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WILLIAM F. NOLAN, THE CRITICAL RECORD:

A Checklist of Selected Profiles, Introductions, Interviews, and Critical Essays

 by John Anthony Miller

     This checklist forms a representative cross-section of Nolan criticism. Over a 40-year period (1963-2003), starting with an appreciation by Ray Bradbury, approximately 175 piece have been printed on Nolan's life and career in books, magazines, and newspapers. The most important of these, 46 in total, are listed here, including 23 relevant interviews. Only reference books that contain critical essays on Nolan's work are listed. He is represented in many others, such as Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in California, Who's Who in Science Fiction, Who's Who in Entertainment, Who's Who of American Comic Books, Who's Who of North American Poets, International Authors and Writers Who's Who, Dark Dreamers [Who's Who in Horror].
     An additional listing of pieces about Nolan (into late 1997) may be found in The Work of William F. Nolan, second edition (see Books).

WILLIAM F. NOLAN, 
THE CRITICAL RECORD-- 
A Checklist of Selected Profiles, Introductions, Interviews, and Critical Essays
DATE of Publication
"About Bill Nolan" 
by Ray Bradbury
(profile) 
Impact-20
, Paperback Library, 1963
1963
"Multi-Media Man" (with photos) 
by Michael Renz (profile/interview) 
Writer's Digest
, December 1970
1970
"William F. Nolan at Head of His Class"
by Robert R. Kirsch
Los Angeles Times, December 6, 1970
1970
"Conceptions " (with photos)
by Wallace A. Wyss
(interview: Logan's Run Issue) 
Cinefantastique
, Fall 1976
1976
"Tangent Interviews William F. Nolan" (with photos and a biblio)
by Dave Truesdale
Tangent, Summer 1977
1977
"An Interview with the Logan Man" (with photos)
by David Houston
Future,  August 1978
1978
"Interview: William F. Nolan" (with photo)
by Dr. Jeffrey Elliot, February 1981
1981
"Nolan's Run" (with photos)
by Jeffrey Elliot (profile/interview)
Questar
, June 1981
1981
"William F. Nolan" (with photos and a biblio)
by Frank D. McSherry , Jr. (critical essay)
Twentieth -Century American Science Fiction Writers,
Volume 8, Part 2, Gale, 1981
1981
"Nolan's Run" (with photo)
by Jeffery M. Elliot (interview)
Night Voyages, Winter/Spring 1983
Note: not the same interview as previous title in 1981
1983
"Introduction" by Richard Christian Matheson (essay/profile)
Things Beyond Midnight, Scream Press, 1984
1984
"Novelist of the Night" (with photo)
by Brisick (profile)
Valley, August 1985
1985
"The Midnight Writing of William F. Nolan" (with photos)
by John Mitchell (profile/interview)
Variety News-Chronicle, September20, 1985
1985
"Nolan, William F(rancis)" (with biblio)
by Harold Lee Prosser (critical essay)
Twentieth -Century American Science Fiction Writers, Second Edition, St. James Press, 1986
1986
"William F. Nolan: Life in the Science Fiction Coffee Shop"
(with photos)
by Roger Anker (interview)
Starlog, January 1987
1987
"Interview: William F. Nolan"
by Joe R. Lansdale
Mystery Scene Reader, Fedora, 1987
1987
"Existential Rebels: The Fantasy Fiction of William F. Nolan"
(with portrait sketch)
by Harold Lee Prosser
(critical essay: William F. Nolan Special Issue)
The Horror Show, Summer 1988
1988
"William F. Nolan: From Karloff to Helltracks" (with photo)
by William J. Grabowski (interview: William F. Nolan Special Issue)
The Horror Show, Summer 1988
1988
"The Multi-Media Man" (cover photo)
by Jeffrey M. Elliot (essay/profile)
The Work of William F. Nolan (both editions, see Books section)
1988, 1997
1988, 1997
"William F. Nolan" (with photos)
by Richard Chizmar (interview)
Cemetery Dance, Spring 1990
