Mike Thorn Q&As Dustin LaValley on Unnerving's Website
"Mike: Who are the authors that got you interested in reading? Are
they different from the ones who sparked your interest in writing? What do you read mostly these days?
Dustin: Middle School, I had an English teacher (retired Patriots player) who assigned the class collected works of Poe, though before I give them credit I have to say the fondest experience of discovering an interest in reading was due to my parents, forcing childhood me to read R.L. Stine who I loved and collected. After middle school and Poe, it was shock and awe authors such as mentors turned buddies, Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee. The last decade or so, it’s been almost all authors in the realm of crime, noir, and those of a 'transgressive' nature. A novel in the Parker or Grofield series by Richard Stark is just as likely to be read as anything by Jerry Stahl or Easton Ellis."
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they different from the ones who sparked your interest in writing? What do you read mostly these days?
Dustin: Middle School, I had an English teacher (retired Patriots player) who assigned the class collected works of Poe, though before I give them credit I have to say the fondest experience of discovering an interest in reading was due to my parents, forcing childhood me to read R.L. Stine who I loved and collected. After middle school and Poe, it was shock and awe authors such as mentors turned buddies, Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee. The last decade or so, it’s been almost all authors in the realm of crime, noir, and those of a 'transgressive' nature. A novel in the Parker or Grofield series by Richard Stark is just as likely to be read as anything by Jerry Stahl or Easton Ellis."
Read the full conversation.
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