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Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel.

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 was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being 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 wrote my first five horror novels while I was teaching.

I always was passionate about science fiction and horror, and my parents enjoyed that as well.

No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.

While I was in high school, I discovered and began writing science fiction.

I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer.

So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.