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Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

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Monsters don't scare me at all; I think creepy is scarier than gore. I tend to read more thrillers and mysteries than horror, though. I like a good whodunnit. If I want scary, I tend to reach for a movie. I think it's a great medium for horror.

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The Thames Torso murders almost fell into my lap. After deciding to use a real historical crime as the focus for the book, I went to Google and searched for unsolved murders in Victorian London, and they basically popped out at me about halfway down the first results page.

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The only rule I have in how I let characters tell stories is that they must always tell the reader their version of the truth. No one likes being outright lied to, even in fiction.

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Never trust a narrator whose opening gambit is to insist he's not mad.

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I always found the witches and wicked stepmothers far more interesting than the 'heroines' - at least they actually did something.

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Maybe even at six or seven, I knew that, sweet as they were on the surface, all fairy tales needed a feminist shake up.

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Anyone who has to have the word 'charming' in their name probably isn't - just take a look at any dating site where men use 'prince charming' in their description.

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I would quite like to become a mainstream thriller writer, obviously, because I enjoy writing those stories, and it is the best way to secure your career.

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I hate it when it is all about the twist and when the ending comes out of nowhere. I think you should be surprised and shocked, but you should also think, 'Damn, I should have seen it,' because there are clues all the way through.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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