Kim Paffenroth

Kim Paffenroth

Kim Paffenroth is a religious scholar, professor, and contemporary American horror author, best known for his Bram Stoker Award-winning book "Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth".

Biography

Kim Paffenroth was born in 1966 in Syosset, New York. He attended Broad Run High School and Los Alamos High School. He went on to receive the BA from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, the STM from Harvard Divinity School, and the PhD The University of Notre Dame. After teaching at Villanova University, Paffenroth has since been an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College. He is the author of numerous books on the Bible and theology. His book "" (Baylor, 2006) won the Bram Stoker Award in the non-fiction category. [http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm#winners]

His first novel, "Dying to Live", is available from Permuted Press.

Personal life

Paffenroth is married and has two children.

Published works

Non-Fiction

# [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932792651"Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth"]

Fiction

# [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/097897073X"Dying to Live"]

Edited

#(http://www.amazon.com/History-Dead-Anthology-Scott-Johnson/dp/0978970799/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213328560&sr=1-1'History is Dead'

External links

* [http://gotld.blogspot.com Kim Paffenroth's Official Blog]
* [http://permutedpress.com/smf/index.php?board=12.0 Kim Paffenroth Message Board]
* [http://www.horrorworld.org/june_2007.htm Review in Horror World]
* [http://www.horrorreader.com/horror_reader/2007/07/dying-to-live-a.html Review in Horror Reader]
* [http://www.apexdigest.com/Online/review070703.shtml Review in Apex Digest]
* [http://www.class-b.net/bookreviews/view.php?action=view&id=21 Review on Class-B.net]
* [http://www.class-b.net/interviews/view.php?action=view&id=4 Interview on Class-B.net]

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