Adam Nevill (also known as Adam LG Nevill) is an English writer of supernatural horror, known for his book The Ritual. Prior to becoming a full-time author, Nevill worked as an editor.
After publishing several novels through Pan Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, Nevill chose to self-publish his 2019 novel, The Reddening. Nevill stated that his reasons were both financial and creative, as he wanted more freedom in how he could market and package his works. The novel was published under his imprint, Ritual Limited, which he created in 2016.
Awards Year Book Award Category Result Ref. 2010Apartment 16 The Dracula Society Children of the Night Award https://thedraculasociety.org.uk/the-children-of-the-night-award.html 2011Apartment 16 British Fantasy Award Novel 2012 The Ritual British Fantasy Award Horror Novel 2012FlorrieBritish Fantasy Award Short Story https://www.sfadb.com/Adam_Nevill 2013Last Days British Fantasy Award Horror Novel The Ritual RUSA Reading List Horror 2014House of Small Shadows British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Last Days RUSA Reading List Horror 2015 No One Gets Out Alive British Fantasy Award Horror Novel 2016 Lost Girl British Fantasy Award Horror Novel 2016HippocampusBritish Fantasy Award Short Fiction 2017 Under a Watchful Eye British Fantasy Award Horror Novel https://locusmag.com/2018/01/2017-stoker-awards-preliminary-ballot/Some Will Not Sleep British Fantasy Award Collection https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/the-british-fantasy-awards/bfa-winners/ 2017Under a Watchful Eye Locus Recommended Reading List Horror https://locusmag.com/2018/02/2017-locus-recommended-reading-list/ 2020 The Reddening British Fantasy Award Horror Novel
Bibliography Novels Banquet for the Damned (2004 - PS Publishing) Apartment 16 (2010, UK - Pan) The Ritual (2011, UK - Pan, 2012, US - St. Martin's) Last Days (2012, UK - Pan, 2013, US - St. Martin's) House of Small Shadows (2013, UK - Pan, 2014, US - St. Martin's) No One Gets Out Alive (2014, UK - Pan, 2015, US - St. Martin's) Lost Girl (2015, UK - Pan) Under a Watchful Eye (2017, UK - Pan Macmillan) The Reddening (2019) Cunning Folk (2021) The Vessel (2022) All the Fiends of Hell (2024) Monumental (2026)
Collections Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors (2016, UK and US - Ritual Limited) Cries from the Crypt: Selected Writings (2016, newsletter exclusive release - Ritual Limited) Before You Sleep: Three Terrors (2016, free eBook - Ritual Limited) Hasty for the Dark: Selected Horrors (2017, Ritual Limited) Wyrd and Other Derelictions (2020, Ritual Limited)
Short stories "Mothers Milk" (2004, published in Gathering the Bones) "Where Angels Come In" (2005, published in Poe's Progeny) "The Original Occupant" (2005, published in Bernie Herrmann's Manic Sextet) "Yellow Teeth" (2009, published in The British Invasion) "The Ancestors" (2009, published in The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009) "To Forget or Be Forgotten" (2009, published in Exotic Gothic 3) "Estrus" (2010, published in Raw Terror) "On All London Underground Lines" (2010, published in The End of the Line) "Florrie" (2011, published in House of Fear) "Little Mag's Barrow" (2011, published in Terror Tales of the Lake District) "What God Hath Wrought?" (2011, published in Gutshot) "The Age of Entitlement" (2012, published in Dark Currents) "Pig Thing" (2012, published in Exotic Gothic 4) "The Angels of London" (2013, published in Terror Tales of London) "Always in our Hearts" (2013, published in End of the Road) "Doll Hands" (2014, published in The Burning Circus) "Hippocampus" (2016, published in Terror Tales of the Sea) "Call the Name" (2016, published in The Gods of H. P. Lovecraft) "The Days of Our Lives" (2016, published in Dead Letters) "White Light, White Heat" (2016, published in Marked to Die)
References
External links
The story behind Apartment 16 - Online Essay by Adam Nevill on Upcoming4.me