All the things I ended up writing about, those things that are deeply frightening to me-fear of commitment and growing up, fear of losing loved ones, the wonder and terror of falling in love-all of it was constantly being played out all around me in this weird, cartoonish, magnified way at Disney.' Career Snyder's Disney World stint strongly influenced his writing he later recalled, 'it did a world of good for my writing . He initially worked as a custodian, but after he injured his shoulder and started to have some problems with his co-workers, he auditioned and worked as some of the characters. Snyder graduated from Brown University in 1998 with a degree in creative writing, and then worked at Walt Disney World for about a year. In comics, he has named Alan Moore and Frank Miller as his favorite writers. Early life Īt the age of nine, Snyder attended a summer camp where one of the counselors read Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon to him over the summer, an experience that Snyder says 'really jump-started my love of story-telling.' He was also influenced by the writing of Denis Johnson, Raymond Carver, Rick Bass, Joy Williams, Elizabeth McKracken, Stephen King, Tobias Wolff, and George Saunders. Snyder has garnered critical acclaim from critics and fans for work, such his run on the New 52 version of Batman that debuted in 2011, and has won numerous industry awards, inclduing two Eisner Awards, a Harvey Award, and a 2012 Eagle Award for Best Writer. He is known for his 2006 short story collection Voodoo Heart, and his work for DC Comics, including series such as American Vampire, Detective Comics, a highly acclaimed run on Batman, Swamp Thing, and Justice League as well as the company-wide crossover storylines ' Dark Nights: Metal' and ' Dark Nights: Death Metal.' He has also written creator-owned comics published through Image Comics, including Wytches, Undiscovered Country, and Nocterra.

Snyder at a Midtown Comics signing in Manhattan in 2016

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