P. N. Elrod

P. N. Elrod
BornPatricia Nead Elrod
1954 (age 69–70)[1]
OccupationWriter and editor
NationalityAmerican
GenreFantasy, horror, mystery, urban fantasy
SubjectVampires
Website
www.facebook.com/p.n.elrod/

Patricia Nead Elrod (born 1954)[1] is an American novelist specializing in urban fantasy. She has written in the mystery, romance, paranormal, and historical genres with at least one foray into comedic fantasy. Elrod is also an editor, having worked on several collections for Ace Science Fiction, DAW, Benbella Books, and St. Martin's Griffin. She self-published a signed, limited edition novel under her own imprint, Vampwriter Books.

In 2010, she was nominated for the RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award in Urban Fantasy.[2]

In 2011, she was presented with the RT Book Reviews Pioneer Achievement Award in Vampire Fiction.[3]

Her suspense short story, Beach Girl, won the 2011 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award.[4]

  1. ^ a b Entry for P. N. Elrod in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ "RT Career Achievement Awards". Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "RT Booklovers Convention 2011: We Honor The Outstanding Books And Authors Of 2010". Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "2011 Readers Award". Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Vol. 139, no. 6. May 2012. p. 75.