Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine..

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader..

Adam Nevill a spine-chiller in the classic tradition, a writer who draws you in from the world of the familiar, eases you into the world of terror, a….

I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish..

'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 different but it w….

I started writing as soon as I started reading..

You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there..

You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door..

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 bei….

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer be….

I'd worked at a small town newspaper, and I was thinking of all the strange stories that I had seen float through the newsroom in my time there that ….

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 Fighter,' and who ….

What I love is the writing, it's not having written. I like the process of it..

In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endur….

I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more popular in times when were hamm….

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 certain….

We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural..

I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress that it is self-inflicted and….