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Scott Snyder
Snyder at a signing for Batman: Gates of Gotham at Midtown Comics in Manhattan.
Occupation	writer
Genre	fantasy, horror, superhero fantasy

Scott Snyder is an American writer known for his 2006 short story collection Voodoo Heart, and his work in comic books, including American Vampire, Detective Comics, Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham and Swamp Thing.

Early life

At the age of nine, Snyder attended a summer camp where one of the counselors read Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon to him over the summer, an experience that Snyder says "really jump-started my love of story-telling." He was also influenced by the writing of Denis Johnson, Raymond Carver, Rick Bass, Joy Williams, and George Saunders.

Snyder graduated from Brown University in 1998 with a degree in creative writing, and then worked at Walt Disney World for about a year. Snyder's Disney World stint strongly influenced his writing; he later recalled, "it did a world of good for my writing...All the things I ended up writing about, those things that are deeply frightening to me—fear of commitment and growing up, fear of losing loved ones, the wonder and terror of falling in love—all of it was constantly being played out all around me in this weird, cartoonish, magnified way at Disney."

Snyder received his MFA from Columbia University in 2002.

Career

Prose fiction

His first collection of stories, Voodoo Heart, was published by the Dial Press in June 2006 to highly positive reviews. The collection received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and was a Kirkus Reviews "Hot Debut" of the year. The New York Times published a positive review by author Andrew Sean Greer in the Sunday Book Review.

Stephen King picked two of the included stories—"Wreck" and "Dumpster Tuesday"—for the 2007 The Best American Short Stories anthology shortlist. Voodoo Heart was shortlisted for The Story Prize in 2006.

Snyder teaches writing at New York University, Columbia University, and Sarah Lawrence College.

Comics

In 2009, Snyder began writing for Marvel Comics. His first foray into the genre was a one-shot focusing on the first Human Torch, part of Marvel's 70th anniversary celebrations. He later wrote the 4-issue miniseries, Iron Man: Noir, which debuted in April 2010.

Vertigo began publishing American Vampire, Snyder's first creator-owned ongoing series, in March 2010. The first five issues feature an original storyline by Stephen King. American Vampire won the 2011 Eisner Award for Best New Series, as well as the 2011 Harvey Award for Best New Series.

His run as writer of Detective Comics began with issue #871 of that title, which marked the beginning of his exclusive contract with DC Comics. He and Kyle Higgins wrote the Batman: Gates of Gotham miniseries which debuted in May 2011.

Since September of 2011, Snyder has been writing both Batman and a new Swamp Thing ongoing series as part of DC Comics' Fall 2011 relaunch.

Bibliography

DC Comics

Titles published by DC Comics include:

• Batman:
  • Detective Comics:
    • The Black Mirror (hc, 288 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3206-X) collects:
      • "The Black Mirror" (with Jock, in #871-873, 2011)
      • "Skeleton Cases" (with Francesco Francavilla, in #871-872, 874, 2011)
      • "Lost Boys" (with Francesco Francavilla, in #875, 2011)
      • "Hungry City" (with Jock, in #876-878, 2011)
      • "Skeleton Key" (with Francesco Francavilla, in #879, 2011)
      • "My Dark Architect" (with Jock, in #880, 2011)
      • "The Face in the Glass" (with Jock and Francesco Francavilla, in #881, 2011)
  • Gates of Gotham #1-5 (with Kyle Higgins and Trevor McCarthy, 2011) collected as Batman: GoG (tpb, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3341-4)
  • Batman (with Greg Capullo, 2011-...) collected as:
    • The Court of Owls (collects #1-7, hc, 176 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3541-7)
• Flashpoint: Project Superman #1-3 (with Lowell Francis and Gene Ha, 2011) collected in Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman (tpb, 320 pages, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4012-3434-8)
• Swamp Thing (with Yanick Paquette, Marco Rudy and Francesco Francavilla,, 2011-...) collected as:
  • Raise Them Bones (collects #1-7, tpb, 168 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3462-3)

Vertigo

Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:

• American Vampire:
  • Volume 1 (hc, 200 pages, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4012-2830-9; tpb, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4012-2974-0) collects:
    • "Big Break" (with Rafael Albuquerque, in #1, 2010)
    • "Morning Star" (with Rafael Albuquerque, in #2, 2010)
    • "Rough Cut" (with Rafael Albuquerque, in #3, 2010)
    • "Double Exposure" (with Rafael Albuquerque, in #4, 2010)
    • "Curtain Call" (with Rafael Albuquerque, in #5, 2010)
  • Volume 2 (hc, 160 pages, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4012-3069-2; tpb, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4012-3070-8) collects:
    • "Devil in the Sand" (with Rafael Albuquerque and Mateus Santolouco, in #6-9, 2010-2011)
    • "The Way Out" (with Mateus Santolouco, in #10-11, 2011)
  • Volume 3 (hc, 288 pages, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4012-3333-4; tpb, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4012-3334-1) collects:
    • "Strange Frontier" (with Danijel Žeželj, in #12, 2011)
    • "Ghost War" (with Rafael Albuquerque, in #13-18, 2011)
    • Survival of the Fittest #1-5 (with Sean Murphy, 2011)
  • Volume 4 (collects #19-27, hc, 208 pages, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4012-3718-9) collects:
    • "The Beast in the Cave" (with Jordi Bernet, in #19-21, 2011-2012)
    • "Death Race" (with Rafael Albuquerque, in #22-25, 2012)
    • "The Nocturnes" (with Roger Cruz, in #26-27, 2012)

