He was a Guest of Honour at the 2002 World Fantasy Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at the 2004 World Horror Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
One of Britain's most acclaimed anthologists of horror and dark
fantasy, he has also written and edited a number of books on horror, fantasy and SF movies.
Winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Horror Writers
Association Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award, as
well as being a Hugo Award nominee and a recipient of the British
Fantasy Award.