Sometimes it is right to fear the dark.

I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear.

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

A lyrical, brave and complex novel that takes enormous risks and pulls them all off.

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

I was once told by a very well-respected editor, "Category horror is about good vs. evil, that's all it is." And I thought, "That's why it's no good. That's why I find that stuff unreadable." One is looking for something that's a little more emotionally complex and nuanced.