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Language
  
English

Name
  
Scott Nicolay

Alma mater
  
Rutgers University

Citizenship
  
United States

Nationality
  
American


Born
  
April 16, 1963 (age 60) United States (
1963-04-16
)

Occupation
  
Author, translator, poet

Genre
  
Weird fiction, Horror fiction

Scott nicolay s new book the new lovecraft ezine king in yellow issue and the hpl film festival


Scott Nicolay (born April 16, 1963) is an American author of weird fiction. Nicolay's "Do You Like to Look At Monsters?" received the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story in 2015. He resides in the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Nicolay hosts The Outer Dark, a weekly podcast about weird fiction.

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Biography

Nicolay was born in New Jersey and studied at Rutgers University.

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 movements.

Nicolay spent time as an active caver and archaeologist. He used the name Ana Kai Tangata, a cave he had studied on Easter Island, for the title of his first book of collected short fiction. The cave's name is associated with cannibalism in the Rapa Nui language.

References

Scott Nicolay Wikipedia