Rocky Wood was a New Zealand-born Australian writer and researcher best known for his books about horror author Stephen King.
22 Facts About Rocky Wood
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Rocky Wood was the first author from outside North America or Europe to hold the position of president of the Horror Writers Association.
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Rocky Wood had been a freelance writer for over 35 years.
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Rocky Wood's writing career began at university, where he wrote a national newspaper column in New Zealand on extra-terrestrial life and UFO-related phenomena and published other articles about the phenomenon worldwide, in the course of which research he met such figures as Erich von Daniken and J Allen Hynek; and had articles on the security industry published in the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand and South Africa.
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In October 2010, Rocky Wood was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
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Rocky Wood is the co-author of The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King ; Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished ; The Stephen King Collector's Guide ; Stephen King: The Non-Fiction and the author of Stephen King: A Literary Companion.
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Rocky Wood assisted King with research for Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining.
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Rocky Wood provided reams of info on every recreational vehicle and camper under the sun.
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Rocky Wood had written many articles on King that have appeared in such magazines as Cemetery Dance, Dark Discoveries, and Lighthouse.
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Rocky Wood had undertaken five research trips to Maine in the course of his research on King's work.
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Rocky Wood returned to Maine in 2007,2008 and 2009 to continue his research.
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Rocky Wood was an active member and president of the Horror Writers Association, serving a two-year term from 1 November 2010.
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Rocky Wood was re-elected to a further two-year term in 2012.
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Rocky Wood was an active member of International Thriller Writers.
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Rocky Wood was nominated for the HWA's Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction for Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished and Stephen King: The Non-Fiction.
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Rocky Wood won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction for Stephen King: A Literary Companion.
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Rocky Wood was a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association.
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Rocky Wood served as Guest Judge for the Australian Shadows Award, 2010.
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Rocky Wood made many media appearances on TV, radio, and in the press, and has spoken at conferences in the US, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Rocky Wood was keynote speaker at the 2003 Stephen King Conference held in Estes Park, Colorado at the site of the hotel that featured in The Shining.
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Rocky Wood was a Special Guest at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City in March 2012.
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Rocky Wood addressed the Lisbon Historical Society in Lisbon Falls, Maine twice in July 2009 about inspirations from Stephen King's later childhood and teenage years in Durham, Maine and attending Lisbon High School.