Scott Nicolay (born April 16, 1963) is an
American author
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of
weird fiction
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. Nicolay's "Do You Like to Look At Monsters?" received the
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story in 2015.
2015 World Fantasy Award and Life Achievement Winners.
/ref> He resides on the Navajo Nation
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in New Mexico
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. Nicolay hosts ''The Outer Dark'', a weekly podcast about weird fiction.
Biography
Nicolay was born in New Jersey
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and studied at Rutgers University
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.
At the age of 26, he moved to the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, where he later taught school. Nicolay is a poetry enthusiast and has translated poetry and fiction from French. He has been active in youth poetry slam
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Poetry slams began in Chicago in the 1980s, with the first slam competition designed to move poetry rec ...
movements.
Nicolay spent time as an active caver
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and archaeologist. He used the name ''Ana Kai Tangata'', a cave
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he had studied on Easter Island
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, for the title of his first book of collected short fiction. The cave's name is associated with cannibalism in the Rapa Nui language
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The island is home to ...
.
Selected bibliography
* ''Ana Kai Tangata'' (2014), collected short fiction.
* "Do You Like to Look at Monsters?" (2015), short story, recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story.
* ''After'' (2015), novella.
References
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Biography
Bibliography
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1963 births
American horror writers
Rutgers University alumni
Living people
World Fantasy Award–winning writers
American weird fiction writers