I've Always Been Much More Scared Of

A News Junkie, I Read, Daily, The 'times/sunday Times,' The 'guardian/observer,' 'mail,' And The 'argus' - Both To Keep Up With Crime In Brighton, Where I Set My Novels, And Because I Think It Is Vital To Support Local Papers - They Provide A Unique Accountability For Councils, Emergency Services And So Much Else, And Are Dangerously Undervalued.

I Get Asked To Read New Works A Lot, In The Hope That I Will Give A Quotation And I Will Only Give A 'puff' For A Book I Truly Love.

There Are People Who Can Achieve Huge Success In Life, While Adding A Bit Of Fun And A Splash Of Colour To This Increasingly Grey World.

I Never Actually Wanted To Write Horror, Oddly Enough. It Was A Kind Of Misnomer, Because I Didn't Ever Actually Write Horror In The Sense Of The Genre Known For It. It Was More A Type Of Pigeon-holing In Bookshops.

Every Novel Starts With A Theme, And I Am Constantly Looking For Big Ideas.