Nancy Holder (born August 29, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV seriesBuffy the Vampire Slayer. She has also written fiction related to several other science fiction and fantasy shows, includingAngel andSmallville.
Holder was born Nancy Lindsay Jones inLos Altos, California on August 29, 1953. Growing up in California and Japan, Nancy quit school at 16 to be a ballet dancer in Germany. Eventually returning to the U.S., she resumed her studies and graduated from theUniversity of California, San Diego with a Communications degree.
Holder is married to Wayne Holder, with whom she has a daughter, Belle Claire Christine Holder (born October 28, 1996).
Holder is a six-time winner of theBram Stoker Award for superior achievement in horror writing and received theBram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2021.[1] She wonBest Short Story in 1991 for "Lady Madonna", in 1993 for "I Hear the Mermaids Singing", and in 1994 for "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain". She wonBest Novel in 1994 forDead in the Water.
Other books by Nancy Holder (andDebbie Viguié) include theWicked series, about a family feud between a coven of witches called the Cahors and a coven of warlocks called the Devereux.
Holder contributed to the design ofDungeon Master, developed and sold by her husband Wayne Holder's companyFTL Games.[2] She has also begun collaborating with her daughter, Claire Holder, when published short stories.
Holder contributed the original story concept to the 2018Firefly novelBig Damn Hero byJames Lovegrove.
