two ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁writers ▁in ▁Canada . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁a ▁how - to ▁book , ▁Writing ▁Hor ror . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁an ▁on - air ▁host ▁at ▁S cre am - TV ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁Van ▁Bel kom ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁by ▁The ▁V ancouver ▁Sun ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁Canada ' s ▁leading ▁writers ▁of ▁er ot ica ", ▁mostly ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁E van ▁Holland er . ▁He ▁wrote ▁the ▁how - to ▁book ▁Writing ▁E rot ica ▁( 2 0 0 1 ). ▁ ▁Out side ▁of ▁the ▁horror ▁genre , ▁for ▁several ▁years ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁magazine ▁serial ▁for ▁T ruck ▁News ▁that ▁rec ount s ▁the ▁advent ures ▁of ▁a ▁former ▁private ▁investig ator ▁who ▁becomes ▁a ▁tr ucker . ▁ ▁Awards ▁Wy rm ▁Wolf ▁is ▁a ▁L ocus ▁best s eller ▁and ▁a ▁final ist ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁Br am ▁Sto ker ▁First ▁Nov el ▁Award . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁Sto ker ▁Short ▁F iction ▁Award ▁from ▁the ▁Hor ror ▁Writ ers ▁Association ▁for ▁" R at ▁Food " ▁( co - author ed ▁with ▁David ▁Nick le ). ▁His ▁story , ▁" The ▁R ug " ▁was ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁Sto ker ▁final ist . ▁Other ▁stories ▁have ▁twice ▁been ▁nominated ▁for ▁both ▁the ▁Aur ora ▁Award ▁and ▁the ▁Arthur ▁Ell is ▁Award ▁( present ed ▁by ▁the ▁Crime ▁Writ