LOIS H. GRESH is the New York Times Best-Selling Author (6 times) and USA Today Best-Selling Author (thrillers) of 31 books and 65+ short stories. Her latest books are SHERLOCK HOLMES VS. CTHULHU: THE ADVENTURE OF THE INNSMOUTH MUTATIONS (Titan Books, 2019), SHERLOCK HOLMES VS. CTHULHU: THE ADVENTURE OF THE NEURAL PSYCHOSES (Titan Books, 2018), SHERLOCK HOLMES VS. CTHULHU: THE ADVENTURE OF THE DEADLY DIMENSIONS (Titan Books, 2017). Lois' books have been published in 22 languages. For 5 years, Lois was a staff book reviewer at scifi.com (now SYFY.com, the Science Fiction Cable Channel), and her work has been on national/international award ballots 8 times. She’s a frequent guest and guest-of-honor writer at major fan conventions and has appeared on numerous television programs, such as Ancient Aliens and Batman Tech.
In her “day job” life, Lois was Creative-Technical Director of Online Training Programs for many years at consulting companies. Previously, she was Manager of Systems Analysis, Training, and Documentation; Lead Systems Analyst; Lead Virtual Reality Programmer; Project Engineer; Manager of Technical Documentation. For ten years, she owned and ran a computer consulting company. Her work spanned all forms of digital media, including animations, games, simulations, video shooting/editing, and virtual reality. As a teenager, she wrote more than 100 medical newsletters for the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and did all programming related to the layouts/production. At 18, she edited/compiled a 250-page graduate macronomics textbook for Prof Otto Eckstein. She also wrote more than 200 technical manuals. In the final days of her career, for a university, she wrote a 100-page laser lab book, 80-100 science research stories, and a 50-page chemistry booklet. In 1996, she received a Best of the Web OmniVision Award for Internet Virtual Reality Programming from Omni Magazine.
FICTION - BOOKS
· Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Titan Books, 2017), novel
· Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (Titan Books, 2018), novel
· Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (Titan Books, 2019), novel
· Cult of the Dead and Other Weird and Lovecraftian Tales (Hippocampus, 2015), collection
· Innsmouth Nightmares (ed., PS Publishing, 2015), anthology
· Dark Fusions (ed., PS Publishing, 2013), anthology
· Eldritch Evolutions (Chaosium 2011 & BookViewCafe), collection
· Blood and Ice (Elder Signs, 2011), vampire novel
· TechnoLife 2020 (ECW, 2001), science fiction novel
· Chuck Farris and the Cosmic Storm (ECW, 2002), young adult novel
· Chuck Farris and the Labyrinth of Doom (ECW, 2001), young adult novel
· Chuck Farris and the Tower of Darkness (ECW, 2001), young adult novel
· The Termination Node (Random House/Del Rey, 1999), technothriller novel
· Two romance novels under a pseudonym
SPECULATIVE SCIENCE - BOOKS
· The Many Mysteries of Indiana Jones (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), co-author Bob Weinberg
· The Science of Stephen King (John Wiley & Sons, 2007), co-author Bob Weinberg
· The Unauthorized Guide to His Dark Materials (St. Martin’s Press, 2007)
· The Science of James Bond (John Wiley & Sons, 2006), co-author Bob Weinberg
· The Science of Anime (Running Press, 2005), co-author Bob Weinberg
· The Science of Supervillains (John Wiley & Sons, 2004), co-author Bob Weinberg
· The Science of Superheroes (John Wiley & Sons, 2002), co-author Bob Weinberg
· The Computers of Star Trek (Harper/Basic Books, 2000), co-author Bob Weinberg
COMPANION GUIDES - BOOKS
· The Divergent Companion (St. Martin’s Press, 2014), young adult
· The Mortal Instruments Companion (St. Martin’s Press, 2013), young adult
· The Hunger Games Companion (St. Martin’s Press, 2011), young adult
· The Twilight Companion (St. Martin’s Press, 2008), young adult
· The Unauthorized Guide to Artemis Fowl (St. Martin’s Press, 2008), young adult
· The Fan’s Guide to the Spiderwick Chronicles (St. Martin’s press, 2007), young adult
· The Unauthorized Eragon Guide (St. Martin’s Press, 2006), young adult
· Exploring Lemony Snicket (St. Martin’s Press, 2004), young adult
· Dragonball Z (St. Martin’s Press, 2000), young adult
SHORT STORIES - Partial List
· Cafebabe, Infinite Loop SF Anthology, Miller Freeman hardcover, 1993
· Watch Me If You Can, Infinite Loop SF Anthology, Miller Freeman hardcover, 1993
· Digital Pistil, Tales of the Unanticipated, November 1994
· Digital Pistil (reprint), The Cyborg Handbook, Routledge Press, 1995 (story was sole winner of national contest and represents future of cyborg SF)
· Digital Pistil (reprint), 1994 Year's Best Fantastic Fiction
· AnOde to Thee: or Surfing those Tubular Waves, Mindsparks SF, 1994
