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The largest two books I've ever read more than once are 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens and 'The Stand' by Stephen King, about 1,200 pages each.

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All writers steal. You might as well steal from the best.

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My family and I live in a wing of a Georgian mansion in East Sussex, which was built in the 1780s and fell into disrepair. It was rescued in the Seventies and carved into six terrace houses.

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It is easy to be inspired by history when you're living in a part of it and allow that to seep into your writing: having said that, a minimalist room with no distractions is often better; the most exciting visions should already be in your head.

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When I set out to write 'Sanctus,' all I wanted to do was craft a piece of high quality entertainment.

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I'm certainly not the first author to tiptoe into the conspiratorial, religious-tinged territory, but - and I hate to break this to the faithful - neither is Dan Brown.

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If you do come across 'Sanctus' in a bookshop, please see past the cross on the cover and the sinister outline of a monk and just read the first page and make your own mind up. If it's still not for you, then that's fine; just put it back and walk away.

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We have long suspected that the faceless organisations that run our world - be it the church, multinational conglomerates or the government - keep things from us.

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If you look back to the earliest religions, before they got organized and started building churches and amassing wealth, they all sprang from the same place - they were inspired by nature.

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We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: February 29th, 1968

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