Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...
.
Early life
Kraus was born June 7, 1975, in
Midland, Michigan
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, and grew up in
Fairfield, Iowa
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.
Career
In 2009, Kraus published his first novel, ''The Monster Variations''. It was included on the New York Public Library's "100 Best Stuff for Teens" list in 2010.
His second novel, ''Rotters'', was published in 2011. It won the 2012
Odyssey Award
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and the
Parents' Choice Award
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Gold Award, and was a finalist for the
Bram Stoker Award
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History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
. It was also chosen as Booklist Editors' Choice for 2012 and was included on the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon List 2012. It was produced as an audiobook, and was subsequently included on the
American Library Association
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History 19th century ...
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...
, and adapted into the Netflix animated series of the same name.
In October 2015 Kraus published the first half of a two-part epic called ''The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch''. Volume 1, ''At the Edge of Empire'', was an ''Entertainment Weekly'' "Best of 2015" title. Volume 2, ''Empire Decayed'', was released in October 2016.
Kraus co-wrote the novelization of ''The Shape of Water'' with Guillermo del Toro, based on the popular
film
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of the same name.
It was announced on February 14, 2018, that Kraus would complete the unfinished novel by George A Romero entitled '' The Living Dead''. The book was released in August 2020.
In 2023, Kraus released the novel '' Whalefall'' through MTV Books.
Personal life
Kraus lives in Chicago with his wife.
Bibliography
Standalone novels
*''The Monster Variations'' (2009, Random House/Delacorte)
*''Rotters'' (2011, Random House/Delacorte)
*''Scowler'' (2013, Random House/Delacorte)
*''Blood Sugar'' (2019, Hard Case Crime)
*''Bent Heavens'' (2020, Macmillan)
*''Wrath'', with Sharon Moalem (2022, Union Square & Co.)
*''Graveyard Girls: 1-2-3-4, I Declare a Thumb War'', with
Lisi Harrison
Elyse E. "Lisi" Harrison (née Gottlieb; born on July 29, 1970) is a Canadian novelist of young adult fiction, known for the three series ''The Clique'', ''Alphas'' and '' Monster High''.
Early life
Harrison was born Elyse E. Gottlieb and raised ...
(2022, Union Square & Co.)'
*''The Ghost That Ate Us: The Tragic True Story of the Burger City Poltergeist'' (2022)
*'' Whalefall'' (2023, Simon & Schuster)'
Filmmaker collaborations
* ''Trollhunters'', with
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...
(2015, Disney Hyperion)
* ''The Shape of Water'', with Guillermo del Toro (2017, Feiwel & Friends)
* '' The Living Dead'', with George A. Romero (2020, Macmillan)
* ''Pay the Piper'', with George A. Romero (2024, Union Square & Co.)
''The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch''
*''The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume 1: At the Edge of Empire'' (2015,
Simon & Schuster
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)
*''The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume 2: Empire Decayed'' (2016, Simon & Schuster)