· Mandelbrot Moldrot, Miskatonic University, DAW Books, November 1996
· Let Me Make You Suffer, Interzone, Spring 1995
· Algorithms & Nasal Structures, Aboriginal SF, Summer 1998
· Sole Man, Hot Blood: Fear the Fever, Pocket Books, July 1996 (story was on the prelim 1996 HWA Stoker Award Ballot; story received Honorable Mention in 1996 Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, St. Martin’s Press)
· Snip My Suckers, 100 Vicious Little Vampires, Barnes and Noble, 1995 (story was on the prelim 1995 HWA Stoker Award Ballot; story received Honorable Mention in 1995 Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, St. Martin’s Press)
· Psychomildew Love, 100 Wicked Little Witches, Barnes and Noble, 1995 (story was on the prelim 1995 HWA Stoker Award Ballot)
· Cocci’s Blood-Fueled Feud, 100 Vicious Little Vampires, Barnes and Noble, 1995
· Fish Witch, 100 Wicked Little Witches, Barnes and Noble, 1995
· Birches & Murk, Horror a Day, Barnes and Noble, August/September 1998
· Engorged Pereute, Horror a Day, Barnes and Noble, August/September 1998
· Little Whorehouse of Horrors, Dark Regions Virtual Reality, 1998
· Instant Gratification, Manifest Destiny, Winter 1994
· The Last Real Rat, The Urbanite, 1997
· Lucky Albumin, The Urbanite, 1997
· Where I Go, Mi-Go, Singers of Strange Songs, Chaosium Press, 1997
· Memories of Home, Terminal Fright, 1993
· The Adventure of the Parisian Gentleman, New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, Robinson Publishing (London) and Carroll and Graf, Mike Ashley, ed., 1997
· Julius Caesar: Three Meetings and a Funeral, Shakespearean Detectives (also: More Shakespearean Whodunnits), Robinson Publishing (London) and Carroll and Graf, Mike Ashley, ed., 1998
· Death Rides the Elevator, Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, Robinson Publishing (London) and Carroll and Graf, Mike Ashley, ed., 2000
· Nada Nother Nite, Inhuman Magazine, AllenK, ed., October 2009
· Murder in Monkeyland, Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes — Volume 2, Robinson Publishing (London) and Carroll and Graf, Mike Ashley, ed., 2006
· There’s No Place Like Void, Tales Out of Miskatonic, Mythos Books, 2011
· The Lagoon of Insane Plants, Ancient Shadows, Elder Signs Press, 2011
· Julia Brainchild, Hungry for Your Love: Zombie Romance, Ravenous Romance, Oct 2009; St. Martin’s Press, Oct 2010
· Cuspid Cupid: What’s the Difference?, Fang Bangers, Ravenous Romance, August 2010
· The Scourge of the Sea, High Seas Cthulhu 2, Elder Signs Press, 2011
· Debutante Ball, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011
· Smokestack Snout Neurology, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011
· The Battle of Batbrew Bulge, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011
· Underground Pipeline, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011
· Lust of the Giant Sloth, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011
· Geisha Black, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011
· Skinhead Bonehead, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011
· Wee Sweet Girlies, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011 (story was short-listed and received Honorable Mention in 2011 Year's Best Horror, ed. Ellen Datlow)
· Showdown at Red Hook, Eldritch Evolutions, Chaosium, 2011
· Mhy’Os Mythos, Holiday Cthulhu, Miskatonic River Press, 2012
· Dreams of Death, Eldritch Chrome, Chaosium, 2014
· Werewolf Root Canal, Mark of the Beast, Chaosium, 2014
· Mandelbrot Moldrot (reprint), Mountain Walked, Centipede Press, 2014
· Mandelbrot Moldrot (reprint), Mad Science Cafe, BookViewCafe, 2013
· Necrotic Cove, Black Wings III, PS Publishing, 2014
· Cult of the Dead, Black Wings IV, PS Publishing, 2015
· Cult of the Dead (reprint), Best of Black Wings, PS Publishing, 2019
· Devil’s Bathtub, Madness of Cthulhu, Titan Books, 2014
· Willie the Protector, Searchers After Horror, Fedogan & Bremer 2014
· Of Queens and Pawns, That is not Dead, PS Publishing, 2014
· Death Doll, Expiration Date, Edge SFF Publishing, 2014
· Old Enough to Drink, Dark Fantastique, Cycatrix Press, 2014
· Nameless and Shameless, Jews vs. Aliens, Jurassic London, 2014
· Night Trippers, Summer of Lovecraft, Chaosium, 2015
· Square of the Inquisition, Gothic Lovecraft, Cycatrix Press, 2015
· Necrotic Cove (reprint), New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird, Prime Publishing, 2015
· Dearest Daddy, Dreams from the Witch House, Dark Regions, 2015
· Cthulhu Mhy’Os, Horror for the Holidays, Chaosium, 2013
· All Choked Up, The X-Files: Secret Agendas, IDW Publishing, 2016
· Bloodline, VWars: Shockwaves, IDW Publishing, 2016
· Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Pin-Pricked Corpse, Hardboiled Horror, JournalStone, 2017
