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I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.

'Ghost City' began as a idea. I felt that I hadn't read or heard a great deal about the sort of life that I thought I had, and I just thought that it would be interesting to sit down and see if I could put it down onto paper.

'Ghost City' was actually one of the few instances of non-fiction that I had written, and I felt that I probably said what I wanted. I think it must be different for every author; I haven't done very much of it, and perhaps, in a way, I found it rather painful, which is why I don't really do it very often.

I've wanted to write a ghost story for years, and my main aim was to write the most frightening ghost story that I could think of.

So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I've got the ideas in my head, it's getting them properly on paper.

I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.

When I read 'Another Country' when I was in my early 20s, you know, as soon as I put the book down, my first thought was, 'I will never be able to write a book like this.' And my second thought was, 'I really want to try writing a book like this for the 21st century.'

It would be difficult to write a convincing ghost story set on a sunny day in a big city.

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.

It's hard to imagine my life not writing. I love it.