Rocky Wood, president of the Horror Writers’ Association, Stephen King expert, and Stoker-award winning author, passed away December 1  at the age of 55, after complications related to ALS. While I didn’t ever meet him, I know from others that he was a dedicated, determined, and kind person, as well as a talented author and researcher. We reviewed two of his books: Stephen King: A Literary Companion (reviewed here), which won the Stoker Award for nonfiction, and Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Witching Times (reviewed here), the Stoker Award-winning graphic novel he co-authored with Lisa Morton. Rocky also believed in promoting scholarship in the horror genre– he contacted us some time ago, offering to write a detailed review of Bev Vincent’s reference work The Dark Tower Companion, which we published here on the blog.

The Horror Writers Association has announced the establishment of a scholarship focused on nonfiction writing in the horror genre in his memory.

To learn more about him, visit his official website.

Having gone through a similar loss here this year, I have the deepest sympathies for his family.