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JOE McKINNEY (author)

Joe McKinney (born September 22, 1968) is a San Antonio, Texas based author and Patrol Supervisor with the San Antonio Police Department.[1]

Career

Joe McKinney is an author in many genres, including horror, ghost stories, virus thrillers, crime and science fiction. [2] Over his career, he has written thirteen novels, developed two collections of short stories, created a tale for a comic book, and been both published in and edited numerous anthologies. He is also a regular contributor to the online true crime magazine, In Cold Blog. [3]

In addition, McKinney is a sergeant with the San Antonio Police Department as the Patrol Supervisor for the West Side of San Antonio. Previous to that, he's been a homicide detective and disaster mitigation specialist. He's also helped run the city's 9-1-1 Dispatch Center.

Naturally, his work contains a strong procedural element and a level of realism reflective of the work he does. He's explored some of the prejudice he's witnessed against female officers, both from the public and from their fellow officers in his novels Quarantined and Flesh Eaters. In Inheritance, readers can also get an idea of the kinds of pranks cops pull on one another. His police work has influenced just about every aspect of his writing. [4] In his novel The Savage Dead (2013), McKinney explores the border relations between U.S. and Mexico. Part political thriller, part military special ops thriller, part zombie gorefest, it tackles this complex topic from a number of different angles. [5]

His first Young Adult publication, Dog Days, was released in 2013 as part of Journalstone's Doubledown Series, Book III, paired with Sanford Allen's Deadly Passage. A coming of age novel, Max, the 14-year-old narrator of Dog Days, spends the summer of 1983 facing the worst hurricane the suburbs of Houston have endured in memory, as well as the possibility of a supernatural killer. [6] Dog Days won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a YA Novel of 2013. [7]

In 2012, McKinney was nominated for three separate Bram Stoker awards. His novel Inheritance was nominated for Superior Achievement in a Novel. In a second novel, co-authored with Michael McCarty, Lost Girl of the Lake was nominated for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction. Finally, "Bury My Heart in Marvin Gardens," a short story published in The Best of Dark Moon Digest was nominated for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction. [8]

A lifelong Texan, McKinney also enjoys exploring the history of South Texas, legends of famous and/or little known outlaws and the mysteries of long unsolved crimes. [9] [10]

Personal Life

Joe McKinney lives in the Hill Country of Texas near San Antonio with his wife and children, all of whom are properly trained for the zombie apocalypse.

Awards and Honors

McKinney's novels Apocalypse of the Dead and Quarantined were finalists for the Bram Stoker Award in the category of Superior Achievement in a novel. In 2012, McKinney won his first Bram Stoker Award with his novel Flesh Eaters for Best Novel of 2011. In 2014, he won a second Bram Stoker Award Dog Days for Superior Achievement in a YA Novel of 2013. [11]

Publications

	Dead City (Deadworld #1) - (2006) ISBN 978-0-7860-1781-2 	Apocalypse of the Dead (Deadworld #2) - (2010) ISBN 978-0-7860-2359-2 	Flesh Eaters (Deadworld #3) - (2011) ISBN 978-0-7860-2360-8 	The Crossing (Deadworld short story) - (2012) ISBN 978-0-9847394-4-8 	Mutated (Deadworld #4) - (2011) ISBN 978-0-7860-2360-8 	The Savage Dead - (2013) ISBN 978-0786029303 	Quarantined - (2009) ISBN 978-1-897370-65-0 	Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology - (Editor) (2010) ISBN 978-0-9801850-9-6 	The Sound of Horror - (2007) ISBN 978-0-97000-0-2 	The Phantom Chronicles 2 - (2009) ISBN 978-1-933076-57-7 	The Red Empire - (2011) ISBN 978-0-9832211-5-9 	The Weaponer - (Forward) (2010) ISBN 978-1-926712-70-3 	The Green Hornet Casefiles - (Contributor) (2011) ISBN 978-1-933076-94-2 	The Green Hornet Casefiles - (Contributor) (2011) ISBN 978-1-933076-93-5 	Dodging Bullets - (2010) ISBN 978-0-9826887-1-7 	Book of Horror 2 - (Contributor) (2011) ISBN 978-1-935458-99-9 	Best New Zombie Tales (Vol. 3) - (Contributor) (2011) ISBN 978-0986815799 	Horror For Good: A Charitable Anthology (Vol. 1) - (Contributor) (2012) ISBN 978-1-475065-36-7 	End of Days 5: An Apocalyptic Anthology - (Contributor) (2011) ISBN 978-1611990157 	Inheritance - (2012) ISBN 978-0615690896 	Blood Rites: An Invitation to Horror - (Contributor) (2014) ISBN 978-0984978274 	Zombie Writing! - (Contributor) (2012) ISBN 978-1469931470 	Help! Wanted - (Contributor) (2011) ISBN 978-0615536354 	Dog Days - Deadly Passage - (Dual Publication with Sanford Allen) (2013) ISBN 978-1940161129 	Crooked House - (2013) ISBN 978-1937128432 	Plague of the Undead - (2014) ISBN 978-0786033973 	Lost Girl of the Lake - (Co-Authored with Mike McCarty) (2014) ISBN 978-0985194048 	Nightmare Stalkers & Dream Walkers - (Contributor) (2014) ISBN 9781291590012 	Retreat: Pandemic - (Co-Authored with Craig DiLouie and Stephen Knight) (2013) ASIN B00GQOG166 	Retreat: Slaughterhouse - (Co-Authored with Stephen Knight and Craig DiLouie) (2014) ASIN B00K3BRRDY 	Plague of the Undead - (The Deadlands #1) (2014) ISBN 978-0786033973

References

1.	˄Way, Bryan. "Street Cop and Zombie Author Joe McKinney Won't Take a Break" (http://zombiepop.net/street-cop-and-zombie-author-joe-mckinney-wont-take-a-break/). Retrieved 29 July 2014. 2.	^Morton, Lisa. "Interview: Joe McKinney" (http://www.nightmare-magazine Goodreads.com/nonfiction/interview-joe-mckinney/). Retrieved 17 July 2014. 3.	^Frohock, Teresa. "An Interview with Joe McKinney" (http: frohock.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/an-interview-with-joe-mckinney/) Retrieved 17 July 2014. 4.	˄Way, Bryan. "Street Cop and Zombie Author Joe McKinney Won't Take a Break" (http://zombiepop.net/street-cop-and-zombie-author-joe-mckinney-wont-take-a-break/). Retrieved 29 July 2014. 5.	^Brown, T.W. "TW Bown on zombies, Border Collies and the Indie writing scene..." (http://twbrown.blogspot.com/2013/06/award-winning-author-joe-mckinney-is.html). Retrieved 17 July 2014. 6.	^"Dog Days - Deadly Passage" (https//:www.goodreads.com/book/show/ 18520894-dog-days---deadly-passage?from_search=true) Retrieved 9 September 2014 7.	^Goodreads. "Bram Stoker Award Winners" (http://www.goodreads.com/ award/show/7-bram-stoker-award). Retrieved 4 Sept. 2014. 8.	^"The 2012 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot" (horror.org/the-2012-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/). Retrieved 11 Sept. 2014. 9.	^Morton, Lisa. "Interview: Joe McKinney" (http://www.nightmare-magazine Goodreads.com/nonfiction/interview-joe-mckinney/). Retrieved 17 July 2014. 10.	^"On Outlaws: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" (http://www.talesfromthe booth.com/2014/02/27/on-outlaws-the-ballads-of-gregorio-cortez-by-joe-mckinney/). Retrieved 17 July 2014. 11.	^Goodreads. "Bram Stoker Award Winners" (http://www.goodreads.com/ award/show/7-bram-stoker-award). Retrieved 4 Sept. 2014.


 * Cullen328 -- for review and comment. The only material missing are two boxes near the beginning with summary information, one containing a picture of Joe McKinney. Thank you for you assistance.Kahlyn (talk) 02:45, 11 October 2014 (UTC)Kahlyn