BRIAN KEENE writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is often credited (along with Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later film) with inspiring pop culture’s current interest in zombies. Keene’s novels have been translated into German, Spanish, Polish, Italian, French, Taiwanese, and many more. In addition to his own original work, Keene has written for media properties such as Doctor Who, Hellboy, Masters of the Universe, and Superman. Several of Keene’s novels have been developed for film, including Ghoul, The Ties That Bind, and Fast Zombies Suck. Several more are in-development or under option. Keene also serves as Executive Producer for the independent film studio Drunken Tentacle Productions. Keene also oversees Maelstrom, his own small press publishing imprint specializing in collectible limited editions, via Thunderstorm Books. Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publisher’s Weekly, Media Bistro, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the World Horror 2014 Grand Master Award, two Bram Stoker Awards, and a recognition from Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) for his outreach to U.S. troops serving both overseas and abroad. A prolific public speaker, Keene has delivered talks at conventions, college campuses, theaters, and inside Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, VA. The father of two sons, Keene lives in rural Pennsylvania.
Series
Books
White Fire
2018
Kill Whitey
2008
Castaways
2009
Trigger Warnings
2014
Dust/Divorcing the Dead
2010
Darkness on the Edge of Town
2008
Ghoul
2007
Extreme Zombies
2012
Earthworm Gods
Selected Scenes from the End of the World
2008
Island of the Dead
2023
October Screams
A Halloween Anthology
2023
Halldark Holidays
2020
Blood on the Page
The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 1
2013
A Gathering of Crows
2010
Last of the Albatwitches
2013
City of the Dead
2005
Tief begraben
Thriller
2014
Splatterpunk's Basement of Horror
2023
The Chinese Beetle - A Story From The Lost Level
2016
Hole In The World
2018
Operation Ice Bat
2014
The Damned Highway
Fear and Loathing in Arkham
2011
The Seven
The Labyrinth, Book 1
2021
Leader of the Banned
The Best of Hail Saten Volume 4
2010
Earthworm Gods II
Deluge
2008
Dead Sea
2007
4 AM
2014
All Dark, All The Time
The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 2
2016
Silverwood
The Door
2023
Alone
2011
Dark Hearts
2009
With Teeth
2021
Take The Long Way Home
2006
Shivers
2002
Scratch
2010
The Lost Level
2014
The Best of Horrorfind
2001
Where We Live and Die
2015
No Rest for the Wicked
Redux: A Short Story Collection
2001
The New Fear
2007
Bludgeon Tools
Splatterpunk Anthology
2021
School's Out
2016
The Rising
Deliverance
2010
21st Century Dead
2012
Suburban Gothic
2020
Unhappy Endings
2009
Entombed
2011
The Triangle of Belief
2020
Return to the Lost Level
2017
The Girl on the Glider
2010
King of the Bastards
2015
Submerged
The Labyrinth Book 2
2022
The Conqueror Worms
2005
The Rising
Death in Four Colors
2007
Love Letters From A Nihilist
The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 3
2019
Apocrypha
2014
Throne of the Bastards
2017
Pressure
2016
Seize the Night
New Tales of Vampiric Terror
2015
Sympathy For The Devil
The Best Of Hail Saten: Vol. 1
2004
The Crane House
A Halloween Story
2012
End Of The Road
2020
The Complex
2015
Fear of Gravity
2004
Sundancing
2012
Ghost Walk
2008
Halves
2008
Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road
2013
A Little Sorrowed Talk
2023
The Rising
2003
In Delirium
2006
Tequila's Sunrise
2007
Unsafe Spaces
2016
Dark Hollow
2006
The Rise and Fall of Babylon
2003
The Rising
More Selected Scenes From The End Of The World
2025
Terminal
2004
Battle Royale Slam Book
Essays on the Cult Classic by Koushun Takami
2014
An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley
2012
The Rising
Necrophobia
2004
Things Left Behind
2023
The Rising
Selected Scenes from the End of the World
2007
Urban Gothic
2009
