Kim James Newman is a journalist, film critic, and horror fiction writer.Newman began his career as a playwright, then as a film critic for "City Limits" and "Venue." He became a regular film reviewer on BBC Radio's "Kaleidoscope" and on television. In the meantime, he was writing and selling fiction, and his first novel, "The Night Mayor," was published in 1989.Newman's work has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the BSFA award.Newman received his B.A. in English from the University of Sussex