Premise: Lucy Taylor is an American horror novel writer. Her novel, "The Safety of Unknown Cities" was awarded the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel and the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel in 1995, and the Deathrealm Award for Best Novel in 1996. Her collection "The Flesh Artist" was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award (Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection) in 1994.
Hypothesis: the Bram Stoker Award is a very sought after award.