Kim Newman

Kim Newman (born July 31, 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction — both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven — and alternate versions of history. He has won the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award, and has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award.

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July 31 - 1959 - English - Journalist - Film critic - Fiction - Writer - Horror fiction - Tod Browning - Dracula - Alternate versions of history - Bram Stoker Award - International Horror Guild - World Fantasy Award

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He was born in London and raised in Aller, Somerset. He was educated at Dr. Morgan's Grammar School in Bridgwater, and set his experimental semi-autobiographical novel Life's Lottery (1999) in a fictionalised version of the town called Sedgwater. He studied English at the University of Sussex.

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London - Aller - Somerset - Bridgwater - 1999 - University of Sussex

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