We'll start off with an easy one - what's your favourite book?
Ha, that's not an easy one!
Nailing it to one is impossible, as I like different books, even genres, depending on my mood. My favourite genres are thrillers and horror, and I love the classics too - Dracula and Frankenstein are huge influences on me. But if I had to pick my absolute favourites I'd go for:
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle - the quintessential horror/crime crossover,
The Island by Peter Benchley - a perfect horror thriller from the Jaws author (yes, I love Jaws too)
The 39 Steps by John Buchan - the quintessential 'innocent man on the run'
Epitaph for a Spy by Eric Ambler - I love the Riviera setting and it's a great example of the 'innocent man on the run',
Ice Station Zebra by Alistair Maclean - I love anything set in the Arctic and this is the best,
The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr - the best locked room mystery of all time.
There are some varied books there - what books inspired you to write 'Ferine'
The biggest influence is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, but to be honest Ferine is probably more influenced by films - I've loved zombie movies since I was a child and wanted to write a zombie novel but they've been done to death (haha) so I wanted to spin it round. I love the 'hole up and hold out' elements of films like 'Night of the Living Dead' and 'Dawn of the Dead'. In the end it turned out not being a zombie book, but that's what happens I guess.
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