1990
"Nolan: Man Beyond Midnight"
by Joe Lansdale (profile)
Blood Sky, Deadline, 1991
1991
"Weird Talks With William F. Nolan"
by Darrell Schweitzer (interview: Special William F. Nolan Issue)
Weird Tales, Fall 1991
1991
"Coffee Shop: An Interview with William F. Nolan"
(with portrait sketch)
by William G. Raley
After Hours, Winter 1991
1991
"Nolan, William F(rancis)" (with biblio)
by Robert Reginald (critical essay)
Twentieth -Century American Science Fiction Writers,
Third Edition, St. James Press, 1991
1991
"Nolan, William F(rancis)" (with biblio)
by Richard G. La Porte (critical essay)
Twentieth -Century Crime & Mystery Writers,
Third Edition, St. James Press, 1991
1991
"An Interview With William F. Nolan" (with photos and a biblio)
by Gary Lovisi
Paperback Parade, June 1992
1992
"William F. Nolan" (with photo)
by Stanley Wiater (interview)
Dark Visions: Conversations With the Master of the Horror Film,
Avon, 1992
1992
"A William F. Nolan Interview" (with photo and a Nolan Chronology)
by Darrell Schweitzer
Speaking of Horror: Interview With Writers of the Supernatural,
Borgo Press, 1994
1994
"Nolan's Run: The Screenwriting Career of Logan's Papa" (with photos)
by Matthew R. Bradley (interview)
Filmfax, January/February 1995
1995
"William F. Nolan: An Introduction"
by Peter Straub (critical essay)
Night Shapes, CD, 1995
1995
"Afterword"
by Robert Bloch (essay/profile)
Night Shapes, CD, 1995
1995
"A Graveyard Chat: Interview With William F. Nolan" (with photo)
by Gary A. Braunbeck
(Special William F. Nolan Issue)
Deathrealm, Spring 1996
1996
"Nolan, William F(rancis)" (with biblio)
by Robert Reginald (critical essay)
St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers,
Fourth Edition, St. James Press, 1996
1996
[Various Nolan Quotes]
by Stanley Wiater
(Nolan is quoted on 15 pages through this book)
Dark Thoughts on Writing: Advice and Commentary From Fifty Masters of Fear and Suspense,
Underwood Books, 1997
1997
"Surprising Myself: William F. Nolan Interview" (with photos)
by Michael McCarty
The Zone, Winter 1998/1999
1998,1999
"Collecting William F. Nolan" (with photos)
by Tim Sinniger (article/profile)
Firsts, February 1999
1999
"California Sorcerers"
by Christopher Conlon (group profile)
California Sorcery, CD, 1999
1999
"The Horror Fiction of William F. Nolan: Fables of  Secularized Damnation and Occasional Redemption"
by Edgar L. Chapman (conference paper)
Fourth Annual Conference of the Illinois Philological Association,
April 2000
2000
"William F. Nolan: A Reminiscence"
by Richard Matheson (profile)
Helltracks, CD, 2000
2000
"Introduction"
by Ed Gorman (profile)
Down The Long Night,
Five Star, 2000
2000
"William F. Nolan: Writer" (with photos)
by Scott T. Pierce (interview)
Horror Biz, 2000
2000
"The Waiting, Windless Dark: William F. Nolan's Universe"
by Christopher Conlon (essay/profile)
William F. Nolan's Dark Universe,
Stealth, 2001
2001
"Meeting Yourself in the Timestream: A Preface"
by Gary A. Braunbeck (essay/profile)
Impact 20 (revised edition),
Gauntlet, 2002
2002
"Interview" (with photos)
by Michael McCarty
Science Fiction Weekly (Internet),
April 9, 2002
2002
"Dark Universe: An Interview With William F. Nolan" (with a biblio)
by Michael McCarty
Giants of the Genre: Interview With Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror's Greatest Talents,
Wildside Press, 2003
2003
"Man of Many Worlds"
by Paul McComa (essay/profile)
Ships in the Night,
Capra Press, 2003/2004
2003/2004
Upcoming:

A Nolan Interview in Dark Dialogues: Conversations With the Architects of Fear and Wonder,
edited by William P. Simmons.

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