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Nicholas Kaufmann

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in New York City, The United States

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Horror, Urban Fantasy, Thriller

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January 2013

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Nicholas Kaufmann is the Bram Stoker Award-, Thriller Award-, Shirley Jackson Award-, and Dragon Award-nominated author of numerous books and stories. In addition to his own work, he has written for such properties as Zombies vs. Robots, The Rocketeer, and Warhammer. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 2,900 ratings · 582 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dying Is My Business (Trent, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 677 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die and Stay Dead (Trent, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing the Dragon 3.70 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hungry Earth 3.66 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spawning Season by Nicholas Kaufmann (Goodreads Author), Ramón de Ocampo (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Child Foretold (Black Library Advent Calendar 2019 #11) 3.46 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone Serpent 4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mind Worms (Dr. Laura Powell Book 3) 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Shadow of the Axe 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	General Slocum's Gold 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dying Is My Business (3 books)
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Dr. Laura Powell (3 books)
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House of Bone and Rain

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Nicholas Kaufmann and 2 other people liked Harry Connolly's blog post: It happened again "For once, let’s not bury the lede: Last week I had my second non-heart attack. It was a minor one. I treated it myself with nitro and aspirin, which drove down my blood pressure quickly and effectively, and I went to bed expecting to wake up the n..." Read more of this blog post »
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Nicholas Kaufmann made a comment on Christa’s review of Monuments in Darkness " Thank you so much, Christa! This means a lot to me coming from a writer of your caliber! "
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Nicholas Kaufmann started reading House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nicholas Kaufmann rated a book it was amazing Cold War Cthulhu [Trade Paperback] by Darrell Schweitzer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Full disclosure: I have a story in this anthology, "The Endless Black Cathedral," but I wanted to read the others because, as someone who was a teenager in the 1980s when the Cold War and nuclear annihilation were on everyone's mind, I think the idea ...more
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Nicholas Kaufmann entered a giveaway Trad Wife by Sarah Langan (Goodreads Author) 100 copies available, ends on May 20, 2026 Enter to win »
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Nicholas Kaufmann and 2 other people liked Alex’s status update Alex (The Bookubus) started reading Ghost Rider (Saddle Club, #24)
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Nicholas Kaufmann made a comment on Alex (The Bookubus)’s status in Freshman Rivals (Freshman Dorm) " My God, how long is their freshman year? LOL! "
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Nicholas Kaufmann wants to read Hell Hound by Ken Greenhall	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nicholas Kaufmann wants to read Sick Flicks: Volume 1 by Mike Bracken	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You're telling me a shape-shifting demon just walked out onto Fifth Avenue and blended in with the crowd?" I asked. "Hailed a fucking cab after tearing everyone to pieces down here?”
― Nicholas Kaufmann, Die and Stay Dead

tags: demons, new-york-city, urban-life

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“It’s not as easy as it looks to come back from the dead.”
― Nicholas Kaufmann, Dying Is My Business

tags: inspirational, living, overcoming-obstacles

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“Oatmeal Face, Jawless, and the other revenants dragged me out of the van by the zip tie between my hands. The sharp plastic bit painfully into my wrists.
"All right, all right, I'm coming," I said. "Keep your faces on."
There was no reaction from any of them. Humor was wasted on the dead.”
― Nicholas Kaufmann, Die and Stay Dead

tags: humor, zombies

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Nicholas’s Quotes

“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.”
― Anatole France

tags: books, lending, library

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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

tags: wisdom

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“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature

tags: fear-of-unknown

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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: broken-glass, glass, moon, moonshine, show-don-t-tell, writing

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“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”
― Stephen King

tags: books

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