{{short description|American writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Adam Cesare | image = Adam Cesare at AuthorCon.jpg | alt = | caption = Adam Cesare at the 2024 AuthorCon | birth_name = | birth_date = January 27, 1988 | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = Boston University | occupation = Author | known_for = ''Video Night'' }} '''Adam Cesare''' is an American author of horror novels and short stories.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gilliand|first=Blu|title=Adam Cesare on the Video Nasties Behind 'Video Night'|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/interview/adam-cesare-video-nasties-behind-video-night|publisher=Fearnet|accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref> He attended Boston University, where he studied English and film.

In 2020, Cesare's ''Clown in a Cornfield'' won the 2020 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young Adult Novel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Templeton |first=Molly |date=2021-06-01 |title=Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners |url=https://reactormag.com/announcing-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Reactor |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Bibliography== ===Novels and novellas=== * ''Bound By Jade'' (2012) * ''Tribesmen'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Book Review: Tribesmen (Adam Cesare)|url=http://www.brutalashell.com/2012/08/book-review-tribesmen-adam-cesare/|publisher=Brutal as Hell|accessdate=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416180004/http://www.brutalashell.com/2012/08/book-review-tribesmen-adam-cesare/|archive-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Serafini|first=Matt|title=Tribesmen (review)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/tribesmen-book#axzz2yvPOgDzS|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Adam Cesare's ‘Tribesmen': A Debut with Guts|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/adam-cesares-%E2%80%98tribesmen-debut-guts|publisher=Fearnet|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=An Interview with John Skipp|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/interview/interview-john-skipp|publisher=Fearnet|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> * ''Video Night'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Video Night|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61921-227-5|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=DiVincenzo|first=Alex|title=Book Review: Video Night – Author Adam Cesare|url=http://horrornews.net/66587/book-review-video-night-author-adam-cesare/|publisher=HorrorNews.net|accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Skipp|first=John|title="VIDEO NIGHT" (Book Review)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/video-night-book-review/|publisher=Fangoria|accessdate=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182042/http://www.fangoria.com/new/video-night-book-review/|archive-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Video Night (review)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/video-night-book#axzz2yvPOgDzS|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> * ''The Summer Job'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|last=Gilliand|first=Blu|title=Book Review: 'The Summer Job' by Adam Cesare|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/book-review-summer-job-adam-cesare|publisher=Fearnet|accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Daley|first=Ryan|title=[Book Review] Adam Cesare Earns A Raise With 'The Summer Job'|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3263145/book-review-adam-cesare/|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Book Review: The Summer Job – Author Adam Cesare|url=http://horrornews.net/79784/book-review-summer-job-author-adam-cesare/|publisher=HorrorNews.net|accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref> * ''The First One You Expect'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|last=Skipp|first=John|title="THE SUMMER JOB" / "THE FIRST ONE YOU EXPECT" (Book Review)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-summer-job-the-first-one-you-expect-book-review/|publisher=Fangoria|accessdate=15 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416175916/http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-summer-job-the-first-one-you-expect-book-review/|archive-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gillian|first=Blu|title=Book Review: 'The First One You Expect' by Adam Cesare|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/book-review-first-one-you-expect-adam-cesare|publisher=Fearnet|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Book Review: The First One You Expect – Author Adam Cesare|url=http://horrornews.net/81607/book-review-first-one-expect-author-adam-cesare/|publisher=HN.n|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> * ''Jackpot'' (2014, with David Bernstein, Shane McKenzie and Kristopher Rufty)<ref>{{cite web|title=Book Review: Jackpot – Authors: Various|url=http://horrornews.net/94747/book-review-jackpot-authors-various/|publisher=HorrorNews.net|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref> * ''Exponential'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|title=AICN HORROR looks at AN AMERICAN TERROR! BIND! DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT! AT THE DEVIL’S DOOR! LIVE-IN FEAR! LONG HAIR OF DEATH! CAM2CAM! DEVIL’S HAND! AMERICAN BURGER! THE DEVICE! LORD OF ILLUSIONS! EXPONENTIAL Novel! & I HATE RACCOONS!|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69837|publisher=AICN|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Book Review: Exponential – Author Adam Cesare|url=http://horrornews.net/92505/book-review-exponential-author-adam-cesare/|publisher=HorrorNews.net|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref> * ''Bottom Feeders'' (2015, with Cameron Pierce) * ''Zero Lives Remaining'' (2015) * ''Mercy House'' (2015) * ''Crawling Darkness'' (2016, with Cameron Pierce) * ''The Con Season'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/180401/vote-cesares-con-season-kindle-scout-get-free-book/|title=Vote for Adam Cesare's The Con Season on Kindle Scout; Get a Free Book|last=|first=|date=2016-07-29|website=Dread Central|publisher=|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-06}}</ref> * ''Clown in a Cornfield'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feuerbach|first=Kyle|date=2020-07-27|title={Book Review} Clown in a Cornfield By Adam Cesare|url=https://signalhorizon.com/book-review-clown-in-a-cornfield-by-adam-cesare/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Signal Horizon Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sigler|first=Gabriel|date=2020-08-26|title=‘Clown in a Cornfield’ review: Adam Cesare pushes the limits of YA fiction with his brutal horror novel|url=https://badfeelingmag.com/2020/08/26/clown-in-a-cornfield-review-adam-cesare/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Bad Feeling Magazine|language=en-CA}}</ref> * ''Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives'' (2022) * ''Influencer'' (2023, originally released as an Audible Exclusive Audiobook, Temple Hill entertainment) * ''Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo'' (2024)

===Short story collections=== * ''Bone Meal Broth'' (2012) ::Short stories collected: :* The still :* Flies in the Brain :* Rollin & Jeanie :* Pink Tissue :* Border Jumper :* Trap :* The New Model :* The Girls in the Wood :* The White Halloween The book was expanded in 2016 with two new stories from the author.

