The Library at Mount Char
This is Hawkins's only published novel and a standalone work.
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Scott Hawkins is an American novelist and former Linux engineer and technical author. His published fiction is characterized by dark fantasy, cosmic horror, metaphysical themes, sharp humor, and strange mysteries. His debut novel, The Library at Mount Char, is a standalone work.
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- The Library at Mount Char
novel · 2015
Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater…
Frequently asked questions about Scott Hawkins
Who is Scott Hawkins?
Scott R. Hawkins is a novelist and technologist best known for The Library at Mount Char, a dark fantasy and cosmic-horror novel. His author site identifies him as a former Linux engineer and technical author.
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What did Scott Hawkins do before becoming a fiction writer?
Before writing fiction, Hawkins spent years as a Linux engineer and technical author. A 2015 interview also describes him as a computer programmer who had written technical books.
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What influenced Scott Hawkins’s writing?
Hawkins has said that books were deeply comforting to him, inspiring the library as an ideal home in his fiction. He also described his approach as a blend of old-school superstition and modern science, with early research influenced by femme-fatale films.
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Has Scott Hawkins received any literary awards or nominations?
The Library at Mount Char received a Goodreads Choice Award nomination in 2015. The recognition was for the debut novel category rather than a win in a major juried literary award.
Why is Scott Hawkins’s work notable in contemporary fantasy?
The Library at Mount Char established Hawkins as a distinctive genre-blending writer: Kirkus described it as reality-defying and genre-bending, while Pan Macmillan calls it an acclaimed fantasy debut and word-of-mouth cult sensation. Its reputation rests on combining dark humor, cosmic ideas, horror, and fantasy in an unusually original form.
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