Lisa Morton

Lisa Morton (born December 11, 1958) is an American horror author and screenwriter.

Morton was born in Pasadena, California, and entered the film industry in 1979 as a modelmaker on . In 1988 she co-wrote (with make-up effects expert Tom Burman) "Life On the Edge", which was later re-titled Meet the Hollowheads; she also served as an Associate Producer on the film, and received an acting credit as "the Edge Slut" (in a scene that was cut from the film). The film went on to win the Grand Prix Award at the London Odeon Film Festival, and was one of 12 films selected to appear in the Avoriaz Film Festival.

Morton also co-wrote the films Adventures in Dinosaur City, Tornado Warning, and Blood Angels; as an animation writer, she wrote for the series Sky Dancers and Dragon Flyz. Morton has worked with several small theater companies in the Southern California area, serving as writer, director and producer.

In the 1990s Morton began publishing short horror fiction. In 2006 her short story "Tested" (from Cemetery Dance magazine) won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Fiction.

She has also authored three non-fiction books, "The Cinema of Tsui Hark", "The Halloween Encyclopedia" and "A Hallowe'en Anthology: Literary and Historical Writings Over the Centuries". She currently resides in the Los Angeles, California area.

Awards

:*"Tested" (Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Fiction):*2006 President's Richard Laymon Award from the Horror Writers Association :*2005 President's Richard Laymon Award from the Horror Writers Association

Bibliography

Non-Fiction

:*"The Cinema of Tsui Hark" 2001:*"The Halloween Encyclopedia" 2003:*"" 2008

hort stories

Dates by original magazine or anthology publication.

:*"Sane Reaction" (1994) Dark Voices 6 :*"Virus Verses" (1995) Dream Forge May 1995 issue:*"Sensitive" (1995) After Hours Winter 1995 issue:*"The Free Way" (1995) chapbook:*"Poppi's Monster" (1995) The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein :*"Love Eats" (1996) Dark Terrors:*"Children of the Long Night" (1997) The Mammoth Book of Dracula :*"Nikola, Moonstruck" (1998) Horrors! 365 Scary Stories :*"Ghost Writer" (1998) Horrors! 365 Scary Stories:*"The Fear of Eight Legs" (1998) Horrors! 365 Scary Stories :*"The Proof in the Picture" (1998) Horrors! 365 Scary Stories:*"A New Force of Nature" (1999) White of the Moon :*"El Cazador" (2000) After Shocks :*"Pound Rots in Fragrant Harbour" (2003) The Museum of Horrors :*"The Call of Cthulhu: The Motion Picture" (2003) Dead But Dreaming:*"Growing Man" (2003) Framed: A Gallery of Dark Delicacies :*"The Death of Splatter" (2004) Dark Terrors 6 :*"Blind-Stamped" (2005) Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores :*"Home Intrusion" (2005) Hell Hath No Fury:*"Black Mill Cove" (2005) Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre :*"Sparks Fly Upward" (2006) Mondo Zombie:*"Cold Duty" (2006) At the Sign of the Snowman: Rolling Darkness Revue 2006 :*"Tested" (2006) Cemetery Dance issue #55:*"Forces of Evil, Starring Robert Fields" (written with Richard Grove) (2007) Midnight Premiere:*"The Maenads" (2008) The Vault of Punk Horror

Filmography

*"The Glass Trap" (2005)
*"Blood Angels" (aka "Thralls" (2004)
*"Blue Demon" (2004)
*"Tornado Warning" (2002)
*"Van-Pires" (television series) (1997)
*"Sky Dancers" (television series) (1996)
*"Dragon Flyz" (1996)
*"Toontown Kids" (1994)
*"Adventures in Dinosaur City" (1992)
*"Meet the Hollowheads" (1989)

External links

* [http://www.lisamorton.com Personal website]
*imdb name|0608037

ee also

*List of horror fiction authors