The Battle Royale Slam Book by Nick Mamatas

The Internet Review of Science Fiction, reviewing You Might Sleep, contends that 'J.D. as running 'the gamut of science fiction, fantasy, metafiction, horror, generic lit, to the realms of the effectively unclassifiable'. Writer Laird Barron described the short fictions in You Might Sleep. Mamatas is most known for his horror and dark fiction, but claims broad influences.

His parents are Greeks from the island of Icaria. His non-fiction work has appeared in Razor Magazine, The Village Voice, and various disinformation books and BenBella Books' Smart Pop Books anthologies. During his early writing career he wrote not just non-fiction, but also worked in a essay mill as a ghostwriter for college students needing term papers, an experience he later described in an essay called 'The Term Paper Artist'. He is also a graduate of the MFA program in creative and professional writing at Western Connecticut State University, which he attended only after publishing a number of books, short stories, and articles. Nick Mamatas was born on Long Island, New York and attended Stony Brook University and New School University. He funded his early writing career by producing term papers for college students, which gained him some notoriety when he described this experience in an essay for Drexel University's online magazine The Smart Set. He has also been recognised for his editorial work with a Bram Stoker Award, as well as World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award nominations. His fiction has been nominated for a number of awards, including several Bram Stoker Awards. Nick Mamatas ( Greek: Νίκος Μαμματάς) (born February 20, 1972) is an American horror, science fiction and fantasy author and editor for Haikasoru's line of translated Japanese science fiction novels for Viz Media. Horror, fantasy, science fiction, personal essay

The Battle Royale Slam Book by Nick Mamatas