The two additional stories are:

:* Bringing Down The Giants :* So Bad

* ''All-Night Terror'' (2013, with Matt Serafini) ::Short stories collected: :* Gore Galore :* Bringing Down The Giants :* Killing time in the Off-Season The book was expanded in 2016 with two new stories from each author.

For Adam Cesare, they were:

:* A New Kind of Image :* Savior Girl in Philly Hell

*''The Blackest eyes'' (2016) ::Short stories collected: :* The Blackest eyes :* Me, Debased: A The First One You Expect Side-Story ::First short story ''The Blackest eyes'' was later added to the 2018 short stories collection ''Dead Bait 4'', Severed Press

===Comics=== * ''The morning ritual'' in ''Adventure Time 2017 SPOookTACULAR #1'', short comics story, BOOM! studios (2017) * ''Power rangers: in space'' in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2018 Annual Shattered Grid '', short comics story, BOOM! studios (2018) * ''Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #5-8'', comics story, BOOM! studios (2020). ::reprinted as the hardcover graphic novel "Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Vol. 2: The Ballad of Hup & Barfinnious" * ''Dead Mall #1-4'', comics story, Dark Horse Comics (2022-2023).

===Screenplays=== * ''Last Night at Terrace Lanes'' (2024, with Jenna St. John)<ref>{{cite web |title=Last Night at Terrace Lanes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_night_at_terrace_lanes |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lipsett |first=Joe |date=2024-01-19 |title=‘Last Night at Terrace Lanes’ Review – Bowling Slasher Lands Somewhere Between Strike and Gutterball |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3796736/last-night-at-terrace-lanes-review-bowling-slasher-lands-somewhere-between-a-strike-and-a-gutterball/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Neary |first=Dawn Morgan |date=2024-01-23 |title=‘Last Night at Terrace Lanes’ premiere: a party in a growing film town? |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/last-night-at-terrace-lanes-premiere-a-party-in-a-growing-film-town/article_ed3b80b5-125f-533b-b8cc-b99ba91e8b27.html |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=The Frederick News-Post |language=en}}</ref> * ''Ghost Game'' (2024) * ''Clown in a Cornfield'' (2025, with Carter Blanchard and Eli Craig)

===Other works=== * ''Leprechaun in the Hood: The Musical: A Novel'' (serialized online during 2014, with Cameron Pierce and Shane McKenzie)<ref>{{cite web|last=Serafini|first=Matt|title=Leprechaun in the Hood: The Musical: A Novel Makes its Online Debut!|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/74689/leprechaun-hood-musical-novel-makes-its-online-debut#axzz2yvPOgDzS|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> * ''So bad '' in original edition of ''Zero Lives Remaining'', short story, Shock Totem (2015) ::Later added to the 2016 expanded edition of ''Bone meal Broth'', Black T-Shirt Books * ''In the flat light '' in ''Giallo fantastique'', short story, World Horde (2015) * ''Starting early'' in ''Dark gallows: 10 Halloween haunts '', short story, Scarlet galleon publications LLC (2015) ::Also included in the 2017 edition of ''Zero Lives Remaining'', Black T-Shirt Books. * ''Readings off the charts'' in ''Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1'', short story, Comet Press (2016) * ''Killing time in the Off-season'' in ''The Healing Monsters (Volume 2)'', short story, Despumation Press (2016) * ''The missing years'' in ''The gruesome tensome '', short story, Novello publishers (2016) * ''Please subscribe'' in ''Splatterpunk's not dead'', short story, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2016) ::Also included in ''Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 2'', short story, Comet Press (2017) * ''Player agency'' in ''Screaming cacti'', short story, Thunderstorm Books (2017). * ''Moist Air'' in ''Clickers Forever'', short story, Thunderstorm Books (2018) * ''The southern thing'' in ''Welcome to the show'', short story, Crystal Lake Publishing (2018). * ''A certain kind of forest sound'' in ''Centralia: Epicenter'', short story, Hustle & Heart Films (2020). * "The Dark Crystal Bestiary: The Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thra", tie-in book, Insight Editions (2020) * ''In the Church and Through the House'' in ''Beyond the Book of Eibon'', short story, Death Wound Publishing (2021). * ''The dogs in my neighborhood'' in ''Razorblades issue 4'', short story, Tiny Onion Studios (2021). * ''Disc Rot'' in ''Obsolescence'', short story, Shortwave Media LLC (2023).

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{official website|http://adamcesare.wordpress.com/}} * {{ISFDB name}}

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