dying is Easy comic, illustrated by Martin Simmonds
2019 Film 'In the Tall Grass' directed by Vincenzo Natali, adapted from Joe Hill's novella.
2019 Segment 'By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain' in Creepshow series, directed by Tom Savini, based on Joe Hill's novelette.
2019 TV series 'NOS4R2' created by Jami O'Brien, based on Joe Hill's novel.
2019 Co-wrote the pilot episode of 'Locke & Key' with Eli Coleite.
2019 Published three mini-series: Basketful of Heads (illustrated by Leomacs), Plunge (illustrated by Stuart Immonen), and Sea Dogs
2019 Published the short story collection 'Full Throttle', featuring 4 short stories, 9 novelettes, and 1 novella, including collaborative works with Stephen King.
June 2019 Announced as the overseer and co-writer for Hill House Comics, a new horror line following the suspension of Vertigo Comics.
January 2019 Begins filming for the 'Locke & Key' TV series for Netflix.
2018 Wrote an unaired pilot episode for 'Locke & Key'.
2018 His short story 'You Are Released' was published in 'Flight or Fright', an anthology edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent.
2018 Published The Cape: Fallen mini-series, illustrated by Zach Howard
2018 Won the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection for 'Strange Weather'.
2018 Joe Hill married British publisher Gillian Redfearn.
2017 TV pilot for 'Locke & Key' created for Hulu, based on Joe Hill's comic.
2017 Published the short story collection 'Strange Weather', containing four novellas: 'Snapshot', 'Loaded', 'Aloft', and 'Rain'.
2017 Received the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel for 'The Fireman' and the Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection for 'Strange Weather'.
2016 Published Tales from the Darkside comic, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez
May 2016 Releases his fourth novel 'The Fireman', which enters the New York Times Best Seller list at number one.
2015 Wrote an unproduced pilot episode for 'Tales From The Darkside'.
2014 Published Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland mini-series and 'By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain' one-shot in Ray Bradbury celebration anthology
2013 Completed the 'Locke & Key' comic book series and published novel 'NOS4A2'.
2013 Film 'Horns' directed by Alexandre Aja, based on Joe Hill's novel.
2013 Published Thumbprint comic, co-written with Jason Ciaramella
2013 Published 'NOS4A2' (released as 'NOS4R2' in the United Kingdom), further establishing his reputation in the genre.
April 2013 Publishes his third novel 'NOS4R2', which peaks at number five on the New York Times Best Seller list.
2012 Published The Cape: 1969 prequel mini-series, illustrated by Nelson Daniel
2012 Collaborated with Stephen King on the short story 'In the Tall Grass', published in Esquire magazine's June/July and August issues.
2012 Won the British Fantasy Award for Comic/Graphic Novel for 'Locke & Key'.
2011 TV pilot for 'Locke & Key' directed by Mark Romanek for Fox, based on Joe Hill's comic.
2011 Published The Cape mini-series
2011 Received the Eisner Award for Best Writer for 'Locke & Key'.
2010 Joe Hill co-wrote the story 'Throttle' with Stephen King, which was published in 'The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume Twenty-One'.
2010 Published The Cape one-shot and Kodiak one-shot comic, co-written with Jason Ciaramella
2010 Joe Hill divorced Leanora Legrand.
February 2010 Publishes his second novel 'Horns', which was later adapted into a film in 2014.

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