My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with the booksellers.

My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with the booksellers.

No one you'd really like to see in public office has the bad taste to run.

War, hate, jealousy, racism - what are they but manifestations of fear?

I love seeing the light go on in aspiring writers' eyes when you point out ways to improve their prose or their story - when they get it.

If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen to unstructured, amelodic ambient music, but I prefer no music. I don't need silence - I can write just about anywhere - but music is a major distraction.

This dazzling, unput-downable debut novel proves beyond a doubt that Dan Wells has the gift. His teenage protagonist is as chilling as he is endearing. More John Wayne Cleaver, please.