Other publishers

Titles published by various American publishers include:

• Marvel:
  • Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (with Scott Wegener, 2009) collected in Timely 70th Anniversary Collection (hc, 280 pages, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7851-3899-0; tpb, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7851-4092-4)
  • Nation X #1: "Testament" (with David Lopez, 2010) collected in Nation X (hc, 360 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3873-0; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4103-0)
  • Iron Man Noir #1-4 (with Manuel Garcia, 2010) collected as Iron Man Noir (hc, 112 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4727-6; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4728-4)
• Severed #1-7 (with Scott Tuft and Attila Futaki, Image, 2011-2012) collected as Severed (hc, 192 pages, 2012, ISBN 978-1-60706-529-6)

Awards

• 2011 Eisner Award for Best New Series (with Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque for American Vampire)
• 2011 Harvey Award for Best New Series (with Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque American Vampire)

Nominations

• 2011 Eagle Award for Favourite Newcomer Writer
• 2011 Eagle Award for Favourite New Comic Book (with Stephen King and and Rafael Albuquerque for American Vampire)
• 2011 Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent

References

1. ^ Henderson, Susan (August 31, 2006). "Scott Snyder". Susan Henderson's Lit Park. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
2. ^ Borondy, Matt (July 10, 2006). "Scott Snyder". Identity Theory. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
3. Greer, Andrew Sean (July 16, 2006). "Flights of Fancy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
4. "Other noteworthy story collections". The Story Prize. 2006. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. Other auspicious debuts include Scott Snyder's Voodoo Heart (The Dial Press) with its imaginative and authentic stories. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
5. Watson, Sasha (September 27, 2010). "A Literary Imagination Goes Graphic". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. In a creative writing class that Scott Snyder teaches at NYU, "The Monster Under Your Story," students discuss the intersections of literary fiction, genre fiction, and comics. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; November 29, 2010 suggested (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
6. Hill, Tommy (April 22, 2009). "Professor's stories combine the strange and silly". Columbia Daily Spectator. Columbia University. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. This is the philosophy of Scott Snyder, Columbia professor and author of the critically acclaimed short story collection Voodoo Heart. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
7. "SLC Faculty". Sarah Lawrence College. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
8. "Vertigo Readying New Comic Series American Vampire". Dread Central. October 26, 2009. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
9. Rogers, Vaneta (October 26, 2009). "Stephen King Brings an American Vampire Tale to Vertigo". Newsarama. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
10. "Variant Cover Revealed for Vertigo's American Vampire #1". Dread Central. February 23, 2010. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
11. Cowsill, Alan; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "2000s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. The first five double-sized issues consisted of two stories, illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque. Scott Snyder wrote each issue's lead feature, and Stephen King wrote the back-up tales. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
12. Phegley, Kiel (July 14, 2012). "Snyder Goes Exclusive With Detective Comics". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; July 18, 2010 suggested (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
13. "Batman: Gates of Gotham #1". DC Comics. May 18 2011. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
14. Phegley, Kiel (June 27, 2011). "The Bat Signal: Snyder Relaunches Batman". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
15. Rogers, Vaneta (July 5, 2011). "Scott Snyder Wants DCnU Swamp Thing to Build on Legacy". Newsarama. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
16. Phegley, Kiel (August 24, 2011). "Snyder Dredges Up A Human "Swamp Thing"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
17. Walecka, Travis (September 20, 2011). "Batman and Swamp Thing: Scott Snyder's dark plans for DC". Hero Complex. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
18. Melrose, Kevin (July 23, 2011). "SDCC ’11: Winners announced for 2011 Eisner Awards". Comic Book Resources.
19. Cavna, Michael (August 21, 2011). "BALTIMORE COMIC-CON: Your 2011 Harvey Award winners are...". The Washington Post.
20. ^ Melrose, Kevin (March 14, 2011). "Voting opens for 2011 Eagle Awards". iFanboy.
21. Flanagan, Josh (July 5, 2011). "2011 Harvey Award Nominees". iFanboy.

External links

• Scott Snyder at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

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• 1976 births
• Living people
• Brown University alumni
• Columbia University faculty
• New York University faculty
• Sarah Lawrence College faculty