Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
Dean Koontz
More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even... →
Ted Koppel
When you read a supernatural suspense story or a ghost story, or a horror story, the evil at play is something that you can dismiss. And I wonder if... →
Michael Koryta
For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The... →
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or... →
'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that, and it was... →
Hopefully my books are improving. One of the ways I find motivation to improve is looking at someone who is already at a high level and continues to... →
I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many ways. I would say that... →
Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.
Elizabeth Kostova
No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in... →