Jilles

Jilles asked Andrew Pyper:

Which books have had a major impact on your life that you wanted to become a writer...and a horror writer at that?

Andrew Pyper There are too many books I love and have influenced me to mention. But the ones that, looking back, nudged me into the supernatural and horror are relatively few: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Salems Lot by Stephen King, Ghost Story by Peter Straub, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. And though they have nothing to do with horror, the gothic atmosphere of so many Alice Munro stories is there too.

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Goodreads asked Andrew Pyper:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ryan Plante

Ryan Plante asked Andrew Pyper:

Hey Mr. Pyper, My question pertains to your interest in the supernatural. What made you so interested in writing about the supernatural world? Ps... I really enjoyed "The Demonologist". All the best, Ryan

Darryl Foster

Darryl Foster asked Andrew Pyper:

Andrew, in The Damned, your vision of what the After appears to be, as experienced by Danny, was amazing and creepy. Was your concept of the afterlife a hard one to imagine for the book, did it flow for you or was it a challenge to write?

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