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I spent years only ever reading horror and then trying to write horror - and deep down, a horror writer is still what I'd love to be. But it wasn't until I started writing crime that things began to work for me.

I wrote my first five horror novels while I was teaching.

So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.

I was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being a writer.

I have always loved horror very much. I used to write stories for DC's House of Mystery. It was one of my first jobs writing for comics, and I loved it.

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.