Bret Easton Ellis
Awards & Honours
6
Awards Won
3
Honours
3
Rankings
5
Covers
2
Records
Ellis holds the rare distinction of winning the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel four times, a feat matched by few authors. His debut novel won the Bram Stoker for Best First Novel, marking him early as a significant voice in dark fiction. The Horror Writers Association recognized his body of work with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and again in 2024. American Psycho has been consistently ranked among the most influential novels of the 20th century by publications like Time, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone. The film adaptation, for which he shared a screenwriting award, has become a cult classic and is frequently studied in film and literature courses.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
Lifetime achievement award from the Horror Writers Association.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lifetime achievement award from the Horror Writers Association.
100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century
American Psycho named to the list.
Rankings & Lists
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
100 Best Books of All Time
100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century
Magazine Covers
The New York Times Magazine
1985
The Brat Pack: Bret Easton Ellis and the New Young Novelists
Vanity Fair
1991
The Dark Side of Bret Easton Ellis
Rolling Stone
2005
Bret Easton Ellis: The Return of the Brat Pack
GQ
2010
Bret Easton Ellis: The King of Literary Shock
Vogue
2023
Bret Easton Ellis: The Evolution of a Satirist
Records & Feats
Most Bram Stoker Awards for Best Novel by a single author (4 wins)
Ellis has won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel four times, for American Psycho, Lunar Park, Imperial Bedrooms, and The Shards.
Youngest author to have a novel named one of Time's 100 Best English-Language Novels
American Psycho was named to Time's list when Ellis